The Effects of Task Focus and Involvement Load on Idioms Recognition

This study investigated the effects of form-focused and meaning-focused tasks with different involvement load indices on EFL learners' recognition of L2 idioms. To this end, a sample of 180 EFL learners (both male and female) in two language institutes was selected and randomly assigned into si...

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Published in:	Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies
Main Authors:	Maryam Mousavi, Abbas Ali Zarei, Saeideh Ahangari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, 2021-10-01
Subjects:	form-focused tasks idioms involvement load meaning-focused tasks
Online Access:	https://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_2422_0eb5527bccb21aecaf97520cd9824f3e.pdf

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