As you listen to our recordings follow the speech in the transcripts and underline anything that looks like a set expression. As your English fluency skills improve you’ll find yourself using informal discourse markers such as the following more often:įirst of all you’ll need to notice them. Typical single word discourse markers in spoken English include ‘ now‘, ‘ so‘ ‘ actually‘ and ‘ well‘. You’ll already know of discourse markers used in written English such as ‘on the one hand’, ‘turning now to’ or ‘in conclusion’. Which of the following do you regularly use?ĭiscourse markers are used in both written and spoken English to link what has come before to what comes next. (phrasal verb)Ĭhunks like ‘ See you later‘ or ‘ Take a seat‘ are often used in everyday communication and learning them can help you improve English fluency. with valuable personal possessions and a great deal of money. You’re not old and you really should not think that you’re …….the influence of alcohol is a serious offence. For example, which prepositions are missing from the sentences below?A) Driving ……. Let’s look at each of these in more detail.Ĭhunks include common collocational phrases, idioms and phrasal verbs. What kind of chunks should I look out for?Ĭhunks appear in all sorts of ways: as collocations and idioms, in set phrases such as ‘ I was wondering if‘ and ‘ all the best‘ and what teachers call ‘discourse markers’ like ‘ as I was saying‘ or ‘ as far as I know‘. ‘ the thing is‘, ‘ all sorts of things‘ and ‘ there’s no such thing‘ are three very common chunks well worth remembering. However, you will also find the word used in ‘ready made’ phrases. We know ‘ thing‘ means a nameless object, such as in the expression: ‘ a thing for peeling potatoes‘.
Being able to call on these ‘chunks’ of vocabulary will help you to improve English fluency skills. Words aren’t used in isolation and will often form part of an expression or fixed set of words.
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Knowing the meaning of a word is useful, but knowing how to use it in context is vital. Chunks and how they can they help improve fluency
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