THE EFFECT OF ETYMOLOGY INSTRUCTION ON IDIOMATIC CAPABILITY OF INTERMEDIATE EFL IRANIAN LEARNERS

The present study endeavors to investigate the impact of etymological treatments on learning idioms among english language learners. Sixty intermediate students at islamic azad university in tonekabon were selected from among a total number of 75 learners based on their performances on the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET) to fulfill the purpose of the study. The students were then assigned into an experimental group and a control group. Initially, a pre-test of idiomatic expressions including 36 idiomatic items was administered to the participants in all groups. During the instructional period, the experimental group was taught a group of abnormally decomposable idioms through different treatments elaboration. At the end of the instructional period, the participants in all groups were given a posttest which was the same as the pretest. The design of this study is quasi-experimental. The findings of this study have implications for efl teachers, students, and materials developers.