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How can one best teach prepositions?

Considering that they are varied and complex,what is your best approach to tackle them?

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Question added by Nicholas Poshayi , Teacher/Librarian/Academic Teacher , Brooke Bond School
Date Posted: 2014/04/21
Ijaz Ahmed Sheikh
by Ijaz Ahmed Sheikh , English Language instructor , City School

I happened to talk to the native teachers about the use of prepositions. None was found confident about them. It means even the native speakers get stuck sometimes with the use of prepositions.

However, a better approach would be to teach the pupils basic three of them in connection with time and place. like   at, in , on  . If be possible use visuals to show place and time. Moreover, a good many number of prepositions are used with nouns, adjective and verbs used as set phrases. They need to be memorized. eg.   agree with, agree on etc.

ashraf taha
by ashraf taha , مدرس - teacher , مراكز تعليمية - Educational centers

Gave many examples

علي حسيب صديق الحيالي
by علي حسيب صديق الحيالي , معلم , مدرسة الماس الاهلية

there is no a method , they should just memorize them and their uses

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