The Effect of etymology elaboration on EFL learners’ comprehension and retention of idioms

• 主要な著者: Baleghizadeh, Sasan, Bagheri, Mehri Mohammad
• フォーマット: 論文
• 言語: English
• 出版事項: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
• オンライン･アクセス: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4061/1/5-Sasan%2520Baleghizadeh%2520et%2520al.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4061/; http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html

This article reports on a study that investigated the impact of etymological elaboration on EFL students’ comprehension and retention of English idioms. The participants for the study were 32 Iranian upper- intermediate EFL students. They were members of two intact classes randomly assigned to an ex...