Problems in understanding and using idiomatic expressions of EFL students from the highest levels of general English at PUCESE in 2014
| dc.contributor.author | Yánez Chillambo, Tatiana Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 05/12/2023 9:59 | |
| dc.date.available | 05/12/2023 9:59 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | Tesis previa obtención del título de Licenciado/a en Lingüística Aplicada mención Inglés | es |
| dc.description.abstract | This research dealt with the understanding and using of idiomatic expressions, and difficulties encountered by EFL (English as a foreign language) learners. This study was focused on students from the highest levels of General English at PUCESE, who were asked to complete a questionnaire. The findings of this study were divided into three categories in order to identify and analyze the level of difficulty students have in the comprehension, learning and using of idioms. The questionnaire was designed to analyze the three factors of idiom comprehension; familiarity, semantic transparency, and context of idioms. The participants were presented with ten idioms in a written text with a multiple choice task to check their familiarity with idioms in English. In the semantic transparency test, students were given some common idioms with figurative meaning to translate into Spanish. In the context test, students were given seven idiomatic expressions into sentences that must be translated into Spanish according to the context. And at the end, the participants were asked about their knowledge and interest on learning the expressions presented before, without let them know that those were idioms. Moreover, teachers were needed to get information about the importance of learning and using idioms. Accordingly, when idioms are presented to EFL students, they cannot identify and comprehend them with facility. In this way, it was possible to demonstrate the level of difficulty EFL learners have with the understanding and using of idioms and how it is possible to overcome it. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | LA.011; | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/37803 | |
| dc.language.iso | es | |
| dc.publisher | PUCE - Esmeraldas | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | LA.011; | |
| dc.subject | Idioms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Language | en_US |
| dc.subject | Students | en_US |
| dc.title | Problems in understanding and using idiomatic expressions of EFL students from the highest levels of general English at PUCESE in 2014 | en_US |