The Lexical Approach

By: MASNUR141100805TARBIYAH/PBIUNIT 1/ SEM. VI

STAIN ZAWIYAH COT KALA LANGSA TAHUN AJARAN 2013/2014

Chronologies

(1990) Michael Lewis – “Wrote two books”.

(1993) Michael Lewis – “ The Lexical Approach”.

(1997) – “ Implementing The Lexical Approach”.

Language is grammaticalised lexis

not lexicalised grammar.

Concept

Contents of The Theory

Chunks

Idioms

Collocations

Fixed Phrases

The Lexical UnitMULTI-WORD ITEMS OR CHUNKS

WORDS POLYWORDS COLLOCATIONS FIXED EXPRESSIONS SENTENCE FRAMES OR HEADS BINOMIALS : CLEAN AND TIDY

WORDS POLYWORDS

PENCIL PEN BOOK NOTEBOOK BUS WATCH MOBILE MAGAZINE PIN

BY THE WAY ANYWAY ON THE WAY

Collocations :

Six types of collocations :1. Adjective + noun = Beautiful girl2. Noun + Noun = Cat-Dog

3. Verb + Noun = Cut the paper

5. Adverb + Adjective= Before old

4. Verb + prepositional phrase = Agree with you

6. Verb + adverb = Walk slowly

Fixed Expressions :

Good Morning!

It’s Lovely Morning!

Isn’t It!

Binomials: clean and tidy

Trinomials: cool, calm, upside down

Similes: as old as the hills. Convinced

Connectives: finally, to

Semi-fixed Expressions :

That’s not my fault.

Idioms = Good bye crocodile.= Looks sharp

It’s Mine.

PROCEDURES

• Introduction of chunks – practice of chunks – accumulation of chunks, use of chunks and collocations.

• Teaching individual collocations.

•Making students aware of collocations.

• Extanding what students already know by adding knowledge of collocation .

• restrictions to know vocabulary.

• Storing collocations through encouraging students to keep a lexical notebook .

Weakness

It lacks full characterization of an approach lack of a detailed learning

theory

Focus on chunks, collocations, idioms, and fixed Phrases.

Teach learners to be critically aware.

Teach the what good language.

Learning lexis is need dedication and effort.

Refferenceshttp://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/vocabulary/02/lexical.ph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_approach

http://www.myenglishpages.com/blog/lexical-approach/

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~nharwood/lexapproach.htm

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/lexical-approach-1-what-does-lexical-approach-look

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