Just posted my conclusions to Teaching vocabulary out of context: is it worth the time? You can read it by following this link: http://leoxicon.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-vocabulary-out-of-context.html <http://leoxicon.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-vocabulary-out-of-context.html> . It has a link to the earlier post describing my mini experiment if you haven't read it. Feel free to comment with your thoughts and ideas. LEO The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide. We call this cultural relations. This message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it. The British Council accepts no liability for loss or damage caused by software viruses and you are advised to carry out a virus check on any attachments contained in this message.