Ariadne's Threadin Idiom Acquisition in Mother-Tongue and Foreign Language Classrooms –Quantitative Data Analysis (The First Part of the Study)

Barčot, Branka; Milčić, Tanja

doi:10.17072/1857-6060-2019-17-1-292-304

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“…Th e research on conceptual motivation and the eff ects it has on foreign idiom acquisition has prompted us to explore an additional aspect of such a process -the amount of exposure to English in various environments and the eff ect that this exposure might have on the ease/ capability to acquire targeted idioms. Some recent studies have already explored specifi c aspects of English idiom learning and teaching in the Croatian EFL context (see Pucelj 2018; Barčot and Milčić 2019;Jelčić 2014;Jelčić Čolakovac, 2019). Similar to our research, Jelčić (2014) conducted questionnaires with multiple-choice questions, but her focus was on determining the eff ects of context, age, familiarity and decomposability degree 3 on the processing of idioms in students at various educational levels (from elementary school to graduate level studies).…”

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Foreign language vocabulary development: media-driven learning in the informal contextTh is study explored the impact of informal learning on the acquisition of English idioms, operating under the assumption that idioms' relatedness to lexicon makes the acquisition of idioms less associated with formal English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, which tends to primarily focus on teaching grammar. Th e primary goal of this study was to evaluate the eff ects of informal learning on the acquisition of English idioms in view of everyday exposure to English through various media. Th e study was conducted on the students of preschool and teacher education studies (N=88; University of Zadar), and it incorporated a brief questionnaire regarding their habits when it comes to watching fi lms, playing videogames, the use of social media etc., as well as a test containing 60 multiple-choice questions with examples of various English idioms. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the best predictor for the knowledge of English idioms is the frequency of listening to English and American music, while other signifi cant predictors were the frequency of watching YouTube videos with foreign content, the frequency of playing videogames, the grades achieved in English language-teaching classes throughout high school and the scores on the English-language tests administered at the end of the fi rst semester at the university; the total predictive value of the examined variables was surprisingly high (R2=0.612). Aside from discussing the implications of these results, the paper also refl ects upon the fact that the frequency of watching English and American movies/TV shows turned out to be a negative predictor despite the positive correlation with the overall results on the test, as well as on the fact that the frequency of using social networks had no impact on the acquisition of English idioms whatsoever.

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Foreign language vocabulary development: media–driven learning in the informal context

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This study explored the impact of informal learning on the acquisition of English idioms, operating under the assumption that idioms’ relatedness to lexicon makes the acquisition of idioms less associated with formal English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, which tends to primarily focus on teaching grammar. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of informal learning on the acquisition of English idioms in view of everyday exposure to English through various media. The study was conducted on the students of preschool and teacher education studies (N=88; University of Zadar), and it incorporated a brief questionnaire regarding their habits when it comes to watching films, playing videogames, the use of social media etc., as well as a test containing 60 multiple–choice questions with examples of various English idioms. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the best predictor for the knowledge of English idioms is the frequency of listening to English and American music, while other significant predictors were the frequency of watching YouTube videos with foreign content, the frequency of playing videogames, the grades achieved in English language–teaching classes throughout high school and the scores on the English–language tests administered at the end of the first semester at the university; the total predictive value of the examined variables was surprisingly high (R2=0.612). Aside from discussing the implications of these results, the paper also reflects upon the fact that the frequency of watching English and American movies/TV shows turned out to be a negative predictor despite the positive correlation with the overall results on the test, as well as on the fact that the frequency of using social networks had no impact on the acquisition of English idioms whatsoever

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