"The book draws on a lot of research, is friendly to the reader,
and will be of good value to teachers."
Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, Australia
This comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible text on idiom
use, learning, and teaching approaches the topic with a balance of
sound theory and extensive research in cognitive linguistics,
psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics
combined with informed teaching practices. Idioms is organized in
three parts:
- Part I includes discussion of idiom definition, classification,
usage patterns, and functions.
- Part II investigates the process involved in the comprehension
of idioms and the factors that influence individuals? understanding
and use of idioms in both L1 and L2.
- Part III explores idiom acquisition and the teaching and
learning of idioms, focusing especially on the strategies and
techniques used to help students learn idioms.
To assist the reader in grasping the key issues, study questions
are provided at the end of each chapter. The text also includes a
glossary of special terms and an annotated list of selective idiom
reference books and student textbooks.
Idioms is designed to serve either as a textbook for ESL/applied
linguistics teacher education courses or as a reference book. No
matter how the book is used, it will equip an ESL/applied
linguistics students and professionals with a solid understanding
of various issues related to idioms and the learning of them.
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