Introduction
Part I Vocabulary and description
1.1 Vocabulary size, text coverage and word lists PAUL NATION
ROBERT WARING
1.2 Written and spoken vocabulary MICHAEL MCCARTHY RONALD CARTER
1.3 Vocabulary connections: multi-word items in English ROSAMUND MOON
1.4 On the role of context in first-and second-language vocabulary learning WILLIAM NAGY
1.5 Receptive vs. productive aspects of vocabulary FRANCINE MELKA
1.6 Editors' comments -- description section

Part 2 Vocabulary and acquisition
2.1 Towards a new approach to modelling vocabulary acquisition PAUL MEARA
2.2 Vocabulary acquisition: word structure, collocation, word-class, and meaning NICK C. ELLIS
2.3 What's in a word that makes it hard or easy: some intralexical factors that affect the learning of words BATIA LAUFER
2.4 The influence of the mother tongue on second language vocabulary acquisition and use MICHAEL SWAN
2.5 Learning the orthographical form of L2 vocabulary -- a receptive and a productive process ANN RYAN
2.6 Vocabulary learning strategies NORBERT SCHMITT
2.7 Editors' comments -- acquisition section

Part 3 The pedagogical context
3.1 Current trends in teaching second language vocabulary ANITA J. SOKMEN
3.2 Incorporating vocabulary into the syllabus FELICITY O'DELL
3.3 Vocabulary reference works in foreign language learning PHIL SCHOLFIELD
3.4 Vocabulary and testing JOHN READ
3.5 Editors' comments -- pedagogy section
Glossary
References
Author index
Content index