Focus on vocabulary: bridging vocabulary
by Mann, David, Schmitt, Norbert, Schmitt, Diane
A research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary. Through excerpts from popular material and well-crafted exercises, English learners focus on mid-frequency vocabulary—504 w…
A study of the words and word combinations used in modern Chinese. Yip Po-Ching defines the general properties of a language's lexicon, or vocabulary, prior to a thorough discussion of the organizational features of the Chinese lexicon. Comparisons are made between Chinese and E…
This research monograph helps demonstrate how language learners acquire vocabulary in instructed foreign language contexts and in English for academic purposes programs in the target language environment.