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Language instructors can train learners to be autonomous word learners. A sample activity, namely word of the day, is presented in this article. The activity is an independent lexical learning task, which aims to develop the lexical range of language learners through self-regulated endeavors. This activity builds on the lexical approach, which lays emphasis on expanding learners’ lexical base in the belief that grammar is embedded in lexis. Thus, the role of “word grammar”overshadows the sentence grammar instruction. The word-of-theday task acquaints learners with unpacking the lexical information in a word or phrase and sharing their lexical discoveries with the class. The activity could be systematically integrated into the course syllabus. Learners will value lexis as a rich resource of syntactical knowledge and will realize that lexical development is directly proportional to linguistic fluency.  \nGive a man afish and you feed him for a day  \nTeach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (Chinese proverb)  \nIntroduction  \nIn EFL instruction, there is no dearth of tasks and activities that can poten  \ntially facilitate learners’ vocabulary development. However, it is worth noting that no one set of lexical development activities or tasks can be regarded as effective in every teaching context. As a matter of fact, the effectiveness of any classroom task depends upon a host offactors, such as learner motivation, pedagogical approaches, task relevance to learners’ needs, and the like. In this article, I suggest a sample activity, namely word of the day, for language learners.  \nIt is a simple and easy-to-use independent language-item learning task, which aims to develop the lexical repertoires of language learners through self-regulated lexical learning endeavors. This activity ties together the lexical approach theory (delineated below) and practice, and in my EFL instruction experience I have found the activity quite effective in expanding students’ lexical ranges. My students had low-intermediate-level linguistic proficiency and were enrolled in undergraduate programs at a public university in the Sultanate of Oman.  \nIn recent years, the lexical approach to language instruction has gained the attention of language professionals because of a growing awareness of the  \nThe CATESOL Journal 21.1 • 2009/2010 • 185  \nview that lexis is the core of a language system. This view is also the key notion of the minimalist program (Chomsky, 1995, 2000) . In the lexical approach, instructional practices focus on developing learners’ linguistic proficiency by enhancing their lexical base in the belief that grammar is embedded in lexis (e.g., collocations, lexical phrases). Thus, the role of “word grammar” overshadows sentence grammar instruction (Lewis, 1993) . In other words, at the macro level“language consists of grammaticalised lexis, not lexicalised grammar”(Lewis, 1993, [p. vi](p. vi)). That is why the lexical approach is generally considered an alternative to grammar-based language-teaching approaches. The taxonomy of lexical items, according to Lewis (1997), includes words (e.g., table, naive), poly words (e.g., put off, turn around), collocations (e.g., work hard, deliver a speech), and institutionalized utterances (e.g., Can we take a rain check? This sounds good to me) .  \nIn accordance with the above prefatory note, I have come to realize in my EFL/ESL teaching that the acquisition of lexicogrammatical strings (i.e., institutionalized utterances) and formulae (e.g., apologies for the delay, pleased/nice to meet you, appreciate it, pardon me, have fun, etc.) by learners through their own discovery remarkably facilitates their linguistic proficiency, especially in writing both ","cbCaiiawb48yQ9Ef","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiawb48yQ9Ef","pdf",146914,"English","# Introduction\n## Objectives of the Activity\n## Lexical Approach Background\n## Proposed Activity and Integration","[{\"question\":\"What is the “word of the day” activity intended to achieve?\",\"answer\":\"It is intended to develop learners’ lexical repertoires through self-discovery and self-regulated lexical learning, strengthening their lexical range and fluency.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article justify the activity using the lexical approach?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that language knowledge depends on lexis, with grammar embedded in lexical items, so expanding lexical base can support overall proficiency.\"},{\"question\":\"What do learners do during the activity?\",\"answer\":\"Learners unpack lexical information in a word or phrase, then share their lexical discoveries with classmates.\"}]","Word of the Day - A sample independent lexical development activity | PDF",1792086028,23]