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TEACHING IDIOMS TO ALBANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN KOSOVO
TEACHING IDIOMS TO ALBANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN KOSOVO

Author(s): Mirsad Suhodolli
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Civil Society
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: Kosovo; English; idioms; teaching; learning; phrase;

Summary/Abstract: Teaching English in general has not only become necessary but it has also made many teachers around the world strive to find the easiest solution to this issue. The paper in question deals with the same issue but with focus on teaching and learning idioms. It tries to give a new insight into the way students understand and learn idioms more easily. It takes into consideration two main concepts: learning by and teaching idioms to the university level students putting more emphasis on the latter. Some students might even wonder why to use idioms when people could have said words/phrases or sentences others would understand more easily without having to think much about their meaning. The answer to this lies in that native speaker use idioms very often so it is almost impossible for non-native speakers to avoid using idioms when communicating with native speakers of English. This is one of the crucial points the study in question also puts emphasis on. Apart from this, ever since the war ended in Kosovo, many organizations or educational institutions such as: OSCE, UNMIK, American School of Kosovo, British Council, American University of Kosovo have made it possible that people of Kosovo get in touch with native speakers who spoke English in a more natural way by also using idioms.

  • Issue Year: 10/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 130-136
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English