ELLs and their teachers need to be wary, however,
of false cognates.
These are fun activities because many of the English translations
of the false cognates are so different than the meanings that students expect.
Not exact matches
Examples
of the 30
false cognates are: arena campo receta tuna carpeta noticia recordar The download includes: 1.
One page with 30
false cognates and 2 columns for students to complete: One with the English word that the
cognate resembles, and one with the actual translation
of the English word that the
cognate resembles.
11 slides on what you do in the evening and using the affirmative / negative form
of a verb Lesson starter:
cognates /
false friend spotting Listening task - fill in the gaps with the missing words Learning the vocabulary - write down what you see on the picture Interactive activity - Who is doing what?
- a set
of labels for class items - a set
of grammar concepts for interactive display - a set
of interactive display for
cognates and
false friends words.
Does the inclusion
of (mostly Brazilian) works from the Concrete and Neo-Concrete tradition create a
false cognate with the North American tradition
of Minimalism, which had little or no impact in Latin America during those decades?