Vocabulary and EAL/D learners

This episode explores why developing a rich vocabulary is important for EAL/D learners and how lexical knowledge is developed. In this episode Luke refers to the following resources: · Beck, I. L., McKeown, M. G., & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. New York: Guilford. · Coxhead, A. (2000) The Academic Word List, Victoria University of Wellington, Online · Nation, P., & Webb, P. (2017) How Vocabulary Is Learned, Oxford University Press, UK · Dang, T. N. Y., & Webb, S. (2016) The Essential Word List, Oxford University Press, Online