A Review of Research into Vocabulary Learning and Acquisition

Abstract- Second-language vocabulary acquisition is a field of investigation that has seen an explosion of experimental research in the past 25 years. There are many dimensions to this topic, requiring synthesis of the major findings in this field of study so that teachers can understand their pedagogical implications. This paper attempts to present these major findings under each of the main areas of research on the topic. Following this, the implications of these findings for teaching vocabulary to second language learners are discussed