Doing Vocabulary Research
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Elke Peters is Professor of Applied Linguistics at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her primary research interests are second language vocabulary acquisition and out-of-school language learning. She has published in The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies, Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and Applied Linguistics. She is also the editor of the journal ITL-International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
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Chapter 1: Setting the scene of L2 vocabulary research Chapter 2: Counting units and vocabulary lists Chapter 3: Measuring L2 vocabulary knowledge Chapter 4: Developing a discrete L2 vocabulary test Chapter 5: Measuring L2 vocabulary use Chapter 6: Setting up an L2 vocabulary experiment Chapter 7: Types of experimental L2 vocabulary designs Chapter 8: Selecting L2 vocabulary target items Chapter 9: Controlling for pre-existing L2 vocabulary knowledge Chapter 10: Setting up a correlational L2 vocabulary study Chapter 11: Setting up a qualitative L2 vocabulary study Chapter 12: Future L2 vocabulary research