Journal of English Language Teaching

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs for Vocabulary Development: A Practical Approach

G. Reddi Sekhar Reddy

Freelance Trainer, Founder & Secretary, ELT@I Tirupati Chapter, Tirupati - Andhra Pradesh

Keywords: Vocabulary Development, Practice, Idioms and phrases

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Abstract

The ultimate aim of English language teaching is to equip the students with effective communication skills and make them successful in their life. Modern education system strives to make the students employable and make them successful in getting right placement. But the recent surveys show clearly the bitter truth that only less than 19% graduates is employable, remaining students are lagging behind particularly because of their poor communicative skills. Effective communication skills certainly help for the success and everyone desires to acquire effective communication skills and speak eloquent. It is crystal clear that vocabulary plays a vital role in effective communication skills. But most of the students have a phobia that it is difficult to develop vocabulary, it is because they don’t know how to master vocabulary. So this article highlights the easiest strategies and practical approaches to develop vocabulary.

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