The Lexical Approach: The State of ELT and a Way Forward

Language Teaching Publications

by Michael Lewis

THE LEXICAL APPROACH develops current thinking, synthesizing the best insights of previous theory, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and modern approaches to grammar.

Genres: Teaching, Linguistics, Education, Nonfiction, Language

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

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Reviews

[Betty C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite what people say, I find this just as readable and interesting as "Implementing the Lexical Approach." Everything Lewis has written has profoundly changed my way of teaching EFL, at any rate.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I had read this book a couple of decades ago. Thought provoking.

[Daniel]

Whatever Happened to The Lexical Approach?

Dellar, 2024: Whither Teaching Lexically?

[Dominic Neesam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A seminal work & a must for ELT teachers: language consists of grammaticalized lexis and not lexicalized grammar.