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Autor/inn/en | Boers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle |
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Titel | Measuring the Impact of Cross-Cultural Differences on Learners' Comprehension of Imageable Idioms. |
Quelle | In: ELT Journal, 55 (2001) 3, S.255-62 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0951-0893 |
Schlagwörter | Cultural Differences; English (Second Language); French; Idioms; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Semantics |
Abstract | Measures the impact of cross-cultural differences on language learners' interpretation of imageable idioms--idioms that have associated conventional images. French-speaking students were asked to guess the meaning of unfamiliar English idioms without contextual clues. Results invite teachers and learners to approach the semantics of imageable idioms as non-arbitrary, while giving attention to obstacles to comprehension raised by cross-linguistic and cross-cultural variation. (Author/VWL) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |