Teaching vocabulary to B2 level learners using cognitive linguistic approach

Mastering the vocabulary of a foreign language is one of the most daunting tasks that language learners face even B2 level learners. The immensity of the task is underscored by the realisation that it is not only single words but also numerous standardised phrases (idioms, collocations, etc.) that need to be acquired. There is thus a clear need for instructional methods that help learners tackle this task, and yet few proposals for vocabulary instruction have so far gone beyond techniques for rote-learning and familiar means of promoting of noticing. The reason for this is that vocabulary and phraseology have long been assumed arbitrary.