Transcript Phrasal_Verbs

Phrasal Verbs Acquisition
through the Analysis of
its Particles
Instructional Technologies in Second Language
Acquisition
Universidad de Sevilla
May 2009
Rafael Moreno Esteban
INTRODUCTION
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A Phrasal Verb is a verb consisting of two (sometimes
three) parts; a verb and an adverb or preposition. Most
are formed from a small number of common verbs (such
as get, go, come, put and set) and a small number of
adverbs and prepositions (such as away, out, off, up and
in).
Phrasal verbs sometimes have meanings that can easily
be guessed (such as sit down or look for). But in most
cases their meanings are quite different from the
meaning of the verb they are formed from: for example
hold up can mean 'to cause a delay' or 'to try to rob
someone' and has no obvious connection with the idea
of 'holding' something.
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Our intention is to trigger the
productive skills of the English
learner through the
understanding of the meanings
of the root verb and the
preposition/adverb, which form
an entirely new lexical entity. We
will complete a series of
exercises to learn the semantic
role of the prepositions or
adverbs, which will help us to
unveil the meaning of the
phrasal verbs thus formed.
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TASK
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We are going to try and understand the meaning of a
number of phrasal verbs through the analysis of the
separate meanings of the root verb and the adverb or
preposition. In order to do that we will follow the following
steps:
 We will first look at the common semantic roles of the
particles that normally follow a root verb to form a
phrasal verb.
 Then we will establish the meanings of the root verbs.
 Finally, you will have to complete an exercise to enhance
the understanding of the meanings of the proposed
phrasal verbs.
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PROCESS
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You have already taken a pre-test on phrasal verbs. We
are trying to learn the meaning of a group of phrasal
verbs by analysing the separate meanings of their
particles in order to guess their actual meaning.
 We will first complete Exercise 1 to learn the usual
meanings of the particles that make up phrasal verbs.
 Secondly, we will check the meaning of the root verbs
that we are going to study in step 3.
 Finally, we will do a matching exercise. Here, we'll match
20 phrasal verbs with their meanings.
 In the next slide, we have the exercises and we can also
see these phrasal verbs in context, in order see their
meaning even clearer.
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TRAINING
EXERCISES
Exercise 1: meaning of prepositions
Exercise 2: meaning of the root verbs
Exercise 3: meaning of phrasal verbs
Verbs in context
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CONCLUSION
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We have tried to approach the learning of phrasal verbs
through the understanding of the separate meanings of
their particles. This way, we can make an educated
guess of the aggregate meaning.
We can try and use this strategy with all the phrasal
verbs we may come across.
Also, we will see whether the acquisition of such
vocabulary is different in a classroom environment -with
a PowerPoint presentation- and an autonomous learning
environment -using this Web Quest-.
If you are interested in learning more about Phrasal
Verbs, please visit the following links: 1 - 2 - 3
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THE END
 Thanks
a lot for your undivided attention!
 This PowerPoint presentation is available
at www.rafamoreno.com
 You can also visit the WebQuest by
clicking here.
 Now it is time for another test!!!
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