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ACTIVITY 4:
Using phrasal Verbs
The use of phrasal verbs is yet another important point in our 
proposal. Since a lot of errors concerning this indicator were found 
during our investigation, it is advisable to build a group of activities that 
would lead to the eradication of this communicative problem.
Activity A:
Act a phrasal verb.
The teacher must give a list of the most common phrasal verbs 
and explain the structure and the meaning (in English) of each phrasal 
verb. They should also explain some of the rules concerning the use of 
each of the mentioned phrasal verbs (remember some can include the 
object pronoun within the structure of the phrasal verb). 

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Then, teachers can proceed to cut some pieces of paper and write 
a phrasal verb in each one of them. They must distribute them among 
the students in the class each one containing a different phrasal verb.
Then, teachers should tell students to work in pairs and write 
short story (100 to 150 words) including both phrasal verbs. Each pair 
of students must play their story as a skit for all the other classmates. 
They should emphasize the phrasal verbs. 
Here are some examples of the cards containing the phrasal verbs.
The key in this activity is how well the teacher is going to deal 
with the phrasal verbs since they are completely new structures because 
there are no Spanish forms that substitute phrasal verbs. 
WARM UP
PICK UP
TURN 
OFF
RUN 
OVER
PULL 
OVER

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DAY 2
ACTIVITY 1:
Working with articles
To deal with the use of definite and indefinite articles we can 
develop some fun activities that would be useful to deal with this 
apparently easy “problem”. As we can remember, the use of definite and 
indefinite articles can not only produce negative language interference, 
but positive specially with using the “the” article. 
We have to take into account that there are some certain rules 
when it comes to the use of the definite and indefinite articles. These 
rules may be explained before conducting the following activities.