Teaching Collocation - Further Developments in the Lexical Approach

This collection consists of eleven chapters divided into two sections: in the classroom and background theory. The chapters devoted to classroom applications examine the basis for working from a theory, how to encourage learner independence, the need to revise our priorities, ways of integrating collocation into a reading and writing course, and numerous classroom strategies, activities, and exercises. The section comprising background theory includes chapters by Michael Lewis on language in the lexical approach, learning in the lexical approach, materials and resources for teaching collocation, plus Peter Hargreaves's chapter on collocation and testing. Michael Hoey's chapter on going beyond collocation concludes the collection by exploring new perspectives on vocabulary teaching.