WORKSHOP PROPOSAL

TITLE:

Lexical Development: Research-based Principles for Vocabulary Teaching and Learning

DATE: July 2^nd, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 1: 15 p.m.

VENUE: Instituto “Juan Zorrilla de San Martín”

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Post-Intermediate and advanced  ESL students, graduate ESL teachers, general public interested in lexical development and enhancement.

OBJECTIVES:  The main objectives of this workshop are to provide a general view of the reemergence of interest in the long-neglected area of vocabulary acquisition, to inform about recent lexically-focused  research trends, and to reflect on and problematize vocabulary teaching and learning habits.  The workshop will consist of a short theoretical introduction and two practical sections oriented to analysis and discussion of vocabulary learning strategies as well as existing taxonomies.

COORDINATORS OF THE ACTIVITIES: Marcela G. de Gatti, Dolores Orta, Claudia Schander, Gustavo Kofman, Stefania Tomasini, Sergio Aiassa.  COLLABORATORS: Ma. Victoria Sánchez, Ana Cecilia Cad.