Includes bibliographical references: (p. 332-371) and indexes.

Vocabulary and description: Vocabulary size, text coverage and word lists/ Paul Nation and Robert Waring-- Written and spoken vocabulary / Michael Mccarthy and Ronald Carter-- Vocabulary connections: multi-word items in english/ Rosamund Moon-- On the role of context in first- and second language vocabulary learning/ William Nagy-- Receptive vs. productive aspects of vocabulary / Francine Melka-- Editors' commments- description section-- Vocabulary and acquisition: Towards a new approach to modelling vocabulary acquisition / Paul Meara-- Vocabulary acquisition: word structure, collocation, word-class, and meaning / Nick C. Ellis-- What's in a word that makes it hard or easy: some intralexical factors that affect the learning of words / Batia Laufer-- The influence of the mother tongue on second language vocabulary acquisition and use / Michael Swan-- Learning the orthographical form of L2 vocabulary--a receptive and a productive process / Ann Ryan-- Vocabulary learning strategies / Norbeert Schmitt-- Editors' comments- acquisition section-- The pedagogical context: Current trends in teaching second language vocabulary / Anita J. Sokmen-- Incorporating vocabulary into the syllabus / Felicity O' Dell-- Vocabulary reference works in foreign language learning / Phil Scholfield-- Vocabulary and testing / John Read-- Editors' comments- pedagogy section.