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Empirically validated techniques to accelerate learners' uptake of 'chunks' demonstrate that pathways for insightful chunk-learning become available if one is willing to question the assumption that lexis is arbitrary. Care is taken to ensure that the pedagogical proposals are in acco...

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Main Authors: Boers, Frank (Author), Lindstromberg, Seth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Applied Linguistics.
Communication Studies.
Language Education.
Language Teaching.
Language and Literature.
Applied linguistics.
Communication.
Language and education.
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Philology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Empirically validated techniques to accelerate learners' uptake of 'chunks' demonstrate that pathways for insightful chunk-learning become available if one is willing to question the assumption that lexis is arbitrary. Care is taken to ensure that the pedagogical proposals are in accordance with insights from vocabulary research generally.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 194 pages 2 illustrations)
ISBN:9780230245006
DOI:10.1057/9780230245006