TKT book module one unit two is about lexis. Lexis is
related with vocabulary. This class was very interesting because I did not know what lexis means and I learned what it is. As
Spratt, Pulverness, & Williams (2012) said “lexis refers
to individual word or sets of words” (p. 16). Lexis is important
because it refers to units of vocabulary that have specific meaning. In base words
we can add words at the beginning (prefixes) or
at the end (suffixes) to form anew word. As a future teacher,
I found this important because we can teach students how to form new words and
they can acquire more vocabulary which is essential at the moment of produce
the language. For example in reading students will be able to identify fixed
expressions like idioms or the join of two words such
as compounds. Moreover, lexis helps in the other skills too
like writing, speaking or listening. If students know how lexis works, they can
identify the meaning of the words. Finally, I think the best way to teach a
language is by chucks where
students can form long sentences and by affixation where students can make new
words brainstorming the base
word.
Bibliography:
Spratt, M. Pulverness, A. Williams, M. (2012).
Language and background to language learning and teaching. The TKT Course. (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press
Teoh, L. N. (2009). Lexis in compositions of ESL students in a selected
University College in Nilai, Malaysia (Doctoral
dissertation, Universiti Putra Malaysia).
TKT
book module 1 unit one is about grammar. In my opinion, grammar is how we combine words to
make meaning. According to Scott Thornbury (2007), “grammar is partly the study
of what forms
(or structures) are possible in a language. Thus, grammar is a description of
the rules
that govern how a language`s sentences are formed” (p. 1). Grammar contains
forms and uses. Form
refers how words are made up and presented in speech or writing and use refers
how grammatical structures are used to convey meaning.
Part or speech
is identified in grammatical
forms with contains prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, determiners, adjectives, verbs, adverbs,
and exclamations.
I have also learned that many grammatical forms have more than one use. For example if I
talk about present simple structure, the uses could be to describe present
actions, routines, to tell a story, to refer the future. The harder job I had
to do was identify structures, their terms, and their forms. An example of
structure could be I hate doing my
homework. Its term is verb + gerund.
Its form is subject + verb + gerund +
object. 