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UCL IoE Centre for Applied Linguistics Research Seminar Series Key principles in vocabulary teaching Professor Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham 5:30-7:00 pm Wed 15 November 422 Roberts Building (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/roberts-building) All teachers realise that their students need to know vocabulary in order to function in English. But the best way to best help our students learn this vocabulary remains an unresolved issue. Some commentators (such as Stephen Krashen, 1985) assert that sufficient vocabulary can be learnt simply from exposure to English, particularly reading. Other commentators (such as Batia Laufer, 2005) argue that much vocabulary needs to be taught. As is usually the case, some middle ground is probably the best course. This would include maximum exposure to English, both inside and outside the classroom, and also explicit teaching of selected vocabulary. There is also the question of how to carry out the explicit teaching: what are the most effective teaching techniques and tasks? Luckily, there has been an explosion of research into second language vocabulary learning in the last 25 years, and in this talk, I will introduce some of the key principles for vocabulary teaching that have come out of this research. Dr. Andrea Révész Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics Department of Culture, Communication, and Media UCL Institute of Education, University College London Room 623b, 20 Bedford Way London WC1H OAL Associate Editor, Studies in Second Language Acquisition<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SLA> Vice-President, International Association for Task-based Language Teaching<http://www.tblt.org/> *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]