Reading Reflection

I like the lexical approuch and I suport it very much. While I was reading, I remembered the time before I come to the US. The ways I was developing my vocabulary were somewhat similar to what is suggested in the book. For example, at the begining of my language learning, I had not idea how to expand my vocabulary, but later on when I was an advanced learner, I had a note book on which I would write whatever new word, I would encounter. I used to watch some English movies, some times listen to English news. while watching, I would carefully listen and copy some times words but usually phrases and even sentences. then, I would guess the meaning from the context and if it was useful I would look it up in the dictionary to make sure that my guess was right. I would write the whole phrase with its context meaning that i guessed, and then I would try to use it. For instance, I saw a videw clip where a reletive of someone said to another that her grandfather died, in response the man said: "I am sorry for your loss" I memorised it and wrote it on my notebook. Another example is "I am pissed off" I learned the meaning of that from a movie, which is nice I think.

This kind of learning language in chunks has several benenfits as the book also supports. First, the learner does not have to learn each word of a phrase or sentence individually. learning in chanks help students learn the athentic language in context. Another benefit is that the learner even if beginner will feel fluency and pride when he used these sentences among his friends. finally, this will give the learner confidence in using his athentic language with native speakers. This las on is very important. Many learners including myself do not talk when they are not sure if they are using the right word with the right meaning and use, so if they have learned it through athentic matterials and in chanks they use it bravely.

Thus, I support learning the language in chunks even from the beginning level. there is no need for a teacher to explain the form or meaning of each word one by one because, these words might be repeted and would be explained in the next levels.