Teaching Idioms Effectively with Web 2.0 Tools

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

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rememb

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idioms?

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http://www.idiomdictionary.com/

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http://idiomsite.com/

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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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www.writecomics.com

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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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www.makebeliefscomix.com

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:

www.photofunia.com

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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