I get them to substitute 'really' for 'very' and to say "I really love..."
I also explain that 'very' can only come before an adjective.
In the higher grades you can practice "I love it very much."
Shabbat Shalom
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From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Yehoshua Duker
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 7:16 AM
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Subject: [etni] teaching tip
Does anyone out there have an idea how to get students to stop saying things
like "I very love to x" or "I very love that song"? I understand that they
are mentally translating from l1, which is a hard habit to break, but I
would really like to help them stop (at least for 8 minutes or so this
coming Sunday) :).
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