Jose,
I agree with Catherine. The Lexical Approach is quite a big topic. If
you are just starting, there are plenty of teaching books about it out
there, including two by the 'big daddy' of the Lexical Approach
himself, Michael Lewis:
- The Lexical Approach, Michael Lewis, Language Teaching Publications,
January 1999 (quite theoretical)
- Implementing the Lexical Approach: Putting Theory into Practice,
Language Teaching Publications, January 1998 (probably the best one to
start with)
I got both of these on loan from the British Council library where I
live; you might find them in a BC library or university library near
you.
If books are difficult to come by, try entering a search string like
this in Yahoo! or Google:
+introduction +"lexical approach"
You should get a list of all sorts of web pages; here are two
'practical introductions' for teachers that I found useful a while ago:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/methodology/lexical_approach1.shtml
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/methodology/lexical_approach2.shtml
Good luck!
Jan
Jan - 29 Nov 2005 07:51 GMT
PS: You asked where I'm from: I am British but I live in Turkey.
joe_from_chile - 30 Nov 2005 01:17 GMT
thank you for your help Jan
I'd love to implement the lexical approach in a classroom and see how
it works
gracias, chao (bye, in spanish)
thank you for your help, the links were very useful
best wishes, joe