Watch the following mictoteaching demo and list the main principles and activities behind the Lexical Approach.
https://youtu.be/G02PqEGznd0
Answer the following questions based on the text "What is the history of reading and writing?" 1) Find examples of fixed expressions, semi-fixed expressions and collocations. 2) Think of a possible teaching context and plan three activities to present the new vocabulary. You may use or adapt any of the sample exercises in chapters 6 and 7. 3) Based on your experience wirking with the text proposed, What would you say are the pros and cons of this approach? Do you agree with the following statement by Thornbury (p.11): "Lewis offers us a prospect of a journey, even an exciting one, but it is a journey without maps". Discuss your answers in pairs.
- In 1993 by Lewis.
ReplyDelete- Grammar is secondary.
- Theory of language: grammar should be acquired by a process of observation, hypothesis and experiment. Teachers can use entire chunks without being aware of the constituents. Fully interactional.
- Acquisition: students need to be in contact with meaningful context.
-Role of the teacher: main source of input – vital role. She provides with the necessary scaffolding.
- Role of the students: to discover data. They construct their own lexical basis based on their experience. They are encouraged to notice, listen and reflect.
- Lexis: prefabricated lexis, idioms, sentences, multi-word verbs, compounds, words, collocations, minimal variation phrases.
-Type of activities: fill in the blanks, classifying, translation (chunk for chunk), repetition, record new words. They can use dictionaries.
Developed in 1993 by Michael Lewis.
ReplyDeleteBased on Lexis.
T works with chunks, without decomposing them.
Ss work with Fill in the blanks and Categorizing.
Ss use the OHE approach, as many of these chunks involve trial and error.
T helps Ss by providing scaffolding and being the main source, and Ss listen, investigate and reflect on what they do.
Lexis can be adapted to different situations, and even though the use of the dictionaries is fostered, they don't provide Ss with all the possible uses of a chunk.