The Lexical Approach

The concept of the lexical approach has revolutionised the landscape of English language teaching, fundamentally challenging traditional grammar-based methodologies. Essentially, the lexical approach prioritises the teaching of 'chunks' of language—collocations, idioms, and fixed phrases—over isolated grammatical structures. At its core, this methodology contends that fluency is fostered when learners are exposed to and practice these multi-word units, thereby enabling smoother, more natural usage of the language.

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Contemporary communicative approaches to teaching English as a Second Language

English is not only the official language of many countries, but also the language of business, science, technology, and entertainment. As a result, learning English has become essential for anyone who wants to succeed in their personal and professional lives. In this article, I will discuss the modern communicative ways of learning English that are revolutionizing the traditional approach to language education.

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"People acquire as much of a language as they really need for what they really want, but only that much" – Stevick E.W. Teaching and Learning Languages, Cambridge University

Never-ending transformation and alteration are natural for modern languages. It is essential to maintain the relevance of knowledge. Hence, the question – how to motivate our personnel not to just accomplish a certain level of fluency suffice for a set of functions but to reach the highest peak in the learning process and how to do it with as much result?

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