This study investigates Swedish upper secondary students’ familiarity with English idioms, and whether or not there are differences depending on what level of proficiency the students are at. The participating students took an idiom familiarity test adapted from Nippold & Rudzinski (1993) which aimed at measuring students’ familiarity with a number of English idioms. The test included 15 items, and was designed to elicit responses based on a linear scale from 1 to 5. The results showed that there were differences depending on the year of English studies at upper-secondary school level. A possible conclusion is that students develop their idiom familiarity as they are being more exposed to English language both in school and outside of the school. The study has implications for the upper-secondary school English curriculum in Sweden.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-66107 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Rösler, Viktoria |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | LÄRARUTBILDNINGEN, |
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