"Lexical Approach" in: The tesol encyclopedia of English Language Teaching

SEE ALSO:
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT); Functional-Notional 
Approach; Natural Approach; Structural Approach; Teaching Lexical Chunks
Activity 1
Which of the following nouns do NOT fit with the words in capital letters? 
Choose only one word for each.
1) HIGH opinion spirits house time priority price
2) MAIN street speed course thing character
3) NEW idea experience food potatoes job
4) LIGHT green lunch rain living entertainment
Activity 2
Choose the words that fit best with the verbs below.
deal
mistake
risk
shower
meeting
presentation
drink
lunch
MAKE
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DO
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HAVE
____________
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____________
____________
TAKE
____________
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References
Lewis, M. (1993). The lexical approach: The state of ELT and a way forward. Hove, England: 
Language Teaching Publications.
Lewis, M. (1997). Pedagogical implications of the lexical approach. In J. Coady & T. Huckin 
(Eds.), Second language vocabulary acquisition (pp. 255–70). Cambridge, England: 
Cambridge University Press.
Pawley, A., & Syder, R. W. (1983). Two puzzles for linguistic theory: Nativelike selection and 
nativelike fluency. In J. C. Richards & R. W. Schmidt (Eds.), Language and Communication 
(pp. 191–226). London, England: Longman.
Sinclair, J. (1991). Corpus, concordance, collocation. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Willis, D. (1990). The lexical syllabus. London, England: Collins ELT.