Vocabularies are crossing circles and loops. We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or be confined by. from Possession A.S. Byatt (1990) The teaching of vocabulary is, I believe, undervalued by practically everyone. Myself included. Why should this be ?Do you recognise those thoughts? The effect of these ideas is depressing: the teaching of vocabulary is shuffled off to one side of "serious" teaching. My standard...