Abstract:Idiomatic language may well be the eye of the storm in a teacup best held together by nomenclature subject to definition and ongoing linguistic debate. Even so, without batting an eye(lid) and not wis...Idiomatic language may well be the eye of the storm in a teacup best held together by nomenclature subject to definition and ongoing linguistic debate. Even so, without batting an eye(lid) and not wishing to spit in anyone's eye or talk someone's ear off, teaching idiomatic language puts forth the cogent argument that English language teaching practitioners, even those who may still be wet behind their ears, can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to matters of idiomaticity just because doing so across the K‐12 curriculum may raise some eyebrows when counting noses. In so doing, it presents time‐tested theoretical and pedagogical constructs that are believed to be a sight for sore eyes. Collectively, these constructs attempt to put a bug, instead of a flea, in the reader's ear in the hope that the reader may see eye to eye with the author on the importance of teaching idiomatic language from Day One even when winning by a nose is all that can be hoped for. So keep your ear to the ground, your eye on the ball, and your nose to the grindstone and never ever, in a pig's ear, will you have to say that idiomatic language is all Greek to you!Read More
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-18
Language: en
Type: other
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