Teaching Idioms Effectively with Web 2.0 Tools

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Idioms form a natural and essential part of the general vocabulary of the English language. As a teacher, it is essential to introduce idioms in a meaningful and personalised context. I will outline a few of my favourite Web 2.0. tools, which will make teaching idioms not only fun, but also highly effective and memorable for students.

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PowerPoint Presentation : 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! 2

PowerPoint Presentation : 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. 3

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PowerPoint Presentation : How can I remember idioms? 6

PowerPoint Presentation : 7 http://www.idiomdictionary.com /

PowerPoint Presentation : 8 http://idiomsite.com/

PowerPoint Presentation : 9 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/

PowerPoint Presentation : 10 http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/

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PowerPoint Presentation : A Clil To Climb : Idioms Part 19 Food - Fish Interactive Game 12

PowerPoint Presentation : Idioms, anyone? http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2010/05/let-sleeping-catlie.html 13

PowerPoint Presentation : 14 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2009/03/090311_teacher_animal_cat.shtml

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PowerPoint Presentation : www.writecomics.com 16

PowerPoint Presentation : 17 Flickr: Idioms in English http://www.flickr.com/groups/1383087@N24/

PowerPoint Presentation : 18 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlberger/272373668/sizes/z/in/photostream /

PowerPoint Presentation : http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/77005627/Stockbyte 19

PowerPoint Presentation : 20 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bee/199879806/sizes/m/in/pool-1383087@N24 /

PowerPoint Presentation : 21 http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=24846

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PowerPoint Presentation : An Idiomatic Digital Story 23

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PowerPoint Presentation : www.makebeliefscomix.com 29

PowerPoint Presentation : 30 http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-money-part-5-of-idiomatic-story.html

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PowerPoint Presentation : I was lost without you http://goanimate.com/movie/0t3v8_OjYOXc/1 32

PowerPoint Presentation : I was broke, down in the dumps and broken-hearted! http://goanimate.com/movie/0t3v8_Oj 33

PowerPoint Presentation : Max My Dream: 34

PowerPoint Presentation : 35 http://www.tuxpi.com/photo-effects/wanted-poster

PowerPoint Presentation : 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 ? 36

PowerPoint Presentation : WHAT’S THE ENDING?? 37

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PowerPoint Presentation : 42 http://www.slideshare.net/JanetBianchini/an-idiomatic-love-story

PowerPoint Presentation : 43 Blog: Janet’s Abruzzo Edublog http://civitaquana.blogspot.com Twitter: @ janetbianchini

PowerPoint Presentation : Teaching Idioms with Web 2.0. Tools: 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://www.slideshare.net/JanetBianchini/an-idiomatic-love-story http://civitaquana.blogspot.com/2010/05/let-sleeping-catlie.html http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ http://writecomics.com/ http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/ http://www.dvolver.com/live/moviemaker.html http://goanimate.com/ http://www.maxmydream.com/ http://www.zimmertwins.com/ http://www.tagxedo.com/ http://www.wordle.net http://www.imagechef.com/ http://www.tuxpi.com http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/ http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=24846 http://www.flickr.com/groups/1383087@N24/ http://www.englishclub.com/ref/Idioms/index.htm 44

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