The lexical approach focuses on teaching language as fixed expressions and chunks that occur frequently, rather than as single words. Students are thought to learn grammar patterns and vocabulary more effectively by perceiving language this way. Key aspects of this approach include teaching collocations, idioms, social greetings, and other combinations of words that commonly go together, as well as having students accumulate and store chunks in a lexical notebook. However, the lexical approach lacks a detailed learning theory and full characterization as an approach.

3. In the lexical approach, instruction focuses on fixed expressions that
occurfrequently in dialogues,
The basic concept on which this approach rests is the idea that an
important part of learning a language consists of being able to
understand and produce lexical phrases as chunks. Students are
thought to be able to perceive patterns of language (grammar) as
well as have meaningful set uses of words at theirdisposal when
they are taught in this way.

5. Approach Chunks
Collocations
Lexical Units
Minimal Pairs

6. single Words (pencil, watch)
Polywords (by the way,anyway

7. Trinomials: cool, calm, upside down
Similes: as old as the hills. Convinced
Connectives: finally, to

8. Fixed Expressions Social greetings
( Good morning! It’s a lovely morning, isn’t it )

9. Semi-fixed Expressions Minimal variation ( It’s /
That’s not my fault)
Idioms: shead crocodile tears,dead drunk, to run
partnerships

10. There are some combinations of words which co-occur naturally with
greater than random frequency.

11. Introduction of chunks – practice of chunks – accumulation of chunks,
use of chunks and coolocations
Teaching individual collocations
Making students aware of collocattions
Extanding what students already know by adding knowledge of
collocation
restrictions to know vocabulary
Storing collocations through encouragin students to keep a lexical
notebook

12. It lacks full
characterization of an
approach lack of a
detailed learning theory

13. Deliberately draw attention to chunks, collocations, idioms, etc.. And
invite
learners to do the same
Focus attention on identifying and using chunks
Teach learners to be critically aware
Teach the what good language learners do and how to do it
It is lexically based theory of language
It doesn’t have any certain learning theory
Learning lexis is not an easy task, it is a slow and complex process
which
require a lot of dedication and effort from teachers and learnerS