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
Анотація
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.