UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS

Summary/Abstract: Learning phrasal verbs is significantly complicated by the fact that many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings (Gardner and Davies, 2007: 352) and that textbooks typically cover only a subset of these meanings (Zarifi and Mukundan, 2015: 793). Therefore, this research aims to determine whether the knowledge of specific meanings of English phrasal verbs among high school students at B2 level of English proficiency is influenced by the representation of phrasal verbs in textbooks. The main hypothesis posited was that students would have a better understanding of the meanings of phrasal verbs present in the textbooks compared to other meanings of the same phrasal verbs that were not covered in the textbooks. Furthermore, it was assumed that students with higher grades in English would achieve better results. The research results indicate that students are more familiar with the meanings of phrasal verbs that are addressed in textbooks, and that those with higher grades in English perform better, thereby confirming our both hypotheses.

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