Is explicit vocabulary focus the reading teacher’s job?

dc.contributor.authorFolse, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:10:19Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports findings from a case study of the amount of explicit vocabulary focus (EVF) that occurred in a week of classes for one group of upper intermediate students in an intensive English program (IEP). To assess EVF, instruction from a total of 25 hours of classes was analyzed to see if the number of EVF events was more connected with the course (i.e., grammar, reading, composition, communication skills, or TOEFL), the instructor, or both. Data reveal that the reading course, long assumed to be the source of most vocabulary focus, may or may not be the main source in an IEP curriculum. Data from this study demonstrate that a better predictor of EVF in any given class or course may be the instructor, and that the number of EVFs in a week of intensive instruction is surprisingly low.
dc.identifier.doi10125/66643
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/66643
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectvocabulary
dc.subjectcurriculum
dc.subjectreading
dc.subjectintensive English program
dc.subjectESL
dc.titleIs explicit vocabulary focus the reading teacher’s job?
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicLexis
prism.endingpage160
prism.number1
prism.startingpage139
prism.volume22

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