Modern techniques to teach English phrasal verbs

Abstract

Phrasal verbs are as ancient as Old English Wycliffes Bible has newlinemany phrasal verbs in their Old English form Shakespeare has deftly used newlinephrasal verbs to stage his plays Phrasal verbs have undergone many changes newlinein their form till the Modern English Period Consequently they have evolved newlineas a fascinating feature of the English language Having simple verbs and newlineparticles they form complex units conveying various shades of meanings newlinePerdek Magdalena 2010 states that handling phrasal verbs have newlinebeen a challenge for both learners and the lexicographers for centuries She newlinealso states that even Samuel Johnson has acknowledged the possible problems newlinethat nonnatives will meet when faced with these constructions In the Preface newlineto the Dictionary 1755 he acknowledges that there is another kind of newlinecomposition more frequent in our language than perhaps any other from newlinewhich arises to foreigners the greatest difficulty Many of these newlineconstructions as he continues appear wildly irregular being so far distant newlinefrom the sense of the simple words that no sagacity will be able to trace the newlinesteps by which they arrived at the present use newline newline