Vocabulary in Curriculum Planning

Chapter 1: Introduction to Vocabulary Based Needs Analysis (Marina Dodigovic and María Pilar Agustín-Llach).- Part 1: Some Lexical Principles for Needs Analysis.- Chapter 2: Vocabulary Size Assessment: Assessing the Vocabulary Needs of Learners in Relation to Their CEFR (James Milton and Thomai Alexiou).- Chapter 3: The Comparison of Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Size of Afghan Tertiary Students (Mohammad Asif Amin).- Chapter 4: How Does Vocabulary Knowledge Relate to Reading Comprehension? (Xuerong Wei).- Part 2: Understanding Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Another Language.- Chapter 5: Vocabulary Size and Strategies of English Learners in Armenia: What the Research Says (Marina Dodigovic, Rubina Gasparyan, Syuzanna Torosyan and Mary Alik Karamanoukian).- Chapter 6: Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Armenian EFL Students (Hripsime Manoukyan).- Chapter 7: Cognitive and Metacognitive Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Insights From Learning Diaries (Brankica Bosnjak Terzic and Visnja Pavicic Takac).- Part 3: Examining Lexical Errors.- Chapter 8: Lexical Errors in the Writing of EFL Students in the Armenian Context (Nektar Harutyunyan and Marina Dodigovic).- Chapter 9: Semantic and Conceptual Transfer in FL: Multicultural and Multilingual Competences (María Pilar Agustín-Llach).- Part 4: Developing Needs Based Procedures and Tools to Support Vocabulary Learning.- Chapter 10: Fostering the Teaching of Cultural Vocabulary in EFL Contexts (Andres Canga Alonso).- Chapter 11: DIY Needs Analysis and Specific Text Types: Using The Prime Machine to Explore Vocabulary in Ready Made and Homemade English Corpora (Stephen Jeaco).

Marina Dodigovic is Honorary Professor of TESOL at the University of La Rioja, Spain and Senior Research Fellow, Republic of Croatia.

María Pilar Agustín-Llach is Full Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of La Rioja, Spain.