Chapter published in:
Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 79–98

Chapter 8
Supporting 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