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Why We Don't Teach Phrasal Verbs to Beginners

Otherwise known as "Dorky-teacher-speak-101".

Setting: A classroom in an office building known as the "banana room". Two beginner students. Two teaching trainees, one of which is Dan. No teacher.

D: Well, the teacher is late. That's okay. We'll do something.
S:
D: I'll just make this up as I go along, okay?
S: What means ... to make up?
D: Oh boy... um. It means, I have nothing. No plan. No lesson. But I'm up here anyway.
S:
D: It's like 'to improvise'.
S: To improvise??
D:
M:
D:

Teacher walks in.
T: Fantastic, did you do a warmer?
D: Um.... we kind of, um, made one up ... .

Lesson of the Day: Phrasal verbs bad. Very very bad.

posted by europhile @ 08:06