International scholars and researchers present cutting edge contributions on the significance of vocabulary in current thinking on first and second language acquisition in the school and at home. By pursuing common themes across first and second language and bilingual contexts, the editors offer a collection that tackles the most important issues.

THOMAI ALEXIOU Lecturer in the Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, GreeceHUILI CHEN is currently working as a Content Development Manager at ElsevierANNABELLE DAVID Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Newcastle University, UK DAVID DICKINSON Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, USA VIV EDWARDS Professor of Language in Education, University of Reading, UK TANYA FLUSHMAN is a doctoral student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, USA PAULINE FOSTER Reader in Applied Linguistics, St. Mary's University College, UK JILL FREIBERG is currently working on her doctorate at Vanderbilt University, USA TAO GUO is currently teaching at Shanghai International Studies University, ChinaLOTTE HENRICHS is currently working on her doctoral dissertation at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ERNESTO MACARO Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Oxford, UK FLORENCE MYLES Director of the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK, and Professor of French Linguistics in the School of Modern LanguagesVIVIENNE ROGERS is currently working on her doctorate at Newcastle University, UK SARAH RULE Research Fellow associated with the University of Southampton, UK ROB SCHOONEN Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ALISON SEALEY Senior Lecturer in Modern English Language, University of Birmingham, UK PETER SKEHAN works at the Chinese University of Hong KongLILI TIAN is a doctoral student in the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK HUIJUAN XUE works as International Development Coordinator, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Preface; P.Meara Lexical Features of Parental Academic Language Input: the Effect on Vocabulary Growth in Monolingual Dutch Children; L.Henrichs& R.Schoonen Vocabulary, Reading and Classroom Supports for Language; D.Dickinson, T.Flushman& J.Freiberg Exploring Vocabulary with Young L1 Learners: the Contribution of a Corpus; A.Sealey Vocabulary, Education and Diversity; V.Edwards Language Dominance and Lexical Diversity: How Bilinguals and L2 Learners Differ in their Knowledge and Use of French Lexical and Functional Items; J.Treffers-Daller Lexical Diversity and Native-Like Selection: the Bonus of Studying Abroad; P.Foster Lexical Performance by Native and Non-Native Speakers on Language-Learning Tasks; P.Skehan Can Differential Processing of L2 Vocabulary Inform the Debate on Teacher Codeswitching Behaviour? The Case of Chinese Learners of English; E.Macaro, Tao Guo, H.Chen& L.Tian Lexical Development in Instructed L2 Learners of French: Is there a Relationship with Morphosyntactic Development?; A.David, F.Myles, V.Rogers& S.Rule A New Method of Measuring Rare Word Diversity: the Example Of L2 Learners of French; D.Malvern& B.Richards Vocabulary Knowledge and Academic Success: a Study of Chinese Students in UK Higher Education; H.M.Daller& H.Xue Vocabulary Size and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; J.Milton& T.Alexiou References Index