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Reading Idiomatic
Expressions with
Several Challenges
Are you ready?
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Break a leg!
Get out of hand.
Hang in there.
Miss the boat.
Hit the sack.
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Idiomatic Expressions
An idiom (also called idiomatic expression) is an expression,
word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally
understood by native speakers. This meaning is different from
the literal meaning of the idiom's individual elements.
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Several Challenges in
Reading Idiomatic
Expressions
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1. CULTURAL BACKGROUND

2. LACK OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH IDIOMS

3. NOT TAUGHT WELL IN CLASS

4. UNFAMILIAR WORDS

5. NO CONTEXT
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WHAT TO DO?

TAKE IT SLOW. USE STORIES THAT USE VISUALS

INCORPORATE
IDIOMS.

KEEP IT LIGHT. ACTIVITIES.

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ACTIVITY!

GIVE ATLEAST THREE IDIOMATIC

EXPRESSIONS AND USE IT IN A
SENTENCE.
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