Current Perspectives in Second Language Vocabulary Research

David Hirsh is senior lecturer in TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on vocabulary development, academic adjustment, and indigenous language revitalization. He has published in Reading in a Foreign Language and Revue Française de Linguistique Appliquée, and in the volumes Teaching Academic Writing: An introduction for teachers of second language writers (2009) and Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (2010). He is co-editor of University of Sydney Papers in TESOL.

• Contents: David Hirsh: Introduction – David Hirsh: Vocabulary Research: Current Themes, New Directions – Hua Zhong: Multidimensional Vocabulary Knowledge: Development from Receptive to Productive Use – Chen-Chun Lin: The Nature of Word Learnability in L2 Contexts – Yu-Tse Lee/David Hirsh: Quality and Quantity of Exposure in L2 Vocabulary Learning – Chen-Chun Lin/David Hirsh: Manipulating Instructional Method: The Effect on Productive Vocabulary Use – Warren Matsuoka: Searching for the Right Words: Creating Word Lists to inform EFL Learning.