This empirical study investigates the differences in strategy use between advanced and intermediate Chinese EFL learners when processing unfamiliar English idioms. The results show that (1) a variety of strategies are...This empirical study investigates the differences in strategy use between advanced and intermediate Chinese EFL learners when processing unfamiliar English idioms. The results show that (1) a variety of strategies are used when subjects initially process unfamiliar English idioms; (2) the subjects across proficiency levels vary in the overall frequencies with which they employ strategies as well as in the particular types of strategies they use to process unfamiliar EFL idioms initially; (3) guessing strategies are the highest-ranking category among both the advanced and the intermediate level subjects. This paper concludes with a number of pedagogical suggestions for the teaching and learning of English idioms.展开更多
文摘This empirical study investigates the differences in strategy use between advanced and intermediate Chinese EFL learners when processing unfamiliar English idioms. The results show that (1) a variety of strategies are used when subjects initially process unfamiliar English idioms; (2) the subjects across proficiency levels vary in the overall frequencies with which they employ strategies as well as in the particular types of strategies they use to process unfamiliar EFL idioms initially; (3) guessing strategies are the highest-ranking category among both the advanced and the intermediate level subjects. This paper concludes with a number of pedagogical suggestions for the teaching and learning of English idioms.
