Matt Done

Matt has been involved in ELT since 2005, working as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and examiner in Malta, the UK, Spain and Italy. His main interests are second language acquisition and material design. He currently teaches at the University of Malta in the Centre for English Language proficiency.

Diving deeper into vocabulary: depth of lexical knowledge

Matt Done asserts that when it comes to learning vocabulary, depth of knowledge is just as important as breadth and students should be encouraged to explore new words more thoroughly.