Teaching Lexis 1

What is lexis?

• Single words only

• Our "internal database" of words

• Ability to construct new phrases and sentences

What is an example of a collocation?

• traffic jam

• on-the-spot decisions

• compact disc

Which type of dictionary is better to learn lexis?

• Translation dictionary

• English-English dictionary

What is receptive lexis?

• Set of lexical items that we understand but not use in our everyday language

• Set of lexical items that we understand and use in our everyday language

• Set of lexical items that we do not understand or recognize

Once students have acquired new lexis, our job is done

• true

• false

Which of these procedures can be useful in learning lexis?

• Setting up a list with translations

• Writing words low frequency words

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  Writing down words that belong to the same lexical field

What is a co-text?

• The text explaining what a lexical item means

• The text surrounding a lexical item

• The text translating a lexical item

What does knowing a word mean?

• Knowing the basic or core meaning of a word

• Knowing the direct translation of a word

• Knowing the various meanings of a word and how to correctly use them

Which of the following is one of "the four things involved in remembering"?

• Retrieving

• Including

• Accepting

What is a "word web"?

• A website where students can look for the meaning and translation of words

• A learning method in which students write words that are connected to each other

• An activity which always requires group work