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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.

Lexical Approach

Lexis and lexical phrasesThe 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 language2. 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)

Lexical Approach

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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Considerations on designing LA class1. Objectives2. Syllabus3. Roles of teachers 4. Roles of learners5. Materials

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.

Considerations on designing LA class

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:

TaskPlanning Report


3. The learner’s roles Replace the idea: the teacher is “ the knower” the learner

is “the discoverer” Data analyst


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.

- 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

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