Learning Language Through Fun Colloquial Phrases:
Skill Level: Beginner
There are several aspects of language that beginners to learning a language typically struggle with. While these factors will be dependent on what language is being studied, some common areas of struggle are vocabulary, pronunciation and the grammatical structure and syntax of basic sentences. Learning fun, common phrases will give students useful conversation starters as well as insight into the above mentioned trouble areas.
Using Farsi as an example (this could apply to any language) the instructor would begin the activity by introducing the basic components of a phrase. For example:
For the sentence: (گذشته از همه، ما با هم دوستیم!) the instructor would introduce:
gozashta az hama=after all
boham=together
dostem=we are friends
dos=friend
The students would then follow the intstructor’s lead in pronouncing the phrase in it’s entirety:
„gozashta az hama, ma bauham dostem.“
Additional example phrases could include:
غیر از خوردن کار دیگری از او ساخته نیست.= Aside from eating, there is nothing else he could do!
همینکه صدایش را شنیدم، فهمیدم که چه واقعه رخ داده است.
=As soon as I heard his/her voice, I knew what had happened.
قبل از انجام دادن کار خانه، همیشه برای یک ساعت تلویزیون میبینم.=Before doing chorse, I will always watch telivision for one hour.
After reaching a level of comfortable pronunciation, the instructor will begin with writing practice.
Receiving dictation, students will attempt to write down each new sentence. After giving dictation the instructor will go over and point out necessary corrections. At the start of the next session students will be expected to be able to replicate each phrase.
One advantage to this lesson is its high level of adaptability. If the instructor wants to focus on a specific item, such as verbs or adverbs, phrases that explicitly demonstrate these concepts can be introduced.
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