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[dynow]

I'm currently doing language exchange, English/Polish, and I need material for fluent, but non-native English speakers.

they want phrasal verbs more than anything else, but aside from reading random articles on the internet for hours writing words down, i don't have a good idea of how to devise lists of them, every week, week after week, without wasting too much time spinning my wheels online.

i would appreciate any links you all might have on really super hard material for really advanced English speakers, concentrating on phrasals and idioms.

i generally put together enough material every week to fill an hour or so with them, but i'm trying to get a little more organized with it and put together some good sources......even websites that use a lot of informal language would be helpful.

sometimes i just waste too much time searching and not finding what i need.

[justflyingin]

There's a lot of really quite advanced stuff in the CAE book. Have you tried that yet?

[dynow]

i teach CAE, CPE as well, those books aren't appropriate for what i'm looking for. they know the grammar because they're already English teachers. i gotta give them something they can't read in those books. colloquial stuff, phrasals, idioms, etc.

[TwinCentre]

Do GMAT with them, that is as advanced as you are going to get. (Considerably above CPE level)

The Kaplan GMAT book is a good one.

[scottie1113]

There are a couple of good books you can use. One about phrasal verbs, one about idioms. I'll send you titles and authors tomorrow.

[scottie1113]

IDIOMS ORGANIZER, by John Wright.

I couldn't find the book on phrasal verbs in the teachers room today, but it's either called Phrasal Verbs or English Phrasal Verbs. I'll look again tomorrow.

[dynow]

thanks dude!

[Kootvela]

English Phrasal Verbs in Use or/and English Idioms in Use by Oxford Univeristy Press.

[scottie1113]

Both good.

[silesia]

Just be careful that the idioms you teach are not old-fashioned.For example many Polish students are keen to tell you "Teacher.It's raining cats and dogs outside!"I dont know when I last heard that idiom used in the UK!

[scottie1113]

Or in the US. My good old boy country friends say "it's raining like a cow pi$$ing on a flat rock".

[nickpellatt]

Google 'Guardian Weekly'. They have lesson material available as long as you sign up to the website...its free and just requires an email address and password. I often use their advanced level worksheets, just print and teach. They do not focus on phrasal verbs or idioms, but often include some 'in context' as they use genuine newspaper articles as source material.

This is a far better resource than just picking out phrasal verbs from books IMO. Anyway, its a free resource, if it isnt what you're looking for now...it might serve some purpose another time

[Blasphemer]

I've been using this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phrasal-Verb-Organiser-Verbs-Orgniser/dp/0906717620

[Bogey]