| Lexical
approach |
The
lexical approach rejects the traditional split of
language into grammar and vocabulary. Instead, it proposes
four types of language:
1. Words, e.g. ball, chair, car.
2. Chunks – words that often occur together, e.g. a
crime has been committed, get in touch with the police.
3. Fixed phrases, e.g. Can I help you?
4. Semi-fixed phrases, e.g. It’s great to see you,
It’s lovely to see you, Great to see you again, etc.
A key concept in this approach is collocation,
which is closely related to the idea of word chunks.
The lexical approach emphasizes the need for very large
amounts of input, and encourages
students to recognize and use grammatical structures without
explicitly teaching them.
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