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The Vocabulary Development Pack

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Part 1.1.
What does it mean to know a word? by Scott Thornbury from 'How to teach Vocabulary', Pearson Education 2002.

Part 1.2
How are words remembered? by Scott Thornbury from 'How to Teach Vocabulary'. Pearson Education 2002

Part 2.1
Learning to Learn: 15 vocabulary acquisition activities by William R. Holden from Modern English Teacher 8/1 1999

Part 2.2
Word Patterns by Susan Hutchinson from English Teaching Professional 19 2001.

Part 2.3
Actually Activating Vocabulary by Cherry Gough from Modern English Teacher 4/2 1995

Part 3
How to train good vocabulary learners by Scott Thornburyfrom 'How to Teach Vocabulary' by Scott Thornbury, Pearson Education 2002.

Part 4
The Lexical Approach: a journey without maps? by Scott Thornbury from Modern English Teacher 7/4 1998.

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