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LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA.

Authors: IDOWU Olubunmi

Publication Type: Journal article

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Abstract: The ultimate goal of every teacher as of any other communicator is to be communicative efficient. A teacher wishes to be understood as clearly as possible on any subject matter taught .However, for the language teachers, their efforts are usually met with challenges that are beyond their control such as inequity among students socioeconomically, closing the proficiency and achievement gaps between students of different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Thus, this paper explores the possibility of employing lexical relations as a tool for harmonizing the text and its context, using the homiletic style of second language situation. Situated within the Systemic Functional Grammatical theory which is based on linguistic choices depending on the context, the homiletic style can be applied to any other context such as the classroom. The cohesive properties of the text in terms reiteration and collocation, can be employed by a language teacher to boost his communicative dynamism and efficacy, in spite of the heterogeneous nature of his audience. Realizing the inseparable nature of language and culture, this study is expected to help teachers create a conducive environment for teaching the standards of the English language and improving the proficiency level of learners as much as possible. Therefore, teachers can be seen as excited participants of highly interactive classroom sessions rather than preachers of textbooks.

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IDOWU,O. . (0000). LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA., 0 (), 0-0.

IDOWU,O. . "LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA." 0, no (), (0000): 0-0.

IDOWU,O. and . (0000). LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA., 0 (), pp0-0.

IDOWUO, . LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA.. 0000, 0 ():0-0.

IDOWU,Olubunmi , . "LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA.", 0 . (0000) : 0-0.

I.Olubunmi , "LEXICAL RELATIONS AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA." vol.0, no., pp. 0-0, 0000.

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