1. Lexical
Approach
Michael Lewis 90’s
developing learner’s
proficiency with lexis, or
words and words
combinations
Words
(e.g., book,
pen)
Pollywords
(e.g., by the
way, upside
down)
Collocations, or word
partnerships (e.g.,
community service,
absolutely convinced)
Sentece frames and heads (e.g.,
The fact/suggestion/problem
was…)
- To asist Ss by providing
scaffolding.
- To help Ss manage their
own learning.
- To provide Ss their main
source of input (talk of
the T)
- To analyse real life
language samples
based on their own
explanations.
- To observe, classify
and make
generalizations.
- To make good use of
computers.
To become the
‘discoverer’.
Advantages:
- Ss feel more
encouraged with the
learning material
- It is helpful and
motivating for Ss to have
a step-by-step learning
process.
- Ts feel more
comfortable with a
clearly defined,
progressive course.
Disadvantages:
- Language cannot be
divided into different
units in real life.
- Some topics
traditionally considered
advanced can actually
be taught in much more
lower levels.
concentrates on
described by in the
such as
so that Ss are able
while Ts are to
having both
"Language is
grammaticalized lexis,
not lexicalized
grammar" (Lewis
1993)