It is proposed by previous researches that lexical chunks are the minimum units of language input,storage and output,which possess both lexical and grammatical character,they can be taught and retrieved as a whole to improve language comprehension and production.Lexical approach is about how lexical chunks should be applied to language teaching,and has provided a new perspective for English learning and teaching in senior high school.Cloze test,recognized by western researchers of testing as being able to measure learners'comprehensive language performance,is also a language task very daunting for learners to tackle.Therefore,this study attempts to apply lexical approach to English reading teaching and observe if students'cloze performance can be enhanced and their vocabulary learning strategies be positively enriched.The results show that they have acquired chunking strategiesin their language learning and their cloze performance has been positivelyinfluenced by their retrieving of multi-word prefabricated chunks.
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