Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly (Formerly Journal of Teaching Language Skills)

Keywords = lexis-based instruction

Number of Articles: 2
Focus on Lexis and L2 Learners' Development of Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency Measures
Focus on Lexis and L2 Learners' Development of Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency Measures

Azizullah Mirzaei; Ashraf Beyzaei; Ali Roohani

Volume 37, Issue 2 , July 2018, , Pages 91-123

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2019.31417.2601

Abstract
  Second language (L2) theories have for long acknowledged the importance of focus on formulaicity or conventionalized lexical chunks. Yet, there has been little attempt to examine the ...  Read More
Lexis-Based Instruction and IELTS Candidates’ Development of L2 Speaking Ability: Use of Formulaicity in Monologic Versus Dialogic Task
Lexis-Based Instruction and IELTS Candidates’ Development of L2 Speaking Ability: Use of Formulaicity in Monologic Versus Dialogic Task

Azizullah Mirzaei; Mahmood Hashemian; Mahshid Azizi Farsani

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 69-98

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3816

Abstract
  Although lexis research (e.g., Lewis, 1997; Taguchi, 2008) has already evidenced the possibility of teaching formulaic sequences (FS), further research is still needed to examine the ...  Read More