LEXIS

                                              

                                

          LEXIS: Refers to individual words or  units of vocabulary that have specific meaning.  We can find some literal meaning  but also meaning in contex, the situation in which the word is used. In this chapter we remember that the meaning of a word comes from their form: prefixes, group of letters added at the beginning of the word. Affixes, letters added at the end of the word.  We can made this affixation to  base words to obtain another one. Thave clear a definition about lexis here we have a video that can help us.

"WHAT IS LEXIS?  By Julia Starr Keddle "

To learn a foreign language we use idioms, chunks,  synonyms and antonyms as in our mother tongue. Sometimes we can find false friends that seem to be equal  but it does not e.g  assist- asistir  (assist  means to help). We can use lexis when teaching but the most important fact is that we have to differenciate the meaning. Because there are some words that have same sound and different meaning (homophones) and also we have homonyms, same spelling/ pronunciation but different meaning. Those are the basic things that we have to know to help students understand the language, so in this way students can pick the language up because we should expose them to the correct language. Sinclair and Renouf (1988) point out that focusing on lexis in classrooms has several advantages. First, teachers can highlight common uses, and important meanings and patterns for frequent words. Both are worth learning because learners may have used this information in authentic situations.  Second, teachers can encourage a learner to make full use of the words that the learner already has, regardless of the learners level (S8inclair & Renouf 198, p.155

Bibliografía

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgTDBYPH5s. (n.d.). youtube. Retrieved from your space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgTDBYPH5s

Renouf, S. &. (1988). In S. &. Renouf.