1. Building word power through free association By Joyce Lee

2. What is “free association”? A thought process in which ideas (focus words) suggest other ideas (phrases) in a sequence

3. Rationale  focus word → useful expressions point → chunks  short, familiar words → verb phrases → noun compounds

4. Free association by focus word WWhy? WWhen? HHow? 1. W eekly words as focus word + free association 2. Individual students volunteer to explain different items 3. Brainstorming 4. Group competition 5. Worksheet

5. Possible focus words Body parts Common nouns Common actions Common verbs Color words

6. 1. Body parts head, face, hand, mouth, eye, back, lip from hand to mouth lip service mouth-watering save one’s face Two heads are better than one

7. 2. Common nouns as focus word

8. Home Bring home the baconHomemadeHomebodyHome countryHome and abroad

9. On the house Bring down the house House-sit (Pets) be housebroken Under house arrest HOUSE

10. Double Double-cross Double play Double standard On the double Double-parking Double scoop

11. 3. Animals pig, beef, horse, bird, fish pig out oneat like a horseeat like a birdsmell sth. fishy

12. 4. Common actions talk, walk, watch, fly, watch, eat talk sb. into Ving talk back Money talks. peace talk on the watch a watchdog walk the dog a walk-in closet fly kites

13. 5. VERB AS FOCUS WORD

14. Make Make or break 4 Make believe 51 Make sense 2 Make a difference 11 Make the most of 3

15. keep Keep up the good work Keep up with the Joneses Keep out of the reach of children. Keep one’s fingers crossed

16. Go For here or to goGo DutchGo fifty-fiftyGo off with a bang

17. Take Take it out on Take effect Take to Take after Take charge of

18. Come Come down with In years to come Come of age Easy come, easy go

19. Turn Turn one’s back on 1 Turn out 2 A U-turn 3 Turn to sb. for help 4

20. Get Get one’s idea across 1 Get it over with 2 Get even with 3 3 Get nowhere/ somewhere 4 4

21. CALL Be on call Be on call Call the roll Call the roll Call it a day Call it a day A close call A close call Call sb. names Call sb. names

22. 6. Color words as focus

23. Red meat A red-carpet welcome A red-eye flight Red-light district Paint the town red See red In the red Red tape Red

24. White White sale White-collar worker White elephant White lie

25. Green Green peace A greenhorn green with envy Have a green thumb greenhouse effect greenback give someone the green light

26. black coffee black sheep black comedy a blackout put sth. down in black and white Black

27. pink get the pink slip to be in the pink pink-collar Shocking pink

28. Blue out of the blue navy blue blue-sky thinking once in a blue moon blue movie blue joke Monday blue a bolt from the blue

29. THANK YOU!