2. What is “The Lexical Approach”?
The Lexical Approach is a foreign language
teaching method described by M. Lewis in the
1990s. The basic concept of this approach is
the notion that it is an important part of
learning a language composed of able to
understand and produce lexical phrases as
chunks.
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3. Lexis and lexical phrases
The lexis and the Lexical items affected the notions on vocabulary teaching
and Lewis (1993) defined a new role for the lexis:
1. Lexis is the basis of the language
2. Lexis is misunderstood in language teaching because of the assumptions
that grammar is the basis of the language.
3. Language consists of grammaticalized lexis nor lexicalized grammar
(Lewis, 1993)
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4. And he keeps defining the role by identifying four different categories in
lexis:
1. Words: old-fashioned vocabulary.
2. Polywords: e.g.by the way, upside down.
3. Collocations: the readily observable phenomenon whereby certain words
co-occur in natural text with greater than random frequency.
4. Fixed Expressions: e.g. social greetings such as good morning.
5. Semi-fixed expressions: comparatively rare, many are short, often
verbless. E.g. not too bad, thanks. ( Lewis, 1993)
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5. Considerations on designing LA class
1. Objectives
2. Syllabus
3. Roles of teachers
4. Roles of learners
5. Materials
6. 1. Objectives
To realize a syllabus and accompanying materials based on lexical
rather than grammatical principles.
To cover the most frequent words together with their patterns and uses.
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7. 2. The teacher’s roles
Teacher’s talk is the major source of learner’s input
Organizing the technological system, providing scaffolding to help
learners
The teacher methodology:
Task
Planning
Report
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8. 3. The learner’s roles
Replace the idea: the teacher is “ the knower” the learner is “the
discoverer”
Data analyst
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9. Classroom activities
Listening and Reading intensively and extensively.
Repetition and recycling of activities.
Guessing the meaning of vocabulary items from context.
Noticing and recording language patterns and collocations.
Working with dictionaries and other reference tools.
10. - It has lexically based theory of language
- It doesn't have any certain learning theory
- It is an alternative approach
- It focuses on words and word combinations
- Grammar and lexis are the heart of learning
- It aims to teach vocabulary within grammar
- Teachers help learners to discover knowledge instead of giving it
directly
Conclusion
