LEXIS
This unit
is about lexis which has to do with the words
and vocabulary we used into a
language and that has meaning.
Meaning: * Denotation—figurative meaning
* Connotation—literal meaning
personally I learned that lexis is
defined as the compilation of all known words in a language, in this case of
English. So, since English language has a huge variety of words, even for
native speakers sometimes to understand, we need to take advantage of all tools
available. There are many strategies to learn new lexis; one of them might be a
dictionary where we will find the definition, the pronunciation and even the
phonetic script.
However, a
language is also composed by Idioms, chunks
and collocations that may be
difficult for Students to use correctly since the meaning is not the same as in
their mother tongue. As a result it involves also knowing its background
related to the language culture. For this we can tell students to highlight the new words, use
flashcards, pictures, etc. to get them to know its meaning. What is more, one
of the biggest problem is that Students almost always get confuse with, homophones, homonyms and the false cognates, as “embarrassed”, which they might translate into
“embarazada”, so we have to clear up that it is translated to “pregnant” and
that “embarrassed” is “avergonzado”.
Better
still, we cannot continue a class or follow the second Unit, if Students did
not understand the vocabulary at all; otherwise there will be always a gap.
References:
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Preparation Course Lexis
- Peck, C., Peck, C. and profile, V. mELTing Activities, Lessons and Ideas: Basic Steps of Teaching any lexis Peck, C., Peck, C., & profile, V. (2012). mELTing Activities, Lessons and Ideas: Basic Steps of Teaching any lexis. Eslcarissa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2012/08/basic-steps-of-teaching-any-lexis.html
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