Researching and teaching vocabulary in the AMEP

Anne Burns; Helen de Silva Joyce

Researching and teaching vocabulary in the AMEP

Anne Burns, Helen de Silva Joyce

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Abstract

Over a number of years, action research projects have contributed to practitioner-based research and professional development in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). In this article, we describe a recent national project focusing on the teaching of vocabulary. We worked, as a researcher from the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) and a researcher from the NSW Adult Migrant English Service (NSW AMES), with 25 AMEP teachers from different States to investigate different aspects of teaching and learning vocabulary. These aspects were selected by the teachers according to their interests, their learners’ needs and the focus of their classes. Summarised accounts of four studies from the project are presented as examples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-34
Number of pages	15
Journal	Prospect
Volume	16
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Publisher version archived with the permission of the Editor, Prospect, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia. This copy is available for individual, non-commercial use. Permission to reprint/republish this version for other uses must be obtained from the publisher.

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