Vocabulary Teaching and TESOL: A Need for Reevaluation of Existing Assumptions.

Judd, Elliot L.

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Vocabulary Teaching and TESOL: A Need for Reevaluation of Existing Assumptions

Judd, Elliot L.

TESOL Quarterly, 12, 1, 71-6, Mar 78

In university level English as a second language classes, massive vocabulary instruction should begin as soon as possible and the status of lexical knowledge should be given greater emphasis. Traditional views in favor of emphasizing the teaching of syntactic structures are challenged. (SW)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills

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