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Teaching English vocabulary

Concordancers and corpus linguistics in vocabulary learning and teaching

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This page brings together books on vocabulary teaching, vocabulary practice materials, specialist dictionaries and classroom vocabulary games. It also introduces the use of concordancers and corpora in vocabulary learning and teaching.

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TESL vocabulary books, concordancers and corpora

Teaching English vocabulary

  • Vocabulary: Description, Acquisition and Pedagogy — Norbert Schmitt and Michael McCarthy (Eds.) [01/02/2012]
  • Vocabulary, Semantics and Language Education — Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown [27/10/1995]
  • Vocabulary: A Scheme for Teacher Education — Michael McCarthy [01/12/1990]

Vocabulary practice for learners

Elementary

  1. [L2]-[L3] English Vocabulary in Use: Elementary with Answers and CD-ROM by Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell, Geraldine Mark [11/03/2010]
  2. [L2]-[L3] Test your English Vocabulary in Use Elementary [11/03/2010]

Intermediate

  1. [L3]-[L4] English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate with Answers and CD-ROM by Stuart Redman [21/07/2011]
  2. [L3]-[L4] Test your English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate [14/07/2011]

Upper intermediate

  1. [L3]-[L5] English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate with Answers and CD-ROM by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell [14/06/2012]
  2. [L4]-[L5] Test your English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate [23/08/2012]

Collocations and idioms

  1. [L4]-[L5] The LTP Dictionary of Selected Collocations — Jimmie Hill (Ed.), Michael Lewis (Ed.) [01/01/1997]
  2. [L4]-[L5] Idioms Organiser — Jon Wright [01/01/1999]

Advanced

  1. [L5]-[L6] English Vocabulary in Use Advanced (2nd Edition) with Answers and CD-ROM by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell [19/12/2013]
  2. [L5]-[L6] Test your English Vocabulary in Use Advanced (2nd Edition) [01/03/2014]
  3. [L5]-[L6] Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary on DVD and online with iSpeaker and iWriter [22/01/2015]

Academic and occupational

  1. [L5]-[L7] Academic Vocabulary in Use with Answers [03/01/2008]
  2. [L5]-[L7] Specialist English Dictionaries — occupational and/or academic (some with audio and/or dedicated vocabulary workbooks)

Vocabulary games for the classroom

  1. Games for Vocabulary Practice — Interactive Vocabulary Activities for all Levels (Spiral spine) [02/10/2003]
  2. Practice Makes Perfect – Advanced English Vocabulary Games [01/11/2014]
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