Barcroft (2018) state
that lexis is considered all of the words either of an individual word or a
group of words that have a relation with the vocabulary and meaning. It is to say that
when we use some words to produce de language, the words can have a variety of meanings
according to the context
or situation. Also, the meaning describes the idea or thing that have in the
vocabulary, in this part denotation, takes place because some words have not manifest meaning for
example three we know that is a plant but we talk about the family tree is
referred to all members of the family.
The meaning of some words or vocabulary proceeds from the form that can be prefixes, suffixes, or compounds. So, the
prefixes, suffixes form new words but keeping the base of the word, for example, happy and unhappy,
and the process we make when adding the affixes is called affixation, and compounds nouns have
different meaning when the two words are
together, the same occurs with the idioms. Then, the words have several relationships with other
such as the synonyms
that are words that have the same meaning and antonyms that are words with appositive meaning, lexical sets, words families, homophones,
homonyms, false friends, compound and collocations, figurative meaning
and idioms, that all of which are considered as lexical features. The words are
the first contact with the language and the learners should try to learn more
and more new words to improve the language and consolidate their memory to share their ideas at
the moment when they pronounce or spell and it can improve the vocabulary extension, it
can be developed with several activities that are must provide for the teacher
according to the age and level such as brainstorming, labeling, or categorizing. Tucker (1998) state that lexis is a language and
each function or word that is only acquired through interaction with others.
How to apply knowledge related to Lexis in the English classroom:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwPvTq9pq4
This activity is very practical so that students can acquire more vocabulary because they can analyze what is the possible words saying the letters and guess the rest of the letters to create the correct word and they can associate the words with the images, in addition to extending their vocabulary they can also improve spelling, strengthening their memory.
Second, the teachers can bring students of homonyms and homophones words for students to identify their sound and meaning, since
their meaning can vary depending on the context or the situation in which each
word is used.
Barcroft, G. S. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics-Lexis. Retrieved from: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203835654-51/lexis-joe-barcroft-gretchen-sunderman-norbert-schmitt
Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., Williams, M., & University of Cambridge. (2011). The TKT course: Modules 1,2 and 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tucker, M., & Ellis, R. (1998). On the relations between seen objects and components of potential actions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human perception and performance, 24(3), 830. Retrieved from: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02354-011
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