2. People Lexical about Approach on banging keep the
People keep banging on about the Lexical Approach.
If me ask you codswallop load it’s a of
If you ask me it’s a load of codswallop.
Smokers like heavy looks jam think traffic
Smokers think traffic looks like heavy jam.
3. time up takes too it much
It takes up too much time.
take don’t to it heart
Don’t take it to heart.
she shop to it to the back take had
She had to take it back to the shop.
dad really he after takes his
He really takes after his dad.
4. ‘Modern analyses of real data suggest that
we are much less original in using language
than we like to believe. Much of what we
say, and a significant proportion of what we
write, consists of prefabricated multi-word
items’
Implementing the Lexical Approach, Michael Lewis (ETP 1997)
5. ‘Our imagining equipment is intimately
associated with our remembering
equipment…In order for this wonderful
equipment to serve our students best, we
need to provide occasions for its use..and
some kind of distinctive, meaningful
response to what imagination has
produced.’
Imagination and Memories: Friends or Enemies (Earl Stevick 1993)
6. By the way
I want to say
That from today
I’m going to stay
By the way
7. it’s up to you have a go just in time
by any chance If you ask me If I were you
just as well all day long where’ve you been?
the last but one I know what you mean you never know
have a drink never mind guess what?
whatever you want If you like good for you
from now on too bad I couldn’t care less
8. ups and downs a loaf of bread
get into a panic the wrong way up
a bit of a mess Christmas decorations
get flooded out over-optimistic
in his fifties in a good mood
9.
10. 1) wrapping up presents
2) putting on her make up
3) cutting up the cake
4) trying to cheer him up
5) chatting him up
6) he can’t keep up with her
7) blowing up the airbed
8) tidying up the house
9) given up smoking
10) the price has gone up
11) up to her ears in work
12) upside down/the wrong way up
13) staying up late
14) ‘Could you move up a bit please’
15) turn up the volume
11.
12. References
Bilbrough, N (2011) Memory Activities for Language
Learning; CUP
Folse, K (2004) Vocabulary Myths; University of Michigan
Press
Lewis, M (1997) Implementing the Lexical Approach; LTP
Stevick, E (1993) Imagination and Memories: Friends or
Enemies; Journal of the Imagination in Language
Learning and Teaching
Thornbury, S (2004) Natural Grammar. The key words of
English and how they work; OUP
