Assessing Vocabulary

This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test.

John Read (Author)

9780521627412, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 February 2000

294 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 kg

'The book's great strength must lie in the competence with which it summarises research into vocabulary acquisition and research. Read's book is both timely and well-designed, and provides an accessible framework for discussion of aspects of vocabulary knowledge.' ELT Journal

This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners.

Subject Areas: ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]