I've been using this system with my pupils for years now. I'm glad to get a confirmation from a native speaker that it actually works. One question, though - is there an effective way of dealing with "By heart!? But teacher, that's too much to ask of us!"? I usually just tell them to power through it, but still at least a third of them don't even bother.
Thank you! How can I do, if I am an ESL teacher and I don´t want to use translation. I used to use pictures, but there are times when they get confused with the meaning and the picture, or they just get one meaning.! Thanks!
Congratulations Paul for this chanel. Very useful... I've studied English using Cutting Edge textbooks for three years and a half... I've just started the upper intermediate level... They're really great (the books). Every class I feel like going through the language like it really is. Would you say they're the best? What about "Total English"? Some friends of mine use it and they find it very good as well. Best wishes
Hi Paul, I am a german student of the Russian language. As you maybe guess, the russian irregular Verbs a little bit more complicated than the English one. Like in German you aren't just learning one form for each tense, you also have to learn for each person. Maybe you have some tips for me, how to learn efficient. Greetings from Germany
I teach them in pairs like buy/sell.....stand/sit.......eat/drink indeed it's not possible with all verbs but it helps and I keep repeating a pair or two with my pupils every time until they learn them by heart
Thanks a lot Paul for this interesting video. Anyway, I would like to know if there is an easier way to identify irregular verbs without having the list in front of you? Dadier Mat.
Ok, strange. I have learned them best in childhood using the first method. I was trying the one You recommend but it was ineffective for me and very boring. Maybe due to the fact that children are impatient and human brain favours looking for patterns rather than just absorbing things in detail at random. Just realized that I favour grouping irregular verbs in other foreign languages I'm learning. Merely an habit or is it something that works best for some people? Just wondering now. But to me simply grouping them and doing a lot of excersises using all form in full sentences or short stories in each tense simply works best. Regardless from what foreign language I'm learning. Actually doing the same in Spanish nowadays.
Just learn Mandarin. You use a different word for "not" when negating "to have." That's it. No, seriously, that's it. That's as close as they get to irregular verbs. Forget English. It's just too hard.
Jason Bolster i know what you mean. Yesterday i was struggling to get Upper-intermediate students to use our auxiliaries. They basically don't exist in Russian.
yeah but i have to learn all the symbols and a new alphabet (i guess?), also the culture and context and it's uughhh, a lot of time that needs to be invested. But i want to learn it one day, just to expand my way of thinking, because you have to change your way of thinking in order to speak a new language, right? am i wrong? i don't know, maybe.