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  1. Is first language attrition possible without second language knowledge?

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  2. From word parts to full texts: Searching for effective methods of vocabulary learning

    Article • Language Teaching Research, December 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  3. Loanwords and Vocabulary Size Test Scores: A Case of Different Estimates for Different L1 Learners

    Article • Language Assessment Quarterly, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  4. First language attrition without second language acquisition

    Article • ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics, December 2015, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  5. Retention of new words: Quantity of encounters, quality of task, and degree of knowledge

    Article • Language Teaching Research, December 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  6. Lexical Thresholds for Reading Comprehension: What They Are and How They Can Be Used for Teaching Purposes

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  7. Vocabulary and Writing

    Article • October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  8. Lexical Frequency Profiles

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  9. Second Language Word Diffi culty

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  10. Incidental vocabulary acquisition: The effects of task type, word occurrence and their combination

    Article • Language Teaching Research, August 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  11. Verb-Noun Collocations in Second Language Writing: A Corpus Analysis of Learners’ English

    Article • Language Learning, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  12. The Contribution of Dictionary Use to the Production and Retention of Collocations in a Second Language

    Article • International Journal of Lexicography, December 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  13. Second language vocabulary acquisition from language input and from form-focused activities

    Article • Language Teaching, May 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  14. Form-focused Instruction in Second Language Vocabulary Learning: A Case for Contrastive Analysis and Translation

    Article • Applied Linguistics, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  15. Comparing Focus on Form and Focus on FormS in Second-Language Vocabulary Learning

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, September 2006, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  16. Examining the Effectiveness of 'Bilingual Dictionary Plus' - A Dictionary for Production in a Foreign Language

    Article • International Journal of Lexicography, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  17. Comparing Focus on Form and Focus on FormS in Second-Language Vocabulary Learning

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, January 2006, Project Muse

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  18. Lexical Frequency Profiles: From Monte Carlo to the Real World: A Response to Meara (2005)

    Article • Applied Linguistics, December 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  19. Focus on Form in Second Language Vocabulary Learning

    Article • EUROSLA Yearbook, August 2005, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  20. Instructed Second Language Vocabulary Learning: The fault in the ‘default hypothesis’

    Article • April 2005, De Gruyter

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  21. Testing Vocabulary Knowledge: Size, Strength, and Computer Adaptiveness

    Article • Language Learning, August 2004, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  22. Vocabulary in a Second Language

    Article • July 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  23. Size and strength: do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge?

    Article • Language Testing, April 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  24. Introduction

    Article • January 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  25. Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: Do Learners Really Acquire Most Vocabulary by Reading? Some Empirical Evidence

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, June 2003, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  26. Type of task, time-on-task and electronic dictionaries in incidental vocabulary acquisition

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 2003, De Gruyter

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  27. Some Empirical Evidence for the Involvement Load Hypothesis in Vocabulary Acquisition

    Article • Language Learning, September 2001, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  28. Incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language: the construct of task-induced involvement

    Article • Applied Linguistics, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  29. Passive vocabulary size and speed of meaning recognition

    Article • EUROSLA Yearbook, January 2001, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  30. Avoidance of idioms in a second language: The effect of L1-L2 degree of similarity

    Article • Studia Linguistica, August 2000, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  31. A vocabulary-size test of controlled productive ability

    Article • Language Testing, January 1999, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  32. The Relationship Between Passive and Active Vocabularies: Effects of LanguageLearning Context

    Article • Language Learning, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  33. Bilingualised dictionaries: How learners really use them

    Article • System, September 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  34. Assessing the Effectiveness of Monolingual, Bilingual, and “Bilingualised” Dictionaries in the Comprehension and Production of New Words

    Article • Modern Language Journal, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  35. Memorizing New Words: Does Teaching Have Anything To Do With It?

    Article • RELC Journal, June 1997, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  36. Assessing the Effectiveness of Monolingual, Bilingual, and "Bilingualised" Dictionaries in the Comprehension and Production of New Words

    Article • Modern Language Journal, January 1997, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  37. The 1996-1997Language LearningDistinguished Scholar-in-Residence Program Announcement of Awards

    Article • Language Learning, September 1996, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer

  38. Vocabulary Size and Use: Lexical Richness in L2 Written Production

    Article • Applied Linguistics, September 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  39. Beyond 2000

    Article • January 1995, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  40. The Lexical Profile of Second Language Writing: Does It Change Over Time?

    Article • RELC Journal, December 1994, SAGE Publications

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  41. What Causes Avoidance in L2 Learning

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, March 1993, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Stig S. E. Eliasson, Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  42. Reading in a foreign language: how does L2 lexical knowledge interact with the reader's general academic ability'

    Article • Journal of Research in Reading, September 1992, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  43. How Much Lexis is Necessary for Reading Comprehension?

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  44. The Development of L2 Lexis in the Expression of the Advanced Learner

    Article • Modern Language Journal, December 1991, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  45. Words you know

    Article • January 1991, John Benjamins

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  46. Facilitating long-term retention of vocabulary: The second-hand cloze

    Article • System, January 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  47. The Development of L2 Lexis in the Expression of the Advanced Learner

    Article • Modern Language Journal, January 1991, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  48. Ease and Difficulty in Vocabulary Learning: Some Teaching Implications

    Article • Foreign Language Annals, April 1990, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  49. WHY ARE SOME WORDS MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS? — SOME INTRALEXICAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE LEARNING OF WORDS

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 1990, De Gruyter

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  50. The concept of ‘synforms’ (similar lexical forms) in vocabulary acquisition

    Article • Language and Education, January 1988, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  51. Measuring and Explaining the Reading Threshold Needed for English for Academic Purposes Texts

    Article • Foreign Language Annals, October 1985, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  52. Avoidance of Phrasal Verbs—A Case for Contrastive Analysis

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, February 1985, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  53. Lexical Guessing in Context in EFL Reading Comprehension

    Article • Journal of Research in Reading, February 1984, Wiley

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  54. A Problem in Vocabulary Learning—Synophones

    Article • ELT Journal, January 1981, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  55. ON THE EXTRINSIC RULE ORDERING: THE FORMULATION FALLACY

    Article • Linguistics, January 1978, De Gruyter

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  56. An experiment in teaching reading comprehension with written answers in the mother tongue

    Article • System, January 1978, Elsevier

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  57. An approach to teaching grammar for comprehension purposes

    Article • System, January 1976, Elsevier

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  58. Vocabulary

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer

  59. The lexical plight in second language reading: Words you don't know, words you think you know, and words you can't guess

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Batia Laufer, Professor Batia Laufer