Unit 2 LEXIS

This unit is about Lexis which refers to words; it could be individual or in group. Key concepts for this unit were prefixes (adding affixes and the beginning of a word) and suffixes (at the end of a word). Also, compound nouns are completely different if I read word by word. Something that I was forgetting was the meaning of chucks, those are a semi fixed units and we used it in one piece for example: Good morning, my name is and I like to. We used chucks but there people that don’t realized.  Another important part is idioms, it could be a set of words that give a special meaning and it cannot have individual meaning. Furthermore, there are synonyms and antonyms or lexical set.  If we apply a class with this information we can develop a huge topic. Student will be able to increase their vocabulary and use it to communicate. And they can recognize false friends which refer to words which can be written in a similar way bur have a different meaning.

Lexis is what we know as vocabulary or the words. The idea is to use a word or a group of words that can transmit or communicate language clearly. Lexis emphasized words can be meaningful; moreover, context demands used it currently.

 In addition, John Wells (1982) defined lexis as a convenient way of identifying vowel categories not by symbols, but by a set of words in which they occur. However, it is difficult to utilise vocabulary in authentic situations since textbooks are unable to offer sufficient information on usage.  The literature reviewed here proposes a new approach to content and methodology, which claims to be crucially relevant to both teachers and textbook writers.  After briefly reviewing some of the reasons for placing emphasis on lexis over grammar, pedagogical implications for L2 vocabulary teaching will be discussed in terms of content and methodologies.

REFERENCES FOR ADITTIONAL INFORMATION

•   YouTube,. (2015) False Friends 80 ejemplos Amigos Falsos Primera parte. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56V4pPi5E8k
• John Wells,.(1982). Lexis or lexical set . Retrieved 23 April 2015, from              http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/lexicalsetterm.htm.
• Seowon Lee,. (2014) TEACHING LEXIS TO EFL STUDENTS. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from  http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/vol1_documents/Seowon/Seowon.htm