This concluding section aims to take stock of the work devoted to phraseology in foreign
language learning and teaching and to identify major avenues for future theoretical and …

John Sinclair's model of language is firmly centred on a contextual approach to meaning
capable of accounting for" the contextual^ sensitive relationships that are contracted in …

This study intended to investigate how English lexis is treated in English textbooks in Iranian
high schools. The main objective was to examine the vocabulary exercises in the current …

Idioms, because of their cultural and figurative aspects, cannot be readily comprehended
and used appropriately; hence, they need to be taught explicitly by means of instructional …

[ES] Las colocaciones léxicas (dar un paseo, contar una historia) han conseguido una gran
atención como tema de investigación en campos como la adquisición de segundas lenguas …

In the study reported here we focus on proverbs in English Language Teaching (ELT)
coursebooks and how the pithy structure and the “wisdom”-loaded content of proverbs can …

This study deals with Formulaic Speech (FS) usage in the context of the partial L2 immersion
class. It tries to define and classify FS according to its functions. The fact that learners resort …

Collocation involves knowing which words typically co-occur in fluent, native-like language.
Studies across several settings have shown that collocation skills lag behind other aspects …

This thesis investigates future English teachers' experiences of learning English proverbs in
Anatolian Teacher Training High Schools (ATTHS) in Turkey. In order to reveal the situation …

Many people think of language as words. Words are small, convenient units, especially in
written English, where they are separated by spaces. Dictionaries seem to reinforce this …