ERIC Number: ED044051
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Publication Date: 1968-Mar
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Teaching Idioms and Figures of Speech to Non-Native Speakers of English.
Adkins, Patricia G.
Modern Language Journal, v52 n3 p148-152 Mar 1968
A review of the difficulties Spanish-Americans and Mexican-Americans encounter in learning English, caused by a lack of knowledge of common idioms and figures of speech in current usage, leads to a discussion of two pilot studies in which the frequency of occurrence of idiomatic and figurative constructions in the reading materials presented to ninth grade classes in Texas and New Mexico is determined. Another experiment involving a class of 15 students, tested for linguistic proficiency in English and taught idioms and figures of speech for six weeks through various innovative approaches, is examined. (RL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language), Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Idioms, Language Instruction, Mexican Americans, Modern Languages, Reading Materials, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Spanish Americans, Textbooks, Word Frequency, Written Language
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Authoring Institution: National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations.
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