Course Name	Teaching English vocabulary
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Eun-Jeong Kim
	Department	English Education

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives:

This course aims to provide the background knowledge for learners to make informed choices about vocabulary teaching. In particular, the course will focus on: linguistic and historical background on vocabulary teaching; the various kinds of knowledge a person can have about a word, how vocabulary behaves in context, and how it is achieved; and, their pedagogical application.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Main textbook: N. Schmitt (2000). Vocabulary in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Further readings: N. Schmitt & M. McCarthy (1997). Vocabulary: Description, acquisition

and  pedagogy. Cambridge University Press.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: project/presentation and assignments

Grading Scheme: mid-term & final exam (each 30%), project/presentation (20), quiz & others (20%)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: Course introduction

Week 2: History of vocabulary in language learning

Week 3: Aspects of knowing a word: Meaning and organization

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Week 5: Aspects of knowing a word: Word form and grammatical knowledge

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Week 7: Mid-term exam

Week 8: The use of corpora in vocabulary studies

Week 9: Vocabulary in discourse

Week 10: Vocabulary acquisition

Week 11: Teaching and learning vocabulary

Week 12: Presentation

Week 13: Assessing vocabulary knowledge

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Week 15: Final exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 751-5613    e-mail: eunkim@gnu.ac.kr