The "right" way to teach phrasal verbs.

[Molly]

Teachers, is there a "right" way to teach phrasal verbs? I mean, what is the most effective way of doing so? Do you feel that you, as a teacher, are teaching such verbs in an effective way? If so, in which way are you doing that?

Background:

"Phrasal verbs are aspects of grammar that are not as straightforward to teach as are other aspects. Many teachers avoid or put off teaching phrasal verbs until students are at a higher advanced level. Darwin and Gray’s Going After the Phrasal Verb: An Alternative Approach to Classification (1999) gives three specific reasons why phrasal verbs are avoided in teaching. They say that phrasal verbs are (1.) hard to define, (2.) not much work has been done with corpora to find which phrasal verbs are used most frequently and (3.) methods of teaching commonly group phrasal verbs by verb or by particle instead of promoting use."

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~kw382698/Phrasal%20Verbs.htm

[Torsten]

As a teacher you can point out to your students what phrasal verbs are giving them some examples and encouraging them to pay attention to phrasal verbs when they listen to English audio books, TV/radio programs, podcasts, etc. As long as your students are aware of the fact that learning English is an ongoing process they will also pick up new phrasal verbs subconsciously.

If a student is interested in learning more about phrasal verbs, I usually direct them to materials such as phrasal verb break or phrasal verb bring. The important thing is help students become aware of the fact that learning phrasal verbs is a process that requires different methods and activities.
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[Molly]

[SkiIucK]

I don't know what a 'phrasal verb' is.

[Yankee]

[lost_soul]

[Yankee]

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You are absolutely right, Alex.
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[Molly]