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Vocabulary Development Resources      

• Paul Meara - The Importance of an Early Emphasis on L2 Vocabulary.
• Dr. Rob Waring - second language vocabulary acquisition.  
• Richard Wakely - Good practice in teaching and learning vocabulary.
• UEfAP - Using English for Academic Purposes
• Organised Vocabulary Notebooks - a short background to Word Surfing
• Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group - University of Wales Swansea.
• CILL - Centre for Independent Language Learning.
• Paul Shoebottom - Learning Vocabulary.
• Shaun Dowling - Lexical notebooks
• Teaching English - Ideas from the BBC and British Council.
• Vocabulary and Autonomy - more from the BBC and British Council.
• Vocabulary Articles - the BBC & British Council again.
• Bruce Zhang - Learning English Naturally and Effectively.
• Interlex - creating your own bi-lingual vocabulary lists
• Phil Quirke - a very informative site on a wide range of issues. 
• STORK - Methods and Methodologies in Language Teaching.
• CILT - Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research.
• Vocabulary Profiler - shows lower frequency words on any Web page.
• Word Safari - Expand your word knowledge while surfing the Web.

independent learning

• CILL - What is Independent Language Learning?
• Independent Learning - devoted to Learner and Teacher Autonomy.
• AILA - Learner Autonomy in Language Learning.
• Learning Paths - research and action for promoting learner autonomy.

articles

• EL Gazette - the English language newspaper.
• Humanising Language Teaching - a favourite internet journal.
• TESL Journal - articles and research papers.
• Developing Teachers - always interesting.
• Karen's Linguistic Issues - more interesting opinions.
• Darren Board - Teacher Learner Strategies and Vocabulary Acquisition.
• Bangkok Post - Building Your Vocabulary
• Andrew Littlejohn - reports on the importance of motivation.
• Teaching English - more on motivation
• Galina Kavaliauskiene - writes about the lexical approach.
• Seth Lindstromberg - Collocations and associations HLT 2003
• Seth Lindstromberg - My good-bye to the Lexical Approach HLT 2003
• Dimitrios Thanasoulas - on learner autonomy.
• Torsten Daerr - How to learn English
• Karen Bond - on what makes a successful language learner.
• H. Catherine Walter  - reading in a second language.
• Carolyn Samuel - Collins COBUILD English Collocations.
• Articles for the Language Learner

academic, alternative and innovative

• Extensive Reading - and it's relevance to language learning.
• Teacher's Pet - an innovative site for making your own lessons.
• World Wide Words  - amusing and educational.
• Thinking Approach - a creative project in Latvia.
• Optimnem - a forward thinking site well worth exploring.
• Collins Cobuild - A 10-Step Introduction to Concordancing.
• Frequency Level Checker - it does what it says.
• Technology in Language Learning - and how it can help.
• ReadingNet - vocab acquisition forum for ESL teachers & rearchers.

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