The Lexical Approach - How to learn foreign languages efficiently

The links and reading suggestions that I promised: 1) If you want to know how the foundations for the lexical approach were laid, have a look at The Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis, the founder of the approach. 2) Probably the most well-known popularisers of the lexical approach today are Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. You can buy their book Teaching Lexically or visit their website where they outline the main principles and also publish blogposts on things related to teaching vocabulary, as well as grammar and other aspects of language - 3) Other authors include Leo Selivan who is more into how grammar can be taught from the point of view of the lexical approach (check out his book Lexical Grammar and his blog )... 4) ...and Paul Davis with Hanna Kryszewska who explore the vital role of learning collocations in their book The Company Words Keep. 5) You can also have a look at this material by the British Council: As I said in the video, this is a very basic overview of what the lexical approach is, mostly aimed at learners and teachers who knew nothing about it. I didn’t get technical and talk about ’chunks’ or how the teaching of pronunciation can be done. If you are a learner and have some questions, feel free to ask them in the comments. If you’re a teacher and want to find out more, I highly recommend the books I mentions in 2-4 above. Hope you enjoyed this video! Follow me on Instagram: Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 02:38 - Words are more important than grammar 05:35 - Learn words not rules 09:44 - Not just words, but combinations and patterns 14:47 - How do we memorise words? 16:11 - My negative experience on a German integration course 20:55 - A learner should learn the language they need 22:56 - Lack of skills or lack of words? 24:50 - My personal experience with the lexical approach