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Hello everyone.
I need (a) book(s) that review(s) the area of strategies for learning vocabulary by college students. I hope you know one or more recent
one(s)
Thanks

Hi

I'd recommend

" How to Teach Vocabulary "

by Scott Thornbury......published by Longman.

It's excellent.

If you want to investigate vocabulary learning strategies further then visit

http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk

The "Word Surfing" site looks at this topic in depth... and you should be able to find more help there. Check out the links for lots of recent discussion on learning strategies.

Hope this helps.

Will

P.S. If you, your teachers or colleagues would like to suggest any materials that could usefully be included on the Word Surfing site - please let me know.

Thank you very much for the site and the book. However, I am interested more in strategies of learning vocabulary rather than teaching vocabulary. I have written two or three papers on study skills (how students learn) and I am interested in writing a paper on how they learn vocabulary.
I will buy the book you suggested but is there a book on the strategies students use to learn vocabulary?
Thanks a million .

Hi fireworks

sorry for the delay in replying - there are several links towards books that might be of interest to you here

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vocabu ... rt=20&sa=N

but... to be honest ... I had a lot of difficulty finding good material on practical strategies - and that's what led me to developing Word Surfing.

Anyway, please let me know if you find/have found anything worthwhile!

In the meantime, best wishes etc

Will
http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk

P.S. ( this was also sent to you as a pm about a week ago - but is somehow stuck in my "outbox" - and I suspect that you haven't received it - so trying here!!)