COURSE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

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~WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT VOCABULARY & LANGUAGE ACQUISITION~
 

A REFERENCED NOTE FROM MY OWN STUDY OF THE SUBJECT OF VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION:

Vocabulary and Its Importance in Language Learning. From www.tesol.org:
 

1. Vocabulary addresses single lexical items—words with specific meaning(s)—but it also includes lexical phrases or chunks.”
    

2.  (Alali & Schmitt, 2012) Phrases like: Good morning and Nice to meet you.
    

3. Wilkins (1972) wrote that “. . . while without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary can be conveyed” (pp. 111–112).
    

4. Understanding meaning and context through grammatical inferences is significant for [students] to usefully acquire more vocabulary knowledge and to their own .
    

5. [The concept of ‘a word’] has three… aspects:
    

   • Form, [which is about] pronunciation, spelling and word parts such as suffix, prefix or root.
      

   • Meaning, [The mental picture evoked by the word as a standalone item and within the contextual options of its potential use.]
      

   • and Use, [The way a word can be utilized to create phrases, sentences and eventual understanding of a complete thought; formal speech constraints, social or peer expectations, etc.]
      

Source:

Vocabulary and Its Importance in Language Learning. Accessed December 11, 2016. www.tesol.org/docs/books/bk_eltd_vocabulary_974
 

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