A piece of cake? High school students' retention of idioms : A comparative study of teaching idioms by means of illustrations and definitions respectively

This study aims at investigating teaching of idioms by means of illustrations and teaching of idioms by means of definitions. The informants of the experiment are learners of English in a Swedish high school. The 58 informants of this experiment were tested on a total of 19 idioms. These idioms were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xerri, Sabrina
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen 2018
Subjects:
EFL
ESL
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-157118