Learning Vocabulary in Another Language

I. S. P. Nation is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His latest books include How Vocabulary is Learned (2017, with Webb), Teaching Extensive Reading in Another Language (2020, with Waring) and Measuring Native-speaker Vocabulary Size (with Coxhead), and second editions of Language Curriculum Design (2020), Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking (2020), and Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing (2020).

• Introduction; 1. The goals of vocabulary learning; 2. Knowing a word; 3. Teaching vocabulary and the roles of the teacher; 4. Vocabulary and listening and speaking; 5. Vocabulary and reading and writing; 6. Learning vocabulary out-of-class; 7. Vocabulary in specialized areas; 8. Vocabulary learning strategies and autonomy; 9. Learning words from context; 10. Word parts; 11. Deliberate learning from word cards; 12. Finding and learning multiword units; 13. Testing vocabulary knowledge and use; 14. Designing the vocabulary component of a language course; Appendices.

'This 3rd edition of Learning Vocabulary In Another Language enhances its position as the essential reference for all things concerning second language vocabulary.  Paul Nation is easily the most cited scholar on this topic, and this volume explains in very accessible terms all that he has learned in his more than 50 years of research on vocabulary teaching and learning.' Norbert Schmitt, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham