vocabulary cognates and false friends
intermediate English results, page 13 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice and clarification of cognates/ false friends
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion
Procedure (33-44 minutes)
ss are going to read a funny conversation between Obama and Mori prime minister and tell me what is the problem.? but the story should be on small paper in different parts of safir building they should follow the signs and numbers and find the story any where. each ss has a number and should find that number. stick in order instruction: 1- numerate ss 2- there are some papers on the walls with numbers go and find ur number ICQ: u should bring the first paper u see or just ur number? ( our number) stick them on the board in order, read the story and tell me what is the problem. why?
elicit how and who and elicit in what other situations they might have a problem? ex coat and.... they have the same form in our language but different meaning so it may cause trouble. can you think of any other examples. 1 min in pair. what do we call who/ how in English? what about father, pedar bad, bad name, nam tell ss to match part 1. the titles and words. FALSE FRIENDS COGNATES bad, father, pedar. passport, band, door, exit exito , family, familia coat ton commode Etude
CCQ: false friends: do they have the same meaning? no do they look the same? yes cognate: do they have the same meaning and form? yes elicit examples for them high light it write phonetic form /ˈkɒɡneɪt/ rep
part 2 recognize the kind of vocabulary in pair. SS TEST EACH OTHER. BRING MORE EXAMPLES WITH ANSWER SHEET. 2 GROUPS ASK OTHER. GET POSITIVE POINTS FOR EACH T answer.
THINK about ur language and English. do u think they could cause misunderstanding. why?