THE IMPORTANCE OF LEXICAL DEFINITIONS IN CREATING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FORM AND THE MEANING OF LEXEMES AT THE BEGINNER’S LEVEL OF LEARNING ITALIAN AS LS
Keywords:
lexis, form, meaning, definitions, foreign language, glottodidacticsAbstract
Considering the fact that learners of a foreign language (LS) at initial levels of learning frequently experience difficulties with connecting lexical forms to their correct meaning, which can further cause slower development of receptive and productive language skills and harder attainment of more complex lexical knowledge, in this paper we will deal with teaching instructions and didactic activities which could help with overcoming or reducing this phase in learning and acquiring LS lexis. To this end, we will present a segment of wider research conducted among the students of the first year of studying Italian as LS at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. The research was conducted in the form of an experiment in which two groups of participants were subjected to different teaching methodology. The obtained data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative analysis. Results of the experiment showed better achievement of the experimental group participants, thus proving the positive impact of applying lexical definition both as a means of presenting new lexemes a type of classroom activity.
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