Working with words : a guide to teaching and learning vocabulary /
Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman
- viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Cambridge handbooks for language teachers .
- Cambridge handbooks for language teachers .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index
Language awareness activities -- Words and their meanings -- Words and their forms -- Decisions about content -- How the learner discovers meaning -- Memory and written storage -- Using visual aids -- Using authentic reading texts -- Teacher designed contexts and the use of the dictionary -- Speaking activities -- Games, questionnaires and problem solving -- Vocabulary in course books