This module will enable you to understand the role of lexis and the teaching of vocabulary in contemporary approaches to language learning and teaching. You will survey and analyse current approaches to lexical description. You will analyse lexical systems in spoken and written communication. You will learn how to identify and evaluate current practice and discuss how learners are enabled to practise and remember new vocabulary. You will explore corpus/corpora and learn how to use corpus tools to analyse data. You will examine implications for applied linguistics, TESOL and language teaching. Sessions are delivered through interactive workshops and seminars, and a different aspect of lexis is discussed each week. The module is assessed by means of a 3,000 word assignment.