Table of Contents

1. The Importance of Teaching and Assessing Vocabulary
2. A New Perspective for Thinking about Vocabulary
3. Surveying the State of Vocabulary Assessment
4. Which Words and Word Meanings Should We Teach and Assess?
5. How Should We Assess Vocabulary?
6. Classroom Practices for Vocabulary Instruction
7. Role of Technology to Support Adaptive, Flexible, and Scalable Assessments Appendix 7.1: Some Important Corpora
8. Resources for Developing a Nation of Word Learners Glossary References Index