Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning
By the emergence of new approaches to teach a second language, finding a good method to teach idioms has been the main concern of some researchers (e.g., Elena & Moreno, 2001 Cook, Fazly, & Stevenson, 2007). To the researcher›s best knowledge few studies have been conducted to examine the e...
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| description | By the emergence of new approaches to teach a second language, finding a good method to teach idioms has been the main concern of some researchers (e.g., Elena & Moreno, 2001 Cook, Fazly, & Stevenson, 2007). To the researcher›s best knowledge few studies have been conducted to examine the effect of different methods of teaching idioms to EFL learners. As a result, this study was designed to investigate the effect of teaching the etymology of idioms and using movie clips containing idioms, as two methods of teaching, on the quality of L2 learners› idiom learning. Serving this purpose, teaching idioms through their etymologies and movie clips and also learners› attitudes toward s using such methods (through using questionnaires) were taken into consideration. After administering a standard language proficiency test (OPT), 90 intermediate, out of a pile of 154 L2 learners, were selected and assigned to three groups randomly, two experimental (one etymology and one movie clip group) and one control group. All the groups were given two idiom multiple-choice tests, one as the pre-test and the other one as the post-test. In one experimental group (A), idioms were taught together with their etymologies and in the other experimental group (B), the same idioms were taught by displaying movie clips containing the idioms, while the control group (C) followed the traditional class activities using synonyms and antonyms. The results of one-way ANOVA and post hoc tests revealed that the participants in etymology and movie clip groups had better performance in post-test than in pretest. Moreover, the results of Chi-square revealed that, on the whole, L2 learners had positive attitudes towards using etymology and movie clips in idiom learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe8f188f221148999f99d66233a902c82022-12-22T01:33:17ZengIslamic Azad University, Isfahan BranchResearch in English Language Pedagogy2588-32592538-42442013-02-01114561533590Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom LearningFirooz Reisi Gahroei0Omid Tabatabaei1Islamic Azad University, Najafabad BranchIslamic Azad University, Najafabad BranchBy the emergence of new approaches to teach a second language, finding a good method to teach idioms has been the main concern of some researchers (e.g., Elena & Moreno, 2001 Cook, Fazly, & Stevenson, 2007). To the researcher›s best knowledge few studies have been conducted to examine the effect of different methods of teaching idioms to EFL learners. As a result, this study was designed to investigate the effect of teaching the etymology of idioms and using movie clips containing idioms, as two methods of teaching, on the quality of L2 learners› idiom learning. Serving this purpose, teaching idioms through their etymologies and movie clips and also learners› attitudes toward s using such methods (through using questionnaires) were taken into consideration. After administering a standard language proficiency test (OPT), 90 intermediate, out of a pile of 154 L2 learners, were selected and assigned to three groups randomly, two experimental (one etymology and one movie clip group) and one control group. All the groups were given two idiom multiple-choice tests, one as the pre-test and the other one as the post-test. In one experimental group (A), idioms were taught together with their etymologies and in the other experimental group (B), the same idioms were taught by displaying movie clips containing the idioms, while the control group (C) followed the traditional class activities using synonyms and antonyms. The results of one-way ANOVA and post hoc tests revealed that the participants in etymology and movie clip groups had better performance in post-test than in pretest. Moreover, the results of Chi-square revealed that, on the whole, L2 learners had positive attitudes towards using etymology and movie clips in idiom learning.http://relp.khuisf.ac.ir/article_533590_09f40900cb7a1b6189da7d5ec7305e6a.pdfetymologyfigurative languageFixed ExpressionsIdiomaticityIdiomsMovie clips |
| spellingShingle | Firooz Reisi Gahroei Omid Tabatabaei Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning Research in English Language Pedagogy etymology figurative language Fixed Expressions Idiomaticity Idioms Movie clips |
| title | Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning |
| title_full | Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning |
| title_fullStr | Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning |
| title_short | Impact of L2 Film Instruction and English Idiom Etymology on Iranian EFL learners’ Idiom Learning |
| title_sort | impact of l2 film instruction and english idiom etymology on iranian efl learners idiom learning |
| topic | etymology figurative language Fixed Expressions Idiomaticity Idioms Movie clips |
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