Contrastive Semantics in Vocabulary Instruction

By dealing with the semantic area of English and Spanish clothing terms, the article shows some of the ways that vocabulary out of context in contrastive systems (viewed as a prerequisite to vocabulary in context) can be used. (SCC)

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Published inTESOL quarterly Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 99
Main Author Nilsen, Don L. F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.1976
Subjects
Context Clues
Contrastive Linguistics
English (Second Language)
Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Semantics
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary Skills
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Summary:By dealing with the semantic area of English and Spanish clothing terms, the article shows some of the ways that vocabulary out of context in contrastive systems (viewed as a prerequisite to vocabulary in context) can be used. (SCC)
ISSN:0039-8322
DOI:10.2307/3585943