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Exploring new phrasal verbs: drilling down and dialling it up (part 2)

by Harper Collins

Exploring new phrasal verbs: drilling down and dialling it up (part 2)

This is the second in a series of two posts about the process of putting together the new edition of the COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, published together with a new edition of COBUILD Dictionary of Idioms.

In the last post, we considered various interpretations of the term ‘phrasal verb’ and  examined how they are used in terms of grammar and register. We then looked at how we at Collins went about identifying both new phrasal verbs and new uses of existing ones. 

Posted in COBUILD, ELT, English Grammar, English Language Teaching, Phrasal Verbs

Exploring new phrasal verbs: drilling down and dialling it up (part 1)

by Harper Collins

Exploring new phrasal verbs: drilling down and dialling it up (part 1)

With new phrasal verbs continuing to proliferate in the English language, we at COBUILD surveyed a variety of news and other media sources to identify the most frequent new phrasal verbs for the Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
Posted in COBUILD, COBUILD Corpus, ELT, English Grammar, English Language Teaching, Phrasal Verbs

Work on Your Phrasal Verbs: focusing on contemporary usage

by Harper Collins

Work on Your Phrasal Verbs: focusing on contemporary usage

Multi-word chunks of language, such as idioms and phrasal verbs, make up a large proportion of any written or spoken text, so they’re really key fo...
Posted in COBUILD, Confidence in English, ELT, English at work, English Grammar, English Language Teaching, Language Learning, Phrasal Verbs, Work on Your

Collins Peapod Readers: Engaging young learners in online learning using readers

by Harper Collins

Collins Peapod Readers: Engaging young learners in online learning using readers

Recently, I‘ve been looking at ways to support young learner engagement through the use of readers online. Readers can help you to reach out, motivate, connect with and stimulate your young learners and help them continue on their English language learning journeys. They can provide a fun, energetic and multi-skilled learning environment. And there are many free software tools out there that can help.
Posted in COBUILD, Confidence in English, ELT, English Language Teaching, General English, Language Learning, Peapod Readers, Phrasal Verbs, Reading

Phrasal verbs – our top tips and favourite classroom activities

by Harper Collins

Phrasal verbs – our top tips and favourite classroom activities

Phrasal Verbs are really tricky for our students. It’s just hard to get them right, and they are everywhere in the English language. It’s high time for some new teaching tips, activities and games to help you make phrasal verbs fun – and to help your students remember them. We hope you’ll enjoy using them in your classroom!
Posted in Confidence in English, ELT, English Language Teaching, Grammar, Language Learning, Phrasal Verbs, Work on Your