What are lexical sets

LEXICAL SETS AND ITS USEFULNESS TO TEACH VOCABULARY

1. What are Lexical sets ?

2. A lexical set is a group of words with the same topic function or form. Semantics phonetics Linguistics

3. Semantics Is a field in which lexical sets are particular y useful . Meaning: (WORD ASSOSIATION, CONCEPT) categories : Example 'Cat, dog, tortoise, goldfish, gerbil' is part of the topical lexical set pets , and 'quickly, happily, completely, dramatically, angrily' is part of the syntactic lexical set adverbs.

4. Thanks giving ,day of the death, Halloween, new year, Christmas . Is part of the lexical sets holidays . Volleyball, football, aerobics , soccer, jogging. Is part of the lexical sets sports.

5. Phonetics " The term ' lexical set ' . . . was devised by John Wells (1982) as a convenient way of identifying vowel categories not by symbols, but by a set of words in which they occur. KIT Ship, bit, sick ,stiff, pith, this, wish, rib, kid, dig, bridge, give, his, fill , sing, milk.

6. DRESS Step, bet , neck, Jeff, mess, egg, edge, bell , best , next, deaf, death. FOOT put, push, bull, good, stood, wood, cook, look, could, should wool, would. Although the vowel in a set like CUP, LUCK, SUN may vary from one variety of English to another .

7. pedagogical implications The lexical set is useful for students who do not have a background in phonetics , since it allows them to identify the sounds involved, even if the symbols for them are not known. * be aware in the varieties of English RP GenAm.

8. Pedagogical implications It is suggested to teach vocabulary to your students through lexical sets. Advantages: It’s easier to retrieve words from memory . Helps learners to see how knowledge can be organized Makes the meaning of words clearer by seeing how they are related The learning of 1 item reinforce the learning of another

9. Brainstorming Graphic organizer Categorizing activities This helps to your students to learn vocabulary easily and helps them to understand the relations between words .

10. ACTIVITY 'I went to the market and bought……..'

11. sources British Council.2010.retrieved from http :// www.teachingenglish.org.uk/knowledge-database/lexical-set Richard Nordquist.(non date).lexical sets. retrieved from http:// grammar.about.com/od/il/g/lexicalsetterm.htm wisegeek . (non date). What is a lexical set?. Retrieved from http:// www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-lexical-set.htm Wong B.(2012,may 15) lexical sets. Retrieved from http :// www.slideshare.net/BrendaWongUdye/lexical-sets Walters R. (2006).Standar lexical sets. Retrieved from http://reswin1.isd.glam.ac.uk/rhondda_valleys_english/completed_pdf/app3.pdf