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Mmariposa Posted 18 years ago
Teaching

How to teach difference between like & prefer?

Hello!

I'm wondering if anyone can share a quick and simple way to help children (age 8-12) learn the difference between "I like..." and "I prefer..."?

This is just a small part of a larger lesson.

Thank you!!

mmari
  

Top answer

What springs to mind is simply to present the children with a single item-- a banana, say-- and ask whether they like bananas. Then present another item-- an apple-- do they like apples? -- present both items to see which they prefer .

— Mister Micawber

  • What springs to mind is simply to present the children with a single item-- a banana, say-- and ask whether they like bananas.
  • Then present another item-- an apple-- do they like apples?
  • -- present both items to see which they prefer .
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What springs to mind is simply to present the children with a single item-- a banana, say-- and ask whether they like bananas. Then present another item-- an apple-- do they like apples?

Then-- aha!-- present both items to see which they prefer.
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I like Mr. Micawber's suggestion about the apples and the bananas. You could do this with several sets of items for repetition of the idea. When I teach children (actually people of all ages) I find that repetition is key. You need to know your audience and kind of predict what they will "like" and out of what they like you need to guess what they would "prefer". So you could discuss animals for p
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