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Perfecting Language: Experimenting with Vocabulary Learning
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Absalom, Matthew – Babel, 2014
One of the thorniest aspects of teaching languages is developing students' vocabulary, yet it is impossible to be "an accurate and highly communicative language user with a very small vocabulary" (Milton, 2009, p. 3). Nation (2006) indicates that more vocabulary than previously thought is required to function well both at spoken and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods