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[ajuma]

Does anyone have an interesting/fun way to teach borrow/lend to uni students? The classroom is NOT equipped for multi-media...unless you consider a whiteboard, a marker and a teacher multi-media!!

I'm particularly interested in some type of dialogue. I've tried various things, but I'm not really happy with any of them.

[wings]

You could do some sort of make believe cooking thing in groups, give students cards, with a recipie, each student has a few items, they need to borrow and lend to get everything they need....

I need to borrow a xxxx can you lend me one/some?

students check off what they borrowed and from who, and what they lent and to who, until everyone has all the info the things they need to complete their recipie.

[ajuma]

wings: Thanks for the suggestion, but most uni students don't cook! I'd like to make this as "real-world" as possible. Borrowing/lending money, cars, laptops...

[wings]

ah, ok uni students, maybe they are going to have a party.... I don't know, I have never taught Korean uni students!

[paquebot]

In my Chinese class at university the lend/borrow pair came up in the same unit as going to the library. "How long can I borrow this book?" "How many books will you lend me?" "What do I need to bring with me to borrow books from the library?"

Or, like wings suggested, you could make them ask to borrow one thing while loaning another. "A: Can I borrow your textbook? B: Only if you lend me your motorbike for the weekend" Something where the students need to negotiate what they'll exchange. It's also a pretty handy way to practice "if" conditions / clauses.

[ajuma]

While looking for a fun way to teach borrow/lend, I came across this:

http://esl-teaching-resources.blogspot.com/2007/01/kungzoo-english-episode-11-borrow-vs.html

It's got to be the WORST teaching video ever!!