teaching idioms effectively with web 2.0 tools
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Why teach idioms? Idioms are found, seen everywhere and certainly heard in all walks of life - in posters, advertisements, newspapers (printed and online versions), magazines, films and the internet.
There is NO escaping them!
Idioms are a basic and natural part of life. They are an essential feature of effective communication, especially at a higher level of English.
They are an indication of a student's proficiency in English.
colourful
figurative
culturalfixed
tricky
Language learners use idioms to
demonstrate their ability to
use complex
language
sound like a native
manipulate special collocated words
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How can
I
rememb
er
idioms?
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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/
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http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/
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A Clil To Climb : Idioms Part 19 Food - Fish Interactive Game
Cat idioms, anyone?
http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2010/05/let-sleeping-catlie.html
13http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2009/03/090311_teacher_animal_cat.shtml
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18http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlberger/272373668/sizes/z/in/photostream
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http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/77005627/Stockbyte
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bee/199879806/sizes/m/in/pool-1383087@N24/
21http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=24846
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An Idiomatic Digital Story
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http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-money-part-5-of-idiomatic-story.html
I was lost
without you
http://goanimate.com/movie/0t3v8_OjYOXc/1
I was broke, down in the dumps and broken-hearted!
http://goanimate.com/movie/0t3v8_Oj
Max My Dream:
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Then suddenly I woke up. I realised it had all been a terrible dream, a nightmare in fact. I knew I had to go back to the village to you back.
Do you still still me?
Will you forgive me?
Or will you give me the cold ?
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WHAT’S THE
ENDING??
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The EndJanet’s Abruzzo
Edublog@janetbianchini
on Twitter
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Thank you for attending my
presentation!
www.imagechef.com
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Links and Resources http://www.idiomdictionary.com/http://idiomsite.com/http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2011/03/idioms-part-19-food-fish-interactive.html http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2010/05/let-sleeping-catlie.htmlhttp://www.toondoo.com/http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/http://writecomics.com/http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/http://www.dvolver.com/live/moviemaker.htmlhttp://goanimate.com/http://www.maxmydream.com/http://www.zimmertwins.com/http://www.tagxedo.com/http://www.wordle.nethttp://www.imagechef.com/http://www.tuxpi.comhttp://www.photofunia.com/http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=24846http://civitaquana.blogspot.comhttp://www.englishclub.com/ref/Idioms/index.htm