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Date Posted: 14:10:07 07/11/03 Fri
Author: Juliana Pereira Soares
Subject: Task 10

Explain what a lexical approach is. Describe its main characteristics.

The lexical approach focuses on developing the learners proficiency with words and word combinations. It sees the ability to understand and produce lexical phrases as an important part of the language acquisition process, from which learners can infer grammar patterns of language. According to Michael Lewis, within the concepts of the lexical approach:
 Lexis is the basis of language.
 Lexis is misunderstood in language teaching because of the assumption that grammar is the basis of language and that mastery of the grammatical system is a prerequisite for effective communication.
 The key principle of a lexical approach is that "language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar."
 One of the central organizing principles of any meaning-centered syllabus should be lexis.
Olga Moudraia suggests that a couple of activities should be used to develop learners' knowledge of lexical chains, such as the following:
 Intensive and extensive listening and reading in the target language.
 First and second language comparisons and translation—carried out chunk-for-chunk, rather than word-for-word—aimed at raising language awareness.
 Repetition and recycling of activities, such as summarizing a text orally one day and again a few days later to keep words and expressions that have been learned active.
 Guessing the meaning of vocabulary items from context.
 Noticing and recording language patterns and collocations.
 Working with dictionaries and other reference tools.
 Working with language corpuses created by the teacher for use in the classroom or accessible on the Internet—such as the British National Corpus (http://thetis.bl.uk/BNCbib) or COBUILD Bank of English (http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk)—to research word partnerships, preposition usage, style, and so on.

Bibliography:

http://www.ltpwebsite.com/lexicalapproach.htm
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0102lexical.html

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