THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING-LEARNING ENGLISH IDIOMS

Abstract The English language has become an integral part of our daily lives, hereby making it necessary to teach and learn the language in order to communicate with those who speak other languages. Since idioms are an essential component of the English language, they play a crucial role in teaching and learning it. But, the process of teaching and learning English idioms has always been a challenging one and requires a lot of experience and creativity, since they are not always easy to understand, remember and use. This study aims to investigate the perspective of English teachers on idioms in language teaching and learning. It assumes that awareness of the role of knowing English idioms will be of great use. During this very study we used the meta-synthesis method to find some common results and to identify overall trends whereas teaching-learning English idioms. So, we’ve come to the conclusion that a systematic review of the significance of teaching-learning the idioms is really beneficial.References: 1. Cambridge Dictionary. Available online: https://dictionary.cambridge.org (accessed on 05.03. 2023). 2. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/idioms/ (accessed on 14.03.2023) 3. https://www.usingenglish.com/ (accessed on 11.05.2023) 4. Cowie, A. P.; Mackin, R.; McCaig, R. Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English: Verbs with Prepositions and Particles, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 1975, Volume 2, 685 p. 5. Davies, M. In Touch. Course 4: A Word of Difference, WSOY: Porvoo, Finland, 1996, pp. 120-146. 6. Fernando, C.; Flavell, R. On Idioms: Critical Views and Perspectives. Exeter Linguistic Studies: Exeter, UK, 1981, 5, 221 p. 7. Brenner, G. A. American Idioms Handbook, Webster's New World Book: Massachusetts, USA, 2003, 480 p. 8. Gibbs, R. W. Jr. Spilling the Beans on Understanding and Memory for Idioms in Conversa-tion. Journal of Memory & Cognition 1980, 8, pp. 149-156. 9. Irujo, S. A Piece of Cake: Learning and Teaching Idioms. ELT Journal 1986, 3, pp. 236-242. 10. Fernando, C. Idioms and Idiomaticity. Penguin books, London, UK, 1996, 265 p. 11. Levorato, M. C. The Acquisition of Idioms and the Development of Figurative Compe-tence, Lawrence Erlbaum Asssociates: Hillsdale, NJ, USA, 1993, pp.101-128. 12. Mantyla, K. Idioms and Language Users: The Effect of the Characteristics of Idioms on Their Recognition and Interpretation by Native and Non-native Speakers of English, University of Jyvaskyla: Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2004, 239 p