False Friends in English & Spanish

Agenda• 1. Introduction

• 2. What are false friends?

• 3. Tips and tricks

• 4. Activity 1

• 5. Group activities

False Friends?

False Friends

False Cognates are False Friends?

False Cognates are words that have different roots but have the same meaning

Example: (english) OCCUR (japanese) OKORU 起こる

False Cognates are False Friends?

False friends are words that sound the same but have two, often opposite or very different meanings

Example?

Group ActivityCorrect the mistakes

ANNE AND DAISYAnne: I can’t support my boss any more!Daisy: Why not? Maybe you’re just being sensible. Anne: No I’m serious. He’s always molesting me about not finishing my career. He said that if I don’t have a career, I won’t be able to become a manager. Daisy: Well, if you pretend to be a manager, you should finish your career.

Break into teams

Competition: The team that can

identify all the false friends in the texts

wins!

Thanks for your

time!