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Zusammenfassung des Artikels: 2006, 9, 7-10

Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning

John D. Gallagher

This paper seeks to demonstrate that foreign language vocabulary learning can be a stimulating and rewarding activity whenever effective methods are employed. The first part of the article deals with the problems connected with specific categories of lexical items and syntagmata; in the second part the fo-cus of attention is on the difficulties associated with language registers; and the third part provides a broad survey of activities which can facilitate vocabulary learning.

Contents:

0.        Introduction
1.        The Acquisition of Specific Categories of Lexical Units and Syntagmata
1.1.     Learning Concrete Words
1.2.     Learning Abstract Words
1.3.     Learning Culture-Specific Words
1.4.     Learning Function Words
1.5.     Learning Stock Expressions
1.6.     Learning Collocations
2.        The Difficulties Associated with Language Registers
2.1.    The Acquisition of Colloquial Registers
2.2.    False Cognates
2.3.    The increasingly blurred boundaries between formal and informal lan¬guage registers
2.4.    Lack of Linguistic Sophistication
3.       Activities which can facilitate Vocabulary Learning
3.1.    Exploiting Lexical Similarities between Ancient and Modern Languages
3.2.    Exploiting Lexical Similarities between Modern Languages
3.3.    Comparing Original Texts in Various Languages
3.4.    Comparing Original Works with Translations
3.5.    Reading
3.6.    Listening to the Radio and Watching Television
3.7.    Listening to Music
3.8.    Using Dictionaries
3.9.    Using a Computer
3.10.  Arranging Words and Phrases in Lexical Fields
3.11.  Stringing Words Together
3.12.  Extrapolation
4.       Conclusion
          Bibliography
 

Stand: 25.04.06