Sunday 27 April 2008

Teaching Phrasal Verbs

Qué tema, no?

Como teachers siempre animamos a nuestros alumnos con desafíos, tratamos de que le pierdan el miedo a ciertos temas... pero cuando nos toca a nosotros... a quién recurrimos?!?!?

El tema de phrasal verbs causa escozor y pánico y miedo porque, como a nosotras nos costó aprender los que sabemos ("la letra con sangre entra") queremos evitarles a nuestros alumnos que pasen por lo mismo...

De más está decir que un buen approach para prevenir al alumnado no es NUNCA empezar la clase con la típica "Uffff... Phrasal verbs... Les comento, este es un tema difícil, cuesta, van a tener que aprenderlos para el examen, blah blah blah..."

Pero cómo ser positiva con un tema que a nosotros nos despierta tanta ansiedad?

Relax, first thing.

Como experiencia, estando viviendo en este país donde el phrasal verb está alive and kicking, les puedo decir que uno los aprende cuando los escucha, cuando ve que se emplean en el contexto que se tienen que emplear.

By the same token, entonces si ustedes quieren que los chicos aprendan, pues úsenlos. No crean que no les van a entender. Utilizados con regularidad en el contexto apropiado, entenderán. Si siguen sin entender, bien, lo explican.

Una buena forma es tratar de dejar usar tanto transparent words. Por qué en vez de decir investigate no decimos look into, find out, según el contexto? Prueben, don't be afraid.

Meanwhile, acá van algunos recursos:

Aquí encontrarán una lista de artículos sobre phrasal verbs con su correspondiente lesson plan. Yo recomendaría que los leyeran y luego impriman todas las hojas que quieran, pero es importante que los lean para ver si realmente se ajustan a ustedes, sus chicos, etc. Está por niveles.

En este sitio se presentan los phrasal verbs en temas. Pueden bajarse incluso el diálogo en mp3. Tienen el tapescript así que pueden trabajarlos como les plazca.

Un regalo

Recuerdan ese libro fantástico Making Sense of Phrasal Verbs? Lamentablemente ya no se publica.

No desesperen. Clickeando aquí lo pueden descargar gratis. Listo para imprimir. Cuando entren, hagan click en Download file.

De todas formas, si alguien tiene algún truquito o tip para compartir con todas, será bienvenida en mi mail o comentario.

Buena semana!

Saturday 5 April 2008

Dirty Words (M to P)

Más malas palabras... Cuando empecé este post me pregunté "Más?". Y si...

M

Minge
noun
vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals
(www.dictionary.com)

Motherfucker
PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticnoun [C]
(ALSO mother)
1 MAINLY US OFFENSIVE an extremely insulting name for someone you hate or for someone who has made you angry:
If that motherfucker touches my car again, I'll break his fingers!

2 US OFFENSIVE an extremely unpleasant thing:
That was a motherfucker of an exam.

Motherfucking PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic adjective OFFENSIVE
He's a motherfucking son of a bitch.

P

Piss PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [S or U]
OFFENSIVE

urine:
There was piss all over the floor.
I need a piss.
He's having a piss.

Piss PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic verb [I]
OFFENSIVE

to pass urine:
That dog keeps pissing on our fence.

Piss yourself verb [R]
OFFENSIVE

to urinate over yourself and the clothes you are wearing

Piss artist noun [C]
1 UK OFFENSIVE someone who does not do things correctly

2 someone who is often drunk

Piss-poor PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic adjective
OFFENSIVE

having very little money, or being of very low quality:
We were piss-poor.
a piss-poor film

Piss-take PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [C]
UK OFFENSIVE

1 an act of making someone or something look silly:
He told me I'd won and I thought it was just a piss-take.

2 when someone copies someone else's behaviour and manner in an amusing way:
He did a piss-take of Fiona.

Piss-up PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [C]
UK OFFENSIVE

an occasion when a lot of alcohol is drunk

Piss (sb) about/around phrasal verb [I or T]
UK OFFENSIVE

to behave in a stupid way or to treat someone badly:
Look, we haven't got much time so stop pissing about.
Stop pissing me about and just tell me where they are.

Piss sth away phrasal verb [M]
OFFENSIVE

to waste an opportunity:
This is your last chance to win the league so don't piss it away.

Piss down phrasal verb [I]
UK OFFENSIVE

to rain heavily:
It's really pissing (it) down here at the moment.

Piss off (GO) phrasal verb
UK OFFENSIVE

to leave or go away, used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away:
Everyone just pissed off and left me to clean up.
Why don't you just piss off - you've caused enough problems already!

Piss sb off (ANNOY) phrasal verb (ALSO pee sb off)
OFFENSIVE

to annoy someone:
He never does any washing-up and it's starting to piss me off.

Pissed off adjective [after verb] (US ALSO pissed)
UK OFFENSIVE

annoyed:
He'd kept me waiting for an hour so I was pissed off to start with.
She seemed a bit pissed off that she hadn't been invited.

Couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
UK OFFENSIVE

said about someone who is completely unable to organize things

Piss/Shit your pants
OFFENSIVE

to suddenly feel very frightened:
I shit my pants when all the lights went out.

Take the piss (out of) sb or sth
UK OFFENSIVE

to make a joke about someone or make them look silly:
They're always taking the piss out of him because he's a Barry Manilow fan.

Piss yourself (laughing)
OFFENSIVE

to laugh very much:
There I was writhing in agony on the floor and you lot were pissing yourselves laughing!

Pissed PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic adjective [after verb]
UK OFFENSIVE

drunk:
I can't remember - I was pissed at the time.

Prick (BODY PART) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [C]
OFFENSIVE

a penis

Prick (MAN) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [C]
OFFENSIVE
a stupid man:
I'm not wearing that - I'd look a right prick.

Prick-tease PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun [C] (ALSO prick-teaser)
OFFENSIVE
a woman who tries to make a man sexually excited but does not intend to have sex with him

Pussy (SEX) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic noun
OFFENSIVE

1 [C] a woman's vagina

2 [U] sex with a woman

See also:

Dirty Words (A to B)


Dirty Words (C to D)


Dirty Words (F to J)



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