课件：weeklecure.ppt

* Con’t Instruction - focus on fixed expressions that occur frequently in spoken language rather than on originally created sentences (Lewis, 1997) such as Im sorry, I didnt mean to make you jump, or That will never happen to me, * A New Role for Lexis Michael Lewis (1993), who coined the term lexical approach, suggests the following: 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-centred syllabus should be lexis. * Types of Lexical Units The lexical approach makes a distinction between vocabulary and lexis Vocabulary —traditionally understood as a stock of individual words with fixed meanings Lexis — includes not only the single words but also the word combinations that we store in our mental lexicons. Lexical approach advocates - argue that language consists of meaningful chunks that, when combined, produce continuous coherent text, and only a minority of spoken sentences are entirely novel creations. * Con’t Lewis (1997b) suggests the following taxonomy of lexical items: words (e.g., book, pen) polywords (e.g., by the way, upside down) collocations, or word partnerships (e.g., community service, absolutely convinced) institutionalized utterances (e.g., Ill get it; Well see; Thatll do; If I were you .?.?.; Would you like a cup of coffee?) sentence frames and heads (e.g., That is not as .?.?. as you think; The fact/suggestion/problem/danger was .?.?.) and even text frames (e.g., In this paper we explore .?.?.; Firstly .?.?.; Secondly .?.?.; Finally .?.?.) * Lexis in Language Teaching and Learning In the lexical approach -