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Cornell, Alan – IRAL, 1999
Discusses the treatment of idioms in language learning, specifically questions that need to be addressed when decisions are made on the role of idioms in language-learning programs. Particular emphasis is on the extent to which idioms present a particular source of misunderstanding and confusion for learners. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Context Effect, Encoding (Psychology), Idioms
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Pavlenko, Aneta – Language Learning, 2002
Examines five factors that may impact the use of second language emotion vocabulary. Considers the impact of language proficiency, gender, and extroversion on the use of emotion words in the advanced French interlanguage of 29 native Dutch speakers, and examines influence of sociocultural competence, gender, and type of linguistic material on use…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Dutch, Extraversion Introversion, French