"O wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley
The vernal equinox was on March 20th; in order words, Spring has sprung to life.
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Spring flowers; source: Pixabay |
ELLs, especially those at lower proficiency levels, are very concrete in their thinking in English and need to have idioms explained. Drawing the meanings of idioms—the literal as well the abstract definitions--helps them better understand this figurative language.
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It's raining cats and dogs; source: Pixabay |
* ReadWriteThink: Lesson plans on idioms
* The Phrase Finder: Find the meanings of idioms
* The Idiom Connection: Alphabetical and topic lists of idioms
* English Vocabulary Building Games: Games to learn idioms
Happy Spring!