The inevitable teacher's headache
Teaching irregular verbs can be rewarding and painless!
It's all about applying the MSL principles: systematic, repetitive, multisensory, explicit instruction. It means that you will explain the vowel change as well as some consonant changes for each verb or group. Depending on the age of the students, you can either group the verbs in similar categories or let the students figure out the categories themselves. Take one category per week. Rap or chant - WITH RHYTHM - the verbs together with the class. Test their retention after every three to four weeks. Give them various activities: matching pairs, memory, find your match. Let them interact with the irregular verbs cards, and quiz each other with irregular verbs lollipops. Here's an essential 'list' for beginners. They can add verbs to it as they learn.
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AuthorMartina Matejaš is a teacher of English and Yoga. She is keen on understanding the mind-body connection as well as cracking the 'code' of thoughts-emotions-behaviour matrix. Archives
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