Unit 2 "Lexis"

Lexis it is all about individual words that we use into the language to have a specific meaning of  it. This unit covered differents topics; for instance prefixes, suffixes, compounds, etc and its uses into the language. It refers to how and when we want to convey meaning to others.

What I learnt from this lesson was interesting and reliable in my learning process  because I could remember all the topics that I learnt in previous levels. Something that I got was about the compounds nouns and how they can change their meaning when they are together. Some of them can  sound completely different when they are issolated. For example "smart" means intelligent and if  we add another word as "phone" it completely changes its meaning to "smartphone" what actually is a new word that does not have to deal with the previous ones. Another topic that I deeply engaged on were  Idioms , these are words  or expressions that can´t be taken literally as in  A pain in th neck! this expression does mean that you are suffering form the neck , it is metaphorical expression that means that something is difficut to deal with , so,  the  meanings vary according to the context in which you are using the language.

Within my professional field, I will use this unit in real context to make students have an idea of what they are learning. It is necessary to teach this very carefull and be aware of some problems we can have inside the classrom. There are some activities  such us games videos, roplays that will help students understand better the topic.  

 REFERENCES

• inglés, a. (2017). a pain (in the neck) Significado en el diccionario Cambridge inglés. Dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017
• Tkt course modules 1 2 and 3 2nd edition | Teacher Training, Development and Research. (2017). Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 19 April 2017