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

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...

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Main Authors: Baleghizadeh, Sasan, Bagheri, Mehri Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4061/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4061/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4061/1/5-Sasan%2520Baleghizadeh%2520et%2520al.pdf