Week 2 The lexical approach

I think it is a really interesting topic for me as it relates to my teaching so much. I don't like to force students to memorise those rules. I want to provide them an environment how we use it. I want them to discover how native speakers use the word or how they structure their sentences. Sometimes I find it's hard for certain people. After reading the article, I know they don't notice the words they use or the sentences they structure are different from what native speakers do. Besides, I think it is a good idea to collect different sentences they contain the target words or phrases you want your students learn and let them find out how to use the word or phrase by themselves first. I think they think by themselves when doing the activity. It can facilitate them to notice something and it does help them learn something. From my own experience, when you only teach students a new word, they will use it improperly as many Chinese words share the same sound but different word. Students will create some funny phrases as well as they have no sense about how to use it. Thus, lexical approach can build up complete and comprehensive sense for students.