Writing to Learn Academic Words

Breno Barreto Silva: Breno has a TESOL certificate and diploma and has been teaching English and Portuguese for over 20 years in three different countries. Breno has been teaching academic writing, research methodology and statistics for 3 years. Breno holds two master degrees (linguistics and teaching) and a Ph.D. in applied linguistics. Breno has published several scientific papers directly connected to the topic of the book.

• 1: The Importance of General and Academic Vocabulary.- 2: Incidental Lexical Learning.- 3: The Writing Cycle and Cognitive Processes that May Affect Learning.- 4: An Overview of the Research Project.- 5: Inferential statistics and linear mixed models.- 6: Study 1 The Assessment of Academic Vocabulary: Developing a Reliable Academic Placement Tool.- 7: Discussion of findings for Study 1.- 8: Study 2 Lexical Learning through Writing Sentences and Timed essays.- 9: Study 3 Lexical Learning through Writing Sentences, Timed and Untimed essays.- 10: Discussion for Studies 2 and 3.