Watch out for false friends! (B1+)

This lesson plan will help your learners explore the world of false friends (or false cognates) by carefully examining the phenomenon on the basis of several confusing word pairs between Polish and English. By the end of this lesson, your learners should be able to spot false friends across different languages and, at the same time, avoid falling into their linguistic trickery.

Category: General English, linguistic traps, lexical enrichment

CEFR: B1+

Student profile: teenagers, young adults, adults

Lesson aims:

• to familiarize your students with the phenomenon of 'false friends' and help them identify those common linguistic traps across different languages
• to expand their vocabulary range by encouraging a linguistic exploration of certain vocabulary items