"Phraseology as a comprehension problem among EFL university students in Kosovo"
Session
Education and Development
Description
Any EFL university student studying English will come across phraseology, be it during linguistics, translation of phraseologies or dealing with the meaning of phraseology and the comprehension that comes with it. Which is why the purpose of this research paper is to show how phraseology, when it comes to comprehension, can be seen as a problem and affect EFL students. In order to do that the following three questions were raised: 1) What are the main problems that students face/encounter in comprehension when it comes to phraseology? 2) What they found the hardest whilst comprehending? 3) What methods or techniques have they used in order to help themselves when tackling these phraseology comprehension problems? These three questions were answered through an online survey where fifty fourth-year English department students from various universities in Kosovo took part, which makes this study quantitative together with the use of various credible and reliable materials also qualitative. The results showed that as much as almost all the students considered themselves to have a good understanding of English and half in comprehension of Phraseology, the other half lacked knowledge and needed improvement especially in regards to parts of Phraseology due to cultural reasons in not understanding them but also due to lack of exposure to phraseologies during past school years. Another problem that also showed up was the lack of exposure from universities and having to learn it on their own.
Keywords:
Phraseology, Comprehension, EFL students, idioms, sayings, collocations.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-95-6
Location
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
28-10-2023 8:00 AM
End Date
29-10-2023 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2023.328
Recommended Citation
Krasniqi, Kadri, ""Phraseology as a comprehension problem among EFL university students in Kosovo"" (2023). UBT International Conference. 28.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/IC/EDU/28
"Phraseology as a comprehension problem among EFL university students in Kosovo"
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Any EFL university student studying English will come across phraseology, be it during linguistics, translation of phraseologies or dealing with the meaning of phraseology and the comprehension that comes with it. Which is why the purpose of this research paper is to show how phraseology, when it comes to comprehension, can be seen as a problem and affect EFL students. In order to do that the following three questions were raised: 1) What are the main problems that students face/encounter in comprehension when it comes to phraseology? 2) What they found the hardest whilst comprehending? 3) What methods or techniques have they used in order to help themselves when tackling these phraseology comprehension problems? These three questions were answered through an online survey where fifty fourth-year English department students from various universities in Kosovo took part, which makes this study quantitative together with the use of various credible and reliable materials also qualitative. The results showed that as much as almost all the students considered themselves to have a good understanding of English and half in comprehension of Phraseology, the other half lacked knowledge and needed improvement especially in regards to parts of Phraseology due to cultural reasons in not understanding them but also due to lack of exposure to phraseologies during past school years. Another problem that also showed up was the lack of exposure from universities and having to learn it on their own.