Hi Christine,

That must be so challenging what you're doing.

As to PVs in other languages, I said that I was unaware of any.  However, I don't know how much you know about the history fo English and other languages.  Briefly, languages such as English, Swedish and German are related because they derive from the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages.   Because of this, there may be PVs in such languages.   Google for example, Swedish and PVs and you'll see, as I did, that Swedish has PVs and presents the same problems as English when it comes to learning Swedish as an L2.

As to NB French, they would say, for example, 'Il est venu back hier'.

Good luck with your efforts with youth at risk.

Bye, Ron.
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  Thanks Ron,
   
  I taught ESL from 2000-2005 and I only had one francophone for a very short time. My French connection is that I spent my junior year of college in Lyon through the University of North Carolina. Now I teach all subjects to at risk youth at a wilderness camp. 
   
  We have so many phrasal verbs in English. It just strikes me as odd that they are not found in other languages. Can you give me a sentence with the Canadian French use of venir with back? 

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    Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:41:16 -0700
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    Subject: Re: Reasons for teaching PVs in the ESL context.
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    Hi Christine,

    I am not aware of any.   No, French does not have any.  One does, however, find some forms of French in Canada, particularly New Brunswick, which combine a French verb such as 'venir' with 'back'.

    Do you teach ESL to francophones?   If so where?   And if so, how do you handle faux amis?

    Bye, Ron.
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