Bøger af James Milton

Frank struggles, with hypochondria, with true love, with safety, and with his family, but Frank also persists--and meets Sara. Through a series of mishaps, backslides, divinely ironic coincidences, and more struggles (Frank and Sara's moms tend to "overhear a lot"), life goes on. Frank blossoms from weed to flower, and not nearly so delicate a bud as he and others first believe him to be.All it takes is determination, meddling in-laws, honeymoon flights diverted to Moscow, conscientious park rangers, and a few trips down the bathroom rapids for Walter the Frog. And then they all live happily--if somewhat messily--ever after, except for poor Bob the private detective, but that's another story.

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course books and in the classroom in examined, as is vocabulary uptake from informal tasks. This book ties scores on tests of vocabulary breadth to performance on standard foreign language examinations and on hierarchies of communicative performance such as the CEFR.

Written for students of applied linguistics, this textbook is an indispensable introduction to the area of vocabulary knowledge. By linking the latest research to an overview of how the field is developing, the authors explore how learners handle what they know in second and foreign language vocabulary, and how they activate this information. Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge:* offers a comprehensive investigation of the dimensions that constitute the word knowledge framework and identifies links between them* synthesizes research on individual aspects of word knowledge* presents new empirical research findings and considers the pedagogical implications of these* provides questions for further classroom discussion

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition describes the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge, the scores these produce, and the way these are tied to exam and communicative performance.

International scholars and researchers present cutting edge contributions on the significance of vocabulary in current thinking on first and second language acquisition in the school and at home. By pursuing common themes across first and second language and bilingual contexts, the editors offer a collection that tackles the most important issues.