“汤姆森英语教师丛书”精选自汤姆森学习出版集团设计的多套论著和教程，均为当代语言教育领域的力作。由当今国际语言教育界的权威人士编著，并由国内英语教育界专家学者撰写导读。本丛书19个选题都是目前英语教师需要了解的课题，可用作英语教师专业化教育与发展和英语专业硕士研究生教育的教材，并可供在职大、中学英语教师和语言教育研究者使用。

Index

Chapter 1 Introduction

Should Vocabulary Be Taught?

Approaches to Vocabulary Learning

Points to Consider in Vocabulary Learning

Chapter 2 The Goals Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Size

How Many Words Does a Second Language Learner Need?

How Do We Choose What Vocabulary to Teach?

Setting Goals for Your Learners

Application

Chapter 3 What Is Involved in Learning a Word?

What Is a Word?

What Is Involved in Knowing a Word?

What Features Make Learning a Word Difficult?

Application

Chapter 4 Communicating Meaning

The Teaching of Meaning

Concepts

Definitions

Communicating Meaning and Remembering the Meaning

Investigating Learning

Application

Chapter 5 Assessing Vocabulary Size

Measuring Total Vocabulary Size

Measuring Knowledge of a Particular Group of Words

Application

Chapter 6 Vocabulary and Listening

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Understand Spoken English?

How Can You Test the Size of a Learner's Listening Vocabulary?

What Sould You Do When Your Learners

Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Understand Spoden English?

Application

Chapter 7 Vocabulary and Speaking

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Speak English?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Speak?

Application

Chapter 8 Vocabulary and Reading

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Read English?

How Do You Test a Learner's Reading Vocabulary?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Read Their Set Texts?

What Should You Do When There Are Some Unknown Words in a Text?

What Should You Do When There Are Unknown Words in and English for Special Purposes Text?

Application

Chapter 9 Vocabulary and Writing

What Vocabulary Is Needed to Write English?

What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Write?

Application

Chapter 10 Learner Strategies

Guessing Words in Context

Using Mnemonic Techniques

Using Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

Application

Chapter 11 Simplification of Reading Material

Why Simplify?

How to Simplify

Application

Chapter 12 Directions in Vocabulary Studies

Vocabulary Learning Goals

Organizing Vocabulary Learning

Vocabulary and Reading

Quality of Vocabulary Knowledge

Bibliography

Appendix 1 Words from the General Service List

Which Are Not Likely to Be Well-Known

Appendix 2 A University Word List

Appendix 3 A Passage with Words of Various Frequency Levels Omitted

Appendix 4 Words in Context

Appendix 5 To Examine the Vocabulary of a Textbook

Appendix 6 Conjunction Relationships

Appendix 7 Vocabulary Puzzles

Appendix 8 A Vocabulary Levels Test