Tips for Teaching

Tips for Teaching - Idioms

Suggestions from ESLgold:

General Idioms

Focus on defining and giving examples of common idioms used in everyday speech

Types of Materials: Texts which define and give examples of a variety of idioms

Phrasal Verbs

Focus on defining and giving examples of phrasal verbs in context

Types of Materials: Texts and lists highlighting contextualized phrasal verbs

Slang and Expressions

Focus on slang, commonly used expressions and idiomatic speech

Types of Materials: Texts highlighting common idiomatic expressions

Proverbs and Sayings

Focus on common sentences and traditional words of wisdom

Types of Materials: Texts highlighting proverbs and their meanings

Collocations

Focus on showing how some words are commonly used in set phrases

Types of Materials: Texts which highlight common phrases of words