Teaching Lexically Some Principles - Andrew Walkley

Andrew Walkley runs Lexical Lab with his long-term collaborator Hugh Dellar. Their methodology book Teaching Lexically: Principles and Practice is published by Klett. They also write coursebooks and ELT materials. Andrew and Hugh have written two series – Innovations and Outcomes - and one level of Perspectives. Content: 00:00Teaching Lexically: some principles Lessons from beginners 01:15 Is Julie right? 03:08 Julie’s theory of language learning? 04:41 The conversations we end up having 06:49 Something more real. A better way to start? 07:51 Grammar lexical choice 12:58 A different choice 17:14 The underlying principles: a very good place to start? 22:37 An alternative view 24:46 Developing conversations 31:58 Listening 33:10 Grammar 34:14 Examples 35:00 Grammar 35:45 Traditional and spiral syllabus 37:24 Exposure, repetition and re-use over time 40:28 This is not about using coursebooks: It’s about the syllabus 43:55 Three other key points 45:25 Teaching lexically at higher levels 46:19 Training: Teaching Lexically 46:27 Lexical Lab Summer School