English idioms: a cultural consideration

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English idioms: a cultural consideration

Many advocate that a mastery of idioms is a reflection of native speakers’ proficiency. While idioms are an important part of language, language reflects culture. The aim of the study was to investigate Muslim students’ perspective of English idioms, as to whether there are English idioms which are...

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Main Authors:	Othman, Khairiah, Abdul Malik, Faridah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza
Format:	Proceeding Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45915/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45915/1/45915_English%20idioms-paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/45915/2/45915_English%20idioms-tentative.pdf

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