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Optimizing a Lexical Approach to Instructed Second Language Acquisition

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Frank Boers

    1. Erasmus University College, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. Seth Lindstromberg

    1. Hilderstone EFL College, Broadstairs, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Contribution of Chunks to Acquisition and Proficiency

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 24-38

  4. Estimating the Chances of Incidental Uptake of L2 Chunks

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 39-54

  5. Selecting Chunks for the L2 Classroom

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 55-78

  6. Semantic Elaboration

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 79-105

  7. Structural Elaboration

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 106-125

  8. Bearing in Mind

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 126-145

  9. Directions

    • Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg
    Pages 146-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-194
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About this book

Empirically validated techniques to accelerate learners' uptake of 'chunks' demonstrate that pathways for insightful chunk-learning become available if one is willing to question the assumption that lexis is arbitrary. Care is taken to ensure that the pedagogical proposals are in accordance with insights from vocabulary research generally.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus University College, Brussels, Belgium

    Frank Boers

  • Hilderstone EFL College, Broadstairs, UK

    Seth Lindstromberg

About the authors

FRANK BOERS is lecturer at the Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium and has over twenty years of experience teaching EFL, EAP and applied linguistics. He obtained a PhD in Cognitive Semantics, but has gradually shifted his research interest to second language acquisition and foreign language teaching. Most of his recent publications focus on vocabulary and phraseology.

SETH LINDSTROMBERG teaches language and methodology courses for non-native-speaking EFL and CLIL teachers and on EFL courses at all levels at Hilderstone EFL college in Kent, UK. He has edited and been a contributor to teacher's resource books for several publishers and is an enthusiastic, albeit somewhat recent, convert to experimental applied linguistics.

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