How Vocabulary is Learned

Welcome to the How Vocabulary is Learned online resources, which you can download and use in self-study or teacher-training groups. Here you can find:

A personal note from the authors
Sample material from the book
Discussion questions
An editable version of the Essential Word List
Answers for Version B of the Vocabulary Levels Test
Answers for the Intermediate level of the Word Part Levels Test
Weblinks to related content on other websites

Resources

A personal note from the authors PDF (35 KB)

Contents PDF (96 KB)

The contents pages of How Vocabulary is Learned.

Chapter 1 Extract PDF (145 KB)

The first six pages from Chapter 1.

Questions for reflection PDF (53 KB)

Questions from the end of each chapter to personalize learning.

Discussion Questions

Use in groupwork to help stimulate critical thinking on the key points of each chapter.

Chapter 1 Discussion Questions PDF (58 KB)
Chapter 2 Discussion Questions PDF (54 KB)
Chapter 3 Discussion Questions PDF (65 KB)
Chapter 4 Discussion Questions PDF (57 KB)
Chapter 5 Discussion Questions PDF (54 KB)
Chapter 6 Discussion Questions PDF (51 KB)
Chapter 7 Discussion Questions PDF (43 KB)
Chapter 8 Discussion Questions PDF (54 KB)
Chapter 9 Discussion Questions PDF (51 KB)
Chapter 10 Discussion Questions PDF (43 KB)

Glossary PDF (204 KB)

The glossary of terms used in the book.

Essential Word List DOCX (31 KB)

An editable version of the Essential Word List.

Vocabulary Levels Test (Version B) answers PDF (57 KB)

A version of the Vocabulary Levels Test (Version B) with answers.

Word Part Levels Test (Intermediate) answers PDF (57 KB)

A version of the Word Part Levels Test (Intermediate) with answers.

Weblinks

Links to real-life resources related to the research discussed in How Vocabulary is Learned.