- •Exploratory task 1.1
- •M oney
- •Match the following vocabulary units with the types of “vocabulary sets”
- •Exploratory task 1.2
- •Exploratory task 1.3
- •Express the following messages in the given situations using any strategy of communicating the meaning (words, phrases, exclamations, gestures etc)
- •Exploratory task 1.6 Find the equivalents to the given words in your native tongue
- •Exploratory task 1.8
- •Exploratory task 1.10 Give adjectival collocations to the following
- •Exploratory task 1.11
- •Exploratory task 1.12 Combine the goods and the activities with them to cook food. The beginning has been done for you
- •Word observation sheet
- •Exploratory task 1.16
- •Exploratory task 1.17
- •Make up your own “cobweb” association with the word
- •H ouse
- •Input reading 2
- •Vocabulary acquisition
- •Exploratory task 2.1
- •Exploratory task 2.2
- •Match the following activities to teacher/learn the words with the types of exercises
- •Exploratory task 2.8
- •Exploratory task 2.11
- •Three-phase framework of teaching vocabulary
- •Exploratory task 2.12
- •Micro-teaching task
- •Integrated task
- •Answer Keys
- •Exploratory task 1.12
- •Exploratory task 1.13
- •Glossary
- •References and further reading
Exploratory task 1.10 Give adjectival collocations to the following
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Exploratory task 1.11
Word combinations with the meaning of "part of something" can be tricky in use because each substance can require a certain word indicating a “piece” of this substance. Combine the substances and the words meaning “a piece of this substance”
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Exploratory task 1.12 Combine the goods and the activities with them to cook food. The beginning has been done for you
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Metaphorical word use is a typical feature of the language. Metaphors are figures of speech, in which the words that ordinarily designate an object, process or quality are used to designate dissimilar ideas suggesting comparison or analogy. Many comparisons in the language are based on the metaphorical meaning transfer. E.g. “As blind as a bat”. “As strong as an ox”. “As quiet as a mouse”. “As hard as iron”. “As deaf as a post”. “As quick as a flash”. “As sick as a dog”. In some cases a change of words can cause a shift in meaning. E.g. “As white as snow” has a meaning of “being beautiful” (compare “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs”) while “As white as a sheet” implies “fearing something”. (McCarthy, M. and F.Dell. 1994. English Vocabulary in Use. CUP. P. 152). Another typical feature is idiomatic word use. Idioms often serve as instruments of individual expressive power. E.g. Little brothers are often brats but mine is a real McCoy. He is getting on my nerves. Every moment I am under the weather he makes his special duty to get my goat. When I want to stay to myself, he tags along. He is a bit of a sweet tooth and is always chewing the cud. When something is against him, he throws a tantrum. I can certainly tattle on him and catch him red-handed at the buffet lifting the candies. But I am not as mean as that. We go shares instead.
Exploratory task 1.13
Complete the following sentences and say what made you change the word each time.
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(Adapted from Harmer, J and R. Rossner. 1991. More than Words. Book 1. Longman. P. 13)
Exploratory task 1.14
Combine elements of idiomatic phrases in the left and the right columns producing English idioms. What transfer of meaning can you find in the metaphorical use of the English words?
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