Does pictorial elucidation foster recollection of idioms?

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-382

  Boers, Frank ^a   Píriz, Ana María Piquer ^b   Stengers, Hélène ^c   Eyckmans, June ^a  

^a Erasmus University College Brussels   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Dual coding; Idioms; Pictorials; Retention of form; Retention of meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350524939     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168809341505     Document Type: Article

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