false friends in english and spanish
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False Friends in English & Spanish
Agenda• 1. Introduction
• 2. What are false friends?
• 3. Tips and tricks
• 4. Activity 1
• 5. Group activities
False Friends?
False Friends
False Cognates are False Friends?
False Cognates are words that have different roots but have the same meaning
Example: (english) OCCUR (japanese) OKORU 起こる
False Cognates are False Friends?
False friends are words that sound the same but have two, often opposite or very different meanings
Example?
Group ActivityCorrect the mistakes
ANNE AND DAISYAnne: I can’t support my boss any more!Daisy: Why not? Maybe you’re just being sensible. Anne: No I’m serious. He’s always molesting me about not finishing my career. He said that if I don’t have a career, I won’t be able to become a manager. Daisy: Well, if you pretend to be a manager, you should finish your career.
Break into teams
Competition: The team that can
identify all the false friends in the texts
wins!
Thanks for your
time!