The Use of English Idioms in the Performance of Syrian EFL Students at Al-Baath University


Abstract in English

This study investigates the problems and difficulties that Syrian EFL undergraduate students face in learning English idioms. The study aims to examine the students' competence in English idiomatic expressions and their ability to predict their meanings in different contexts based on their first language transfer, and whether there is a significant difference between the participants' productive and receptive knowledge of idioms.

References used

(Al-Hassan, H. (2007). Arab EFL learners in guessing the meaning of idioms: Efficiency and techniques (Master's Thesis). Available from ProQuest Information and Learning Company. (UMI No. 1451606
Alkarazoun, G., A. (2015). English idioms errors made by Jordanian EFL undergraduate students. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 5 (5), 54-71
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