Vol. 4 Issue 2. – Article: Lexical exploitation of texts

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By
Tarun Patel
January 7, 2012

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#2 | January 9, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036

Reading and listening texts are often used in the ELT classroom to practise receptive skills and / or as the introduction to a topic or language point. However, authentic and near-authentic texts are an excellent source of collocations and other lexical chunks, and it is worth spending a little extra time on a text to draw learners’ attention to these.

  • Why draw attention to lexical chunks?
  • Exploiting reading and listening texts for lexical chunks
    • Listening
    • Reading
  • Recycling collocations
  • Conclusion

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