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The Lexical Approach: The State of ELT and a Way Forward
Abstract
1. Background 2. Developing Ideas 3. The Wider Context 4. The Nature of Meaning 5. The Nature of Lexis 6. Lexis in the Syllabus 7. Lexis in Language Teaching 8. Grammar Content in the Lexical Approach 9. Explanation and Practice in the Lexical Approach 10. The Nature of Error 11. Responding to Error 12. The Role for Materials 13. Teaching, Teacher Training and Methodological Implications
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Metadata
- Authors
- Grove, C., & Lewis, M.
- Venue
- TESOL Quarterly
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1994
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 828
- ISSN
- 0039-8322 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1578005008
- Cited by
- 785
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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