230332 Lexis (S) (WiSe 2014/2015)

Very advanced users of English as L2 are distinguished from less proficient users perhaps most clearly of all by the extent of their lexical range and control. The central aim of this seminar is to give you the opportunity to extend your lexical resources, enabling you to express precise, idiomatic and finely calibrated meanings appropriate to the context of use. Collocation, colligation and register are three main focuses: that may sound rather dry, but we will approach them via a variety of entertaining and creative activities, and future teachers should also get some ideas for effective and useful ways of working on vocabulary - or rather, on lexico-grammar, since (as is now widely accepted in EFL circles) lexis and grammar cannot and should not be separated.

Requirements for participation, required level

Please note that the seminar is only required for students who began their studies BEFORE WS 2011/2012 (though it's a useful seminar for any student of English).

Bibliography

Woolard, George (2004). Key Words for Fluency: Upper Intermediate Collocation Practice. London: Thomson ELT. (We will use certain sections of this as a basis for the test you create.)

McCarthy, Michael & O’Dell, Felicity (2008). English Collocations in Use, Advanced Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.