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TESLReporter37,2(2004), pp. 1-13Myths about Teaching andLearningSecondLanguageVocabulary:What RecentResearch SaysKeith S. FolseUniversityofCentralFlorida,USAIntro duction1Learninga languageentailslearningnumerousaspectsab outthatlanguage,includingitspronunciatio n,writingsystem,syntax,pragmatics,rhetor icalmodesforreadingandcomposition,cultur e,andspelling, (L2)researchreflectsthisimportance,assee nin ( ,naturalcontextordirectinstruction)(Lauf er&Shmueli,1997;Zimmerman,1997),learners 'vocabularylearningstrategies(Gu,1994;Le ssard-Clouston,1994;Sanaoui,1995;Nassaji ,2003),thedevelopmentofL2learners'vocabu laries(Laufer,1998;Schmitt,1998;Nesselha uf,2003),the useofLlor L2 forinitialwordpresentation(Prince,1995;G race,1998),theeffectofdifferentpracticea ctivitiesonlearning(Joe,1995,1998.)

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