Chinese Learners' English Idioms Comprehension

As a string of words, an idiom cannot be understood by the simple combination of its constituents' literal meanings at all. Idioms, even though a part of the vocabulary, have different characterizations from simple and single words. English idioms acquisition plays a very important role for Chinese college students who learn the English language as a second language. The English idioms comprehension S-S-P-C model can facilitate Chinese learners' English idioms comprehension.