Publications
- VOCABULARY ACQUISITION IN A SECOND LANGUAGE: Do learners really acquire most vocabulary by reading? Some empirical evidence1, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2026, Vocabu Lary: Critical Concepts in Linguistics: Volume III. Taylor and Francis, Vol. 3. p. 241-258 18 p.
- Learning new collocations: The effects of grouping and language of instruction, Breslaw, R. & Laufer, B., Jan 2026, In: System. 136, 103873.
- WHAT’S IN A WORD THAT MAKES IT HARD OR EASY: Some intralexical factors that affect the learning of words, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2026, Vocabulary: Critical Concepts in Linguistics: Volume I. Taylor and Francis, Vol. 1. p. 199-215 17 p.
- Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: The construct of task-induced involvement, Laufer, B. & Hulstijn, J., 1 Jan 2026, Vocabulary: Critical Concepts in Linguistics: Volume II. Taylor and Francis, p. 204-228 25 p.
- What Percentage of Text-Lexis is Essential for Comprehension?, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2026, Vocabulary: Critical Concepts in Linguistics: Volume II. Taylor and Francis, p. 246-251 6 p.
- Lexical Syllabus in Elementary and Secondary Education: Construction and Implementation, Laufer, B., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: TESOL Quarterly.
- Vocabulary Studies in L1 and L2 Development: The Interface Between Theory and Practice, Clenton, J., Brooks, G. & Laufer, B., Apr 2025, In: Languages. 10, 4, 81.
- A corpus of English learners with Arabic and Hebrew backgrounds, Abboud, O., Laufer, B., Ordan, N., Sentsova, U. & Wintner, S., Mar 2025, In: Language Resources and Evaluation. 59, 1, p. 591-599 9 p.
- Understanding L2-derived words in context: Is complete receptive morphological knowledge necessary?, Laufer, B., 26 Mar 2024, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 46, 1, p. 200-213 14 p.
- Out-of-classroom L2 vocabulary acquisition: The effects of digital activities and school vocabulary, Laufer, B. & Vaisman, E. E., 1 Dec 2023, In: Modern Language Journal. 107, 4, p. 854-872 19 p.
- Corpus-based versus Lexicographer Examples in Comprehension and Production of New Words, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2023, Practical Lexicography: A Reader. Oxford University Press, p. 213-218 6 p.
- Instructed Second Language Vocabulary Learning: The fault in the 'default hypothesis', Laufer, B., 2005, Studies on Language Acquisition. Housen, A. & Pierrard, M. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 311-329 19 p. (Studies on Language Acquisition; vol. 25).
- Involvement Load Hypothesis (ILH), Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2004, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition. Taylor and Francis, p. 344-346 3 p.
- Reading, Word-Focused Activities and Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2001, In: Prospect. 16, 3, p. 44-54 11 p.
- Quantitative evaluation of vocabulary: how it can be done and what it is good for, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2001, Experimenting with Uncertainty. Elder, C., Brown, A., Grove, E., Hill, K., Iwashita, N., Lumley, T., McNamara, T. & O'Loughlin, K. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 241-250 10 p.
- Passive vocabulary size and speed of meaning recognition: Are they related?, Laufer, B. & Nation, P., 2001, In: EUROSLA Yearbook. 1, 1, p. 7-28 22 p.
- Understanding Unfamiliar Words In a Text: Do L2 Learners Understand How Much They Don't Understand?, Laufer, B. & Yano, Y., 1 Jan 2001, In: Reading in a Foreign Language. 13, p. 549-566 18 p.
- Electronic dictionaries and incidental vocabulary acquisition: does technology make a difference?, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 2000, Proceedings of EURALEX 2000. Heid, U., Evert, S., Lehmann, E. & Rohrer, C. (eds.). Stuttgart University, p. 849-854 6 p.
- Task effect on instructed vocabulary learning: The hypothesis of 'involvement', Laufer, B., 1 Aug 1999, Selected Papers from AILA '99. Tokyo: Waseda University Press, p. 47-62
- A case for dictionaries in tests of reading comprehension, Laufer, B., 1999, In: English Teachers' Forum.
- What's in a word that makes it hard or easy? Some intralexical factors that affect the learning of words, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1997, Vocabulary Description, Acquisition and Pedagogy. Schmitt, N. & McCarthy, M. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 140-155 16 p.
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Monolingual, Bilingual, and “Bilingualised” Dictionaries, Laufer, B. & Hadar, L., 1997, In: Modern Language Journal. 81, 2, p. 189-196 8 p.
- The lexical threshold of L2 reading: where it is and how it relates to L1 reading ability, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1996, Approaches to Second Language Acquisition. Sajavaara, K. & Fairweather, C. (eds.). Jyvaskyla: Jyvaskyla Cross Language Studies, p. 55-62 8 p.
- The lexical plight in second language reading: Words you don't know, words you think you know, and words you can't guess, Laufer, B., 1996, Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: A Rationale for Pedagogy. Coady, J. & Huckin, T. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 20–34 (Cambridge Applied Linguistics).
- Beyond 2000 - a measure of productive lexicon in a second language, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1995, The Current State of Interlanguage. Eubank, L., Sharwood-Smith, M. & Selinker, L. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 265-272 8 p.
- A case for a semi-bilingual dictionary for productive purposes, Laufer, B., 1995, In: Kernerman Dictionary News. 3, p. 2-4
- Monolingual, bilingual and 'bilingualised' dictionaries: which are more effective, for what and for whom?, Laufer, B. & Melamed, L., 1 Jan 1994, EURALEX 1994. Martin, W., Meijs, W., Moerland, M., Ten Pas, E., Van Sterkenburg, P. & Vossen, P. (eds.). Amsterdam, p. 565-576
- Monolingual, bilingual and biligualised dictionaries: Which are more effective, for what and for whom?, Laufer, B. & Melamed, L., 1994, Euralex 1994. Martin, W., Meijs, W., Moerland, M., Ten Pas, E., Van Sterkenburg, P. & Vossen, P. (eds.). Amsterdam, p. 565-576 12 p. 64
- Appropriation du vocabulaire: mots faciles, mots difficiles, mots impossibles, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1993, In: Acquisition et interaction en Langue Etrangere. 3, p. 97-113 17 p.
- The effect of dictionary definitions and examples on the use and comprehension of new L2 words, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1993, In: Cahiers de Lexicologie. 63, 2, p. 131-142 12 p.
- How Much Lexis is Necessary for Reading Comprehension?, Laufer, B., 1992, Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics. Arnaud, P. J. L. & Béjoint, H. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 126-132 7 p.
- Native Language effect on confusion of similar lexical forms, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1992, New Direction in Contrastive Linguistics. Marcus, M. & Mair, C. (eds.). Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beitraege zur Kulturwissenschaft, Vol. 2. p. 199-209 11 p.
- Verb + particle combinations, Laufer, B., 1992, A teacher's grammar of the English verb. Laufer, B. (ed.). Haifa: Haifa University Press, p. 124-134
- Corpus-based versus lexicographer examples in comprehension and production of new words, Laufer, B., 1992, EURALEX '92 Proceedings. Tampere: Studia Translatologia, p. 71-76
- They think they know them, but they don't, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1992, In: English- a World's Language. 2, 1, p. 79-85 7 p.
- The passive voice, Laufer, B., 1992, A teacher's grammar of the English verb. Laufer, B. (ed.). Haifa: Haifa University Press, p. 101-112
- Knowing a word: what is so difficult about it?, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1991, In: English Teachers' Journal. 42, p. 82-86 5 p.
- Words you know: how they affect the words you learn, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1990, Further Insights into Contrastive Linguistics. Fisiak, J. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co., p. 573-593 21 p.
- A factor of difficulty in vocabulary learning: Deceptive transparency, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1989, In: AILA Review. 6, p. 10-20 11 p.
- על שקיפות מדומה ברכישת מלים בשפה נוספת,
Translated title of the contribution :On deceptive transparency in vocabulary learning - What percentage of text lexis is necessary for comprehension?, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1989, Special Language: from humans thinking to thinking machines. Lauren, C. & Nordman, M. (eds.). Multilingual Matters, p. 316-323 8 p.
- A case for vocabulary in EAP reading comprehension materials, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1987, Beads or Bracelet? How Do We Approach LSP. Cornu, A.-M., Vanparijs, J., Dalahaye, M. & Baten, L. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 284-291 8 p.
- The lexical perspective of reading comprehension, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1987, In: English Teachers' Journal. 35, p. 58-67 10 p.
- Possible changes in attitude toward vocabulary acquisition research, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1986, In: IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 24, 1, p. 69-75 7 p.
- Taking the easy way out: Non use and misuse of contextual clues in EFL reading comprehension, Laufer, B. & Sim, D., 1 Jan 1985, In: English Teaching Forum. 23, 2, p. 7-10
- Written answers in Hebrew to English comprehension questions: some advantages, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1983, In: English Teachers' Journal. 31, p. 59-64 6 p.
- How intralingual are intralingual errors?, Dagut, M. & Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1982, In: IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. p. 19-41 23 p.
- Meaning Is in the Eye of the Beholder, Laufer, B. & Bensoussan, M., 1 Jan 1982, In: English Teaching Forum. 20, 2, p. 10-13 4 p.
- Does the EFL learner need reading strategies more than language?, Laufer, B., 1982, The Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 28 p.
- "Intensive" versus "extensive" reading for improving university students' comprehension in English as a foreign language, Laufer, B., 1 Jan 1981, In: Journal of Reading. 25, p. 40-43 4 p.