“Forget lists. Learn phrasal verbs in context!”
Welcome to episode #011 of The Broughton English Show!
Today I chat with Juan Antonio Pérez, A.K.A. The Phrasal Verb Demon!
Juan Antonio runs one of the web’s favourite resources on phrasal verbs, www.phrasalverbdemon.com. His website is full of fantastic explanations of phrasal verbs, how they work, the best way to learn them, and a ton of practice exercises, quizzes, listening practice and everything else an English learner needs to master phrasal verbs.
Check out his website and follow him on twitter, but before you do, listen to what he has to say about learning phrasal verbs!
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Show Notes
- Juan Antonio talks about his job as an English teacher in a school on the island of La Palma and how he got into phrasal verbs and started his website.
- We talk about typical problems that English learners have when it comes to learning phrasal verbs. We provide solutions to these problems.
- We discuss the danger of looking for alternatives to phrasal verbs and avoiding them. The reality is that if you avoid phrasal verbs, you won’t be able to make progress in English.
- Juan Antonio shares his wisdom on how to learn phrasal verbs and avoid typical pitfalls.
- Juan Antonio talks about the importance of context and collocations (what words come after the phrasal verb?).
- We talk about the idiomatic meanings of the prepositions in phrasal verbs. Learning the meaning and the logic of the prepositions is absolutely key to mastering phrasal verbs.
- We talk about the logic of phrasal verbs and debunk the myth that phrasal verbs don’t make sense.
- If English learners ask ‘why’ a phrasal verb or preposition has a particular meaning, phrasal verbs suddenly make more sense.
- Juan Antonio goes over his website and everything that English learners can get from it.
- He recommends his favourite book on learning phrasal verbs:
- Check out Juan Antonio’s website www.phrasalverbdemon.com
- Click here to see his twitter account and follow all The Phrasal Verb Demon news!