Through the looking glass: a second look at understanding idiomaticity in CALL.

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2017

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Університет імені Альфреда Нобеля

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This article takes a critical second look at understanding idiomaticity in CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). The conditions markedly affecting second language teaching and learning are highlighted amidst pedagogical constructs supporting the reconstructive nature of idiomatic understanding and production in English. The ensuing discussion underscores the promise digital technologies hold for further research work on idiomaticity including, but not limited to,idiom, metaphor, simile, metonymy, hyperbole, proverb, slang, cliché, lexical bundle, phrasal expression, multiword construction, collocation,colloquialism, andtropes of figurative language. It is argued that for the purposes of diagnosis and achievementidiomaticity must be thoughtfully anchored in pedagogical paradigms requiring further examination and care. These exemplars,as the need arises across contexts and audiences, are seen as particularly useful to the development and refinement of idiomatic knowledge, especially when such knowledgereflects the judicious and purposeful use of CALL technologies, electronic tools, and digital resources. Pedagogical implications addressing idiom-learning activities and task-based digital projectsare also discussed.

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One of the principled goals of learning another language is the ability to use the language competently and appropriately to communicate thoughts, ideas, and interests, as the need arises across contexts and audiences. Doing so effectively and efficiently is many a time a life-long quest often pursued but rarely fulfilled. As elusive as this may sound to the ears of the untrained, professedly, there are certain conditions of learning which, if addressed with due attention, are likely to bring us one step closer to achieving greater facility with the language studied. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) technologies, applications, and tools,many of which have already been reviewed elsewhere [1], can hasten and support this noble endeavor if care is taken to investigate closely the digital footprint by which understanding idiomaticityin CALL including, but not limited to, idiom, metaphor, simile, metonymy, hyperbole, proverb, slang, cliché, lexical bundle, phrasal expression, multiword construction, collocation, colloquialism, andtropes of figurative language can ultimately be achieved.

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idiomaticity, pragmatics, second language teaching, digital learning, learner empowerment, natural language use.

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