Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning

Edited by Chacon-Beltran (applied linguistics, U. Nacional de Educaion a Distancia, Spain), Abello-Contesse (applied linguistics, U. of Seville, Spain), and Mar Torreblanca-Lopez (linguistics, U. of Seville, Spain), this collection of 13 papers in 3 sections presents recent empirical studies and literature reviews in the area of foreign or second language vocabulary acquisition and teaching. Part 1 assesses models of vocabulary learning and approaches to vocabulary teaching. Part 2 offers empirical, psycholinguistic studies addressing issues related to the mental processing, acquisition, and production of lexical items. The papers in part 3 are concerned with practical, pedagogical matters, and include discussions on textbook inadequacies and web and computer-based methods for vocabulary instruction and learning. Together, the volume's papers emphasize the importance of explicit lexical instruction in effective second language acquisition. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ruben Chacon-Beltran is Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia in Madrid, Spain, where he teaches undergraduate courses in English as a foreign language and sociolinguistics, and graduate seminars in bilingualism and language policy.

Christian Abello-Contesse is Associate Professor at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, where he teaches courses in second language acquisition, foreign-language teaching methodology, bilingualism and multilingualism, bilingual education and intercultural communication.

M. Mar Torreblanca-Lopez is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where she teaches undergraduate courses in English as a foreign language and spoken discourse, as well as graduate courses in English pragmatics and discourse analysis.