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Luz-Ayde Himelhoch – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Everyday language consists of many idiomatic and figurative expressions. For non-native English speakers to achieve native fluency, control of idiomatics--native speech that includes the use of both idiomatic and figurative language--is paramount. In this study, I aimed to explore the use of comics and comic strips in the learning and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Language Patterns, Comprehension, Native Speakers
Basal, Ahmet; Aytan, Talat; Demir, Ibrahim – English Language Teaching, 2016
Mastery of idiomatic expressions by foreign language learners is often equated with the fluency of native speakers of that language. However, learning these idiomatic expressions is one of the significant problems experienced by learners. The present quasi-experimental study conducted over four weeks in the ELT department of a Turkish university…
Descriptors: Novels, Cartoons, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development