Vocabulary Acquisition and Learning Strategies

Segregated vocabulary activities / sections (lexical sets) Learning vocabulary incidentally through

reading L1 vocabulary knowledge: -increased mainly through context -major vehicle for

continued vocabulary acquisition is reading L2 vocabulary: -mainly through global comprehension

of meaning, but not sufficient -repeated exposure! 10! Also complicated

by other factors. Also clear clues needed for guessing from context. -ESL cues don't

always help guessing, but cues prevent misguesses. -Most popular reaction of ESL students

was to ignore unknown words. Short texts: topically connected sets of words (lexical

fields / lexical chains) text characteristics are vital different kinds