Course # 5473
Break a Leg: Idiom Use and Comprehension

This course gave a lot of information about idioms.

Fun refresher course that I can apply to my cognition therapy to "keep things light".

Very straightforward.

Great topic and easy to understand!

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Content

It gave me some ideas of activities I can do with my middle schoolers.

Easy to follow and to the point

Excellent presentation with clear examples

Clear explanations were given with examples for each category

very comprehensive

it was excellent

practical ideas for intervention

well written and concise !

Some good information that I will use when working with my students who have difficulty with figurative language.

it was organized well and clearly stated.

Organized; excellent examples of information presented.

Lots of good information and it was FUN!

clear and organized

good examples, to the point

interesting and tratment ideas

Good information on how to teach idiom use and comprehension to how to expanded your knowledge on understanding them when be used or said.

I didn't know there were so many facts to learn about idioms

The humor was fun, but the course also gave me ideas on how to more effectively teach figurative language. Great way to shoot the breeze!

All the great examples

Specific information regarding the types of idioms and how to teach them

The numerous examples of idioms provided were very helpful.

I never knew before about transparent vs. opaque idioms. I also never knew before that children start to learn idioms at age 8. There is other material that was new to me, these are just examples.

interesting

Great examples!

Love the topic!! A very thorough course and well written.

I learned how to approach teaching idioms to my students.

Nice presentation - well organized and thoughtful.

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It was very clear and concise in it's examples and explanations.

It was presented in a clear and organized manner, was entertaining, and provided easy strategies to use with students.

The way she explained and gave examples of the various types of idioms.

The presenter's exhaustive discussion of the topic would appear to support successful remediation in this area.

good eay to understand content

fun and interesting!

I found the examples excellent and well expressed.

it increase my knowledge of the subject area and was presented in an enjoyable manner. the topic is inherently interesting.

It was informative, interesting, and entertaining.

Very good examples and ideas to get good material and books to teach.

Outlined well. Great amount of examples

great examples of different types of similies

Terminology & their definitions.

Was organized in a great manner. Made me more aware of information that I had not kept pace of.

The topic and content

I learned more about the period of when kids can learn idioms, and what sorts of idioms are out there, as well as strategies for teaching them.

It was the first time that I had detailed information regarding idiom use and comprehension.

I enjoyed the detailed break down of each type of idioms. This will he me better plan lessons for my kids.

Very organized

It explained how to teach idioms effectively and gave excellent examples of figurative language

content

It gave specific examples of the types of idioms.

Well organized, gave examples in each category

VERY well organized, efficient and provided good base of knowledge with supportive examples! Easy to understand and very applicable to large population!

Concise

Information I can use

I loved this course! Material easy to understand and the examples were wonderful!!

Outstanding examples throughout the course. Really broke down the areas of figurative language well.

information was detailed and definitely enhanced my knowledge base.

Practical teaching strategies are suggested that can be used tomorrow in the classroom.

It included information that typically is not known about figurative language

Good examples

Fantastic personal for my kids!

Well organized. Easy to follow. Gave descriptions of different types of figurative language AND ideas for therapy.

Very useful and applicable work

Well organized, easy to follow

I learned something new that was presented in an easy to learn format.

mentioned skills and strategies

Easy to follow. Presented in an organized, well planned manner.

I loved the numerous examples that were given and how applicable the information was.

The knowledge of the topic.

lots of examples

I enjoyed the examples.

Give more examples or ideas for therapy

Very good examples - interesting and well-presented

the cousre and noteswer well matched and organized.

Great examples, very clear and nice handout

Very inte4resting

It was applicable to every day life, not just therapy. My mother recently told me a story about her work at a library, where she chose a book for story time that was meant for older children than had attended. She explained how one child was just outraged because he didn't understand all the figurative language in the story. It was saying something about "if you eat MY cupcake you'll die" and the boy was so upset saying why would he die?? This continued throughout the long story and my mom ended up feeling really bad about it because the boy was so confused. He was only around 5 I guess. I told her that children don't start understanding figurative language until they're older but I didn't know exactly when. Thanks to this course I can now share that with her! I also recently had an IEP meeting on a boy who was failing to use figurative language appropriately in writing in his English class (5th grade) and I wanted to share more on the topic but I didn't have anything concrete to reference in the meeting so I kept quiet about that (the boy was seen for pragmatics). I have observed that autistic children have a difficult time with figurative language but I don't have any handy research to reference on that subject, where in that meeting I wish I had.

Great examples!

Comprehensive coverage of the topic

having the text

Examples supported learning objectives.

I appreciated the detailed information of the varieties of figurative expressions.

I am teaching an Idioms class to an ESL class of adults. The information contained in this course was/is very helpful in helping me to understand more clearly the different types of figurative language we use here in the USA. I will be able to use this information to help me make meaning of our often difficult language.

Very interesting, informative, and practical.

Excellent analysis of idiomatic and other figurative language. Provides reasons why we teach idioms, and practical methods for effective therapy.

The instructor provided many examples of useful Tx techniques.

humor

Well organized, fun and very clear presentation of information.

Nice coverage and explanation of the topics.

Clear and concise explanation of material

It was very informative and practical!

Straightforward interesting material

Organization was good

Broke figurative language into clear elements.