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Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary SizeI.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 79–98
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 79–98
Chapter 8Supporting native-speaker vocabulary growth
Article outline
- Toddlers and pre-school
- Parent training in interacting with children
- Experiencing and talking about the world
- Doing lots of different things
- Getting ready for learning to read
- Primary school
- Vocabulary learning through oral interaction
- Vocabulary learning through reading
- The deliberate teaching and learning of vocabulary
- Word consciousness
- Learning how to learn words
- Guidelines for teachers for supporting primary school children’s vocabulary growth
- Secondary school
- Using the Vocabulary Size Test
- The vocabulary sizes of native-speakers in New Zealand secondary schools
- Suggestions for improving vocabulary learning through quantity of reading and writing
- Suggestions for giving attention to vocabulary
- How can reading be encouraged and monitored in class?
- How can writing be encouraged and monitored in class?
- Suggestions for learning through multimedia resources
- Supporting vocabulary growth in adults
