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EFL Tech - France
a Site for Teachers of English ( as a Foreign Language) for Engineering
Email : AntoinViel@aol.com
Yes , you can find out
the meaning of a word...
without a dictionary !
Alain GAYER
INTRODUCTION
Please note :
1/ These exercises have been devised for French students, which means they
sometimes rely on translation from / into French; they also take advantage of
certain similarities between French and English (use of what we call
'transparent' words, i.e. words which look more or less the same in both
languages) or insist on 'faux amis' (false friends) i.e. words which look alike
but have different meanings. It is obvious that such points are useless for non
French speaking students ( except perhaps for Italians or Spaniards). However
the very idea of 'transparent' words also applies to other languages such as
German or Dutch, for instance.
Most of the explanations are written in French, but I have added a quick
translation.
2/ Though these files do not concern technical English as such , they have been
added to the data-bank because the technique used here can apply to low level
students whether they are studying general English or English for engineering.
GO TO
PART I : Objectives; word building
PART II : Context
PART III: Context (continued)
PART IV : 'transparent' words and 'faux amis'
Back to CONTENTS PAGE (frameless version)
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