Term
Summer 2017
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAESL
Facilitator(s)
Maggie Struck
Content Expert
Bridget Erickson
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to answer the research question of: What types of idioms are common in two undergraduate texts and how often do they occur? Idiom definition and type were first explored based on several different factors. A text analysis was used in order to identify the frequency and typology of idiom occurrence within two undergraduate texts. The identified idioms’ were looked at for non-compositionality, and they were then categorized based on their level of transparency. The findings reinforced the idea that idiom instruction should be informed by corpus-based lists created from authentic language. The findings also highlighted variants in form that occurred among the idioms as well as the large percentage of phrasal verbs that were found. The project concluded with a discussion on possible pedagogical implications based on its findings.
Project Type
Discourse Analysis Project
Keywords
Adult Education, ESL/ ELLs, Teachers/ Teaching, vocabulary
Recommended Citation
Heine, Michael John, "Giving English Language Learners A Paddle: Idiom Usage In Two Undergraduate Texts" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 38.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/38
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations