Targeting and teaching Appropriate Vocabulary : Considering emergence and context

This paper describes how vocabulary was targeted and taught in several English discussion classes in Rikkyo University's EDC program.The paper first describes the context of the lessons and the limitations on the teacher when it comes to teaching lexical items, before moving on to establish criteria which may be used to select appropriate vocabulary to teach, with a particular focus on emergent language and class context.Finally, a number of examples from lessons are provided demonstrating how vocabulary was selected in particular lessons and the effects that teaching these items had on student performance.