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Chapter 7 Indirect Object
Approaches to English Grammar Presenter: Eunjeong Kim WonJung Cho Date: November 17, 2017
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Introduction Basic forms 1-1. Identification of I.O in a sentence
1-2. Two I.O constructions; after-verb & after-prep 1-3. Basic verbs commonly used with I.Os 2. Basic meaning structures 2-1. Word origin, syllable stress 2-2. Meanings 2-3. Information structure 2-4. End weight
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1. Basic Forms - Identification
* Indirect objects: - Humans - Role of recipients - Transfer Santa Clause gives a gift to a kid. The teacher read a book to students.
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1. Basic Forms - After-verb: S + V + I.O + D.O
1-2. Two I.O constructions - After-verb: S + V + I.O + D.O e.g. I sent my friend some photos. - After-prep: S + V + D.O + to/for + I.O e.g. I sent some photos to my friend.
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1. Basic Forms 1-3. Basic verbs used with I.Os
Verbs commonly used with indirect objects: It cost me a lot of money. It cost a lot of money to me.
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Basic Meaning Structures
Level 1: Word origin, syllable stress Verb origin Stress I.O position Old English First or only syllable stressed e.g. tell, give, teach After-verb and after-prep Latin (New verbs) Second syllable stressed (two or more syllables) e.g. re-PORT, com-MU-ni-cate After-prep only I said him something. I said something to him
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Basic Meaning Structures
Level 2 : Meanings Meanings Patterns of I.O D.O I.O E.g. Transferring After-verb & After-prep. Transferred object to go to Goal / Location She gave money to the beggar. Having to have Goal / possessor He sent me a letter. Not Having (Negative effect) After-verb only Entity not to have Not a goal or a location I bet you five dollars. Transferring External Benefit Obtained entity To be for the benefit of Goal / beneficiary I bought some apples for my sister. External Benefit to benefit by having Beneficiary/ Possessor We made her son cookies.
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Basic Meaning Structures
Level 3: Information Structure e.g. I gave some money to Jack. / I gave Jack some money. Given info. New info. New info. New info. ☞ So where is the money? I gave it to Jack. ☞ Why is Jack so happy? Because I gave him some money. Given info. Given info.
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Basic Meaning Structures
Level 4: End weight Long, heavy, complex noun phrases at the end E.g. I will buy some bread for David who lives next door. I gave Sue the wrong information given in the brochure
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Activities Background Information 2. Suggested Activities
2-1. Activity Sheet 2-2. Video Clip 2-3. Reading material 2-4. Game
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Class Information Objectives Matters concerned
SMU undergraduate students Mid-to-high intermediate students, receptive > productive Aware of the concept, structure of D.O. and I.O. Objectives Expand understanding and use through activities Ultimate goal ☞ Be able to use indirect object in both types; after-verb and after-prep. positions. Matters concerned Practice all four skills of English; listening, reading, speaking, and writing Authentic materials to be introduced
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1. Activity sheet Used as warm up/ wrap up
Reinforcing students’ knowledge through controlled practice
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Warm up / Wrap up
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2. Video Clip Speaking / Writing
(Valentine’s Day make-up) Speaking / Writing About the video clip Describe their own favorite/memorable ‘special day’ (Wedding day/ Friday/ Last day of school/ Halloween/ Birthday) & suggested make-up
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Video Clip Example sentences : Vocabs can be given for summary :
taught/ give/ told/ brushes/ etc. Example sentences : “My boyfriend made a chocolate cake for me, but it melted.” (Valentine’s Day) “We put presents under the tree.” (Christmas) “Husband hand rings to his bride.” (Wedding) Teacher can ask students to include at least 3 sentences with I.O. (controlled) when needed.
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3. Reading material
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Reading material give tell report communicate teach (Latin) give tell
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Reading material Understand meaning Guessing word origins
Go over the patterns from the basic structure of I.O. Verb origin Stress I.O. position Old English First or only syllable stressed e.g. tell, give, teach After-verb and after-prep Latin (New verbs) Second syllable stressed (two or more syllables) e.g. re-PORT, com-MU-ni-cate After-prep only
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Game Rules 1. Pick cards and make sentences.
2. Give or take from others! (Relative pronouns are not accepted; no “ME” / “US” / “OURSELVES” etc. 3. Points should be counted separately. Handouts Cards (per group) score marker (per each) give send make offer owe pass sell bring 1 2 3 4 5
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Game give send make offer owe pass sell bring Select! 1 2 3 4 5
Choose!
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