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Download full textTabley Amos, Ngoge; Hermilinda Abas, Imelda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The present study aims at investigating idiom comprehension through multimodal teaching approach among Zanzibar University students. The participants of the study were 120 male and female students and selected randomly. All of the students speak Swahili as their first language. The participants enrolled in a 3-year English program at the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
An Investigation on the Comprehension of English Idioms among Moi Primary School Children in Nairobi
Amos, Ngoge Tabley; Abas, Imelda Hermilinda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The competence in identifying and comprehending the meaning of idiomatic expressions developed at an early age. However, second language learners reach the comprehension skill differently within the age and at pace. There are many unresolved questions regarding the age which children start to comprehend L2 idioms. The objective of this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Demir, Yusuf – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This meta-summary set out to provide an overarching comprehension of the metaphorical conceptualizations with regard to Turkish EFL teachers' roles. Following the searches in a large number of international and national databases, and the setting of specific criteria for inclusion, eight research papers remained for investigation. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki; Njoroge, Martin C. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The acquisition of idiomatic expressions is one of the primary challenges to learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in multilingual contexts such as Kenya; yet, the learners are expected to use these expressions in their writing. The study on which this paper is based sought to assess the teaching of English idiomatic expressions in Kenyan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Yilmaz, Isa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the language skills of the international students attending different Turkish language centers are sufficient to understand their departmental courses. The research was carried out through focus group interviews which are among the qualitative data collection techniques. For this purpose, 14…
Descriptors: Turkish, Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Arif, Mahmoud; Abdullah, Imran Ho – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The major goal of this research is to investigate learners' metaphorical comprehension in L1 and its effect on the metaphorical comprehension in L2 by Iraqi EFL learners at secondary school. In which, they encounter difficulties understanding English texts and lectures, primarily when metaphor is included, which leads to the misunderstanding of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Figurative Language, Semitic Languages, Proverbs
