TEACHING
LEXIS
WHAT IS LEXIS?
LEXIS INCLUDES:
– single-word vocabulary items (a bed)
– common-going together patterns (go to school)
– longer combinations of words (Having said that)
– set sentences (It’s up to you, God bless you)
– grammar elements (prepositions, pronouns, articles, etc)
Each lexical unit has
two
features:
Lexis is classified as:
The process is based on three stages: