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This course provides you with a framework that will help you learn and understand what phrasal verbs are, how they work, and how you can use them to improve your fluency when speaking English, all while having fun along the way!
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Using idiomatic language naturally and accurately (e.g. phrasal verbs) will help you achieve a higher band in your IELTS Speaking test!
English Learners
If you're studying general English and would like to learn to be able to understand more, and sound like a native speaker, learning phrasal verbs will help you achieve that!
Get inspired to challenge your students with an entertaining new way of teaching phrasal verbs to get them engaged, improving, and having fun...along the way!
English Teachers
WHO IS THIS PODCOURSE FOR
"Phrasal verbs are extremely common in the English language. Learning them will help you improve your understanding and sound more natural."
PODCOURSE STRUCTURE
In the course, we have grouped phrasal verbs with different prepositions into 11 separate episodes and added 4 more with more general information, talking about formal/informal, separable/inseparable phrasal verbs etc.
In this first part of the course, we explain the structure of the course, its purpose, why it is important and how to get the most from it.
In our second episode, Rory and Maria go into great detail about phrasal verbs; what they are, how they work, the problems people have when using them, and how to use the course to help you improve.
Get ready to beef up (improve) your grasp of phrasal verbs with up as Maria quizzes Rory while trying not to get up his nose (annoy him).
Maria and Rory don’t hold back (stop themselves from continuing) in their episode about phrasal verbs with back.
Maria continues her questioning of Rory but he refuses to back down (stop trying to succeed) as they explore phrasal verbs with down.
Maria and Rory do their best to pack in (use as many as possible) as many phrasal verbs with in as they can.
Our intrepid duo make an effort not to put people off (make them disinterested) with their jokes in our episode about phrasal verbs with off.
Maria and Rory look to build on (use their success to go further) their understanding of phrasal verbs with on and explore the phrasal verbs they decided on (chose) with on.
Rory tries not to freak Maria out (scare/make her nervous) in this episode where we explore phrasal verbs with out.
Maria and Rory struggle to get over (recover from) all of their hard work when looking over (inspecting/examining) their list of phrasal verbs with over.
Our two tutors don’t beat around the bush (talk about unimportant things to avoid a subject) as they try to get their head around (understand) phrasal verbs with around.
IN this episode, Rory and Maria take some time to talk about (discuss) phrasal verbs with about.
There is a lot of get through (process and understand) as Maria and Rory go through (discuss or examine) phrasal verbs with through.
In our penultimate episode, we do our best not to fall apart (fail to stay together) as we look for (search) other phrasal verbs that do not fall into (become part of) our previous categories.
In this final episode, Rory and Maria talk about phrasal verbs in the IELTS writing section and how to use them to get a high score…a band 9 score!
EPISODE STRUCTURE
Each episode is divided into two main sections: "quiz", and "mechanics".
Mechanics
In this main section of every episode phrasal verbs are divided into separate categories of meaning based on what their preposition does to the verb. e.g. What does preposition "UP" add to the verb? How do you remember phrasal verbs with this preposition?
In the beginning of every lesson there's a phrasal verbs quiz, the aim of which is to show how much more natural and fluent speech with phrasal verbs sounds.
Quiz
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Listen actively
Give yourself an hour a day to listen to the Podcourse. Listen carefully for the phrasal verbs focused on in each episode in the examples given and the explanations presented.
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Write things out
Active listening involves writing things out. Take time to pause and write down phrasal verbs you like. Say them aloud to practice your pronunciation.
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Memorize
You might want to use "Quizlet" or services alike to help you learn phrasal verbs. Also. it's better to memorize phrasal verbs together with a few examples.
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Re-listen
Refresh your knowledge by listening to the episodes again and recalling all the phrasal verbs you focused on in the course.
STUDY. Do not rush to listen to the whole course in one day. Take your time. Listen to one episode every few days. FOCUS. Write things out. Learn. Review. Remember that you can always go back to the episodes when needed!
PODCOURSE TUTORS
Maria and Rory are both cool and full of awesome! You might know them as the hosts of the "IELTS Speaking for Success" podcast.
Maria and Rory are both cool and full of awesome! You might know them as the hosts of the "IELTS Speaking for Success" podcast.
Maria Molashenko
Maria is a Cambridge certified teacher and teacher trainer (CELTA, DELTA) and has been teaching English since 2004. Maria is a CELTA tutor and has worked in Asia and Europe training teachers from all over the globe. She's been with IELTS for over 7 years, has taken the exam herself several times (9.0 for speaking), and helped hundreds of happy students to achieve the score they wanted. Maria is a Nile (Norwich, UK) certified IELTS teacher.
Rory comes from Scotland and is a regular public speaker, which makes him an ideal speaking coach. He is a holder of CELTA, IH CAM and Delta Module One qualifications along with many others. In addition to teaching various exam preparation classes (Cambridge, GMAT, IELTS, Trinity, etc.), Rory has lived and worked intensively in European and African countries with a focus Exam Preparation for the last 10 years.
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