PHRASAL VERBS: PEDAGOGICAL ASPECT (SOME USEFUL TIPS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS)

Abstract

Phrasal verbs and units derived from them make up a significant part of the vocabulary of modern native speaker. Since they are expressive and informative, they allow us to express the thoughts more accurately, convey many shades of meanings. In spite of the valid status of phrasal verbs in both written and spoken discourse, it is evident that students learning English as a second language commonly have serious problems in accepting and usingthese linguistic units due to numerous reasons.A short survey is made as for various aspects phrasal verbs have been discussed: their definition, classifications, structural peculiarities, semantic schemes, their idiomacity. A number of features of phrasal verbs determining the difficulties of their assimilation are outlined.The investigation of phrasal verbs within pedagogical approach is mainly presented in two vectors: how to teach students using effective means of teaching phrasal verbs and how to learn these linguistic units for further active usage in oral and written speech.The theoretical part of the paper is highlighted through the thorough analysis of phrasal verbs frequency in school textbooks made by foreign authors. Among the surprising findings such ones are examined: unclear and inexact definitions of phrasal verbs, absence of transitivity / intransitivity and separability / inseparability as dominant features of phrasal verbs, etc. The main focus is on ten recommendations of teaching and learning phrasal verbs. The following tips are presented: transitivity / intransitivity of phrasal verbs, their separability / inseparability, the list of phrasal verbs learned by heart, a list of phrasal verbs and the situation, the context, finding synonyms, postposition meaning, lyrics, news, and the Quizlet.