Lexical Approach

Lexical Approach in English

The lexical approach is a way of analysing and teaching language based on the idea that it is made up of lexical units rather than grammatical structures. The units are words, chunks formed by collocations, and fixed phrases.
Example:
The phrase 'Rescue attempts are being hampered by bad weather' is a chunk of language, and almost a fixed phrase. It is formed by the collocations 'Rescue' + 'attempt', 'rescue attempt' + 'hampered', 'hampered' + 'by', 'hampered by' + 'bad weather'.

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Example:

surveyed the literature on

• I surveyed the literature on the political system during japan's Meiji era.

in recent years

• Japan in recent years become a leader in Electronic and Chemical industry.

draws primarily on

• The present study draws primarily on Sarah's work on mediation (e.g. Sarah & Odin, 2010)

3 Principles of Writing English

1. Write frequently and fluently
2. Deal with errors effuciently
3. Learn how to transition from everyday to academic writing styles

4 stages if writing 3

1. writing a self introduction
2. writing book reviews
3. dealing with English common errors
4. transitioning to an academic style