本书的阅读对象是将英语作为第二语言或外语的英语教师。本书的主旨是把英语词汇的教学系统化、理论化，为英语词汇的教学提供理论依据和实践指导。本书的指导思想是：作者相信对词汇发展系统化和理论化的研究可以最终促进词汇的教学。书中参照和选用了过去一百年间语言教师和研究者所取得的理论研究成果、进行的实验探索和课堂教学实践。

“圣智英语教师丛书”精选自圣智学习出版公司出版的当代语言教育领域的力作，由当今国际语言教育界的权威人士编著，国内英语教育界专家、学者撰写导读。丛书选题涵盖外语教学理论、语言教学技能和实践、学法指导、课程设计、语言测试与评估、外语教学科研方法、师资发展、语境和文化教学以及教学法等诸多领域，能够满足目前英语教师适应新课改的迫切需要。本丛书既可用作英语教师专业化教育与发展和英语专业硕士研究生教育的教材，同时也是语言教育研究者必备的参考书。

导读

Praface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

 Should Vocabulary Be Taught?

 Approaches to Vocabulary Learning

 Points to Consider in Vocabulary Learning

Chapter 2 The Goals Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Size

 How Many Words Does a Second Language Learner Need?

 How Do We Choose What Vocabulary to Teach?

 Setting Goals for Your Learners

 Application

Chapter 3 What Is Involved in Learning a Word?

 What Is a Word?

 What Is Involved in Knowing a Word?

 What Features Make Learning a Word Difficult?

 Application

Chapter 4 Communicating Meaning

 The Teaching of Meaning

 Concepts

 Definitions

 Communicating Meaning and Remembering the Meaning

 Investigating Learning

 Application

Chapter 5 Assessing Vocabulary Size

 Measuring Total Vocabulary Size

 Measuring Knowledge of a Particular Group of Words

 Application

Chapter 6 Vocabulary and Listening

 What Vocabulary Is Needed to Understand Spoken English?

 How Can You Test the Size of a Learner's Listening Vocabulary?

 What Sould You Do When Your Learners

 Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Understand Spoden English?

 Application

Chapter 7 Vocabulary and Speaking

 What Vocabulary Is Needed to Speak English?

 What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Speak?

 Application

Chapter 8 Vocabulary and Reading

 What Vocabulary Is Needed to Read English?

 How Do You Test a Learner's Reading Vocabulary?

 What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Read Their Set Texts?

 What Should You Do When There Are Some Unknown Words in a Text?

 What Should You Do When There Are Unknown Words in and English for Special Purposes Text?

 Application

Chapter 9 Vocabulary and Writing

 What Vocabulary Is Needed to Write English?

 What Should You Do When Learners Do Not Have Enough Vocabulary to Write?

 Application

Chapter 10 Learner Strategies

 Guessing Words in Context

 Using Mnemonic Techniques

 Using Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

 Application

Chapter 11 Simplification of Reading Material

 Why Simplify?

 How to Simplify

 Application

Chapter 12 Directions in Vocabulary Studies

 Vocabulary Learning Goals

 Organizing Vocabulary Learning

 Vocabulary and Reading

 Quality of Vocabulary Knowledge

Bibliography

Appendix 1 Words from the General Service List Which Are Not Likely to Be Well-Known

Appendix 2 A University Word List

Appendix 3 A Passage with Words of Various Frequency Levels Omitted

Appendix 4 Words in Context

Appendix 5 To Examine the Vocabulary of a Textbook

Appendix 6 Conjunction Relationships

Appendix 7 Vocabulary Puzzles

Appendix 8 A Vocabulary Levels Test

Index