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The lexical approach is a way of analysing and teaching language based on the idea that it is made up of lexical units rather than grammatical structures.

This is the first part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching English.

In the move away from teachers following one specific methodology, the eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher's use of techniques and activities from a range of language teaching approaches and methodologies.

These activities are only available as a download because they are fairly long and provide full reading texts. They are related to the article - Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like?

This is the second part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching English.

In the first of these two articles, Multi-word verbs: Learner problems, I looked at some of the problems that multi-word verbs cause students.

Cohesion is one of the two qualities that give a written or spoken text unity and purpose, the other being coherence.

Watch a recording of this webinar with Hania Kryszewska, where she looks at focusing on lexis and the lexical approach.

In this article, informed by the Lexical Approach, I reflect on grammar instruction in the classroom, including my own teaching, and make suggestions on how it can be 'lexicalised'.

The web is a limitless source of linguistic examples for your students. Google (and other search engines) can be used to organise and select web-based text in a way that is pedagogically useful.