Overview
Lecturer
Maria Crina Herțeg
Seminar tutor
Maria Crina Herțeg
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Language and literature
Field of study
Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Debate
Presentations
Entry requirements
C 1
Aims
to empower students with the ability of using idioms adequately
to make students understand the meaning of idioms
to use idioms in oral and written discourse
Course contents
1 Fruit-based idioms in English
2 Animal idioms in English
3 Food idioms
4 Idioms based on body parts
5 Idioms clustered around colours
6 Metaphoricity of English idioms
7 Common metaphors in idioms
8 Idioms in proverbs
9 Clichés and fixed statements
10 Idioms based on war
11 Idioms used in science and technology
12. Idioms used in business English
13. Idioms of failure and success
14. 14 Death and dead based idioms
Learning outcomes
to produce oral presentations and texts in which idioms are used adequately
Assessment
Written Test 60% Portfolio 40 %
Recommended reading
English idioms in advanced use. 60 Units of vocabulary reference and practice. Self-study and classroom use.
O`Dell, F., & McCarthy, M.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
Idioms organizer. Organised by metaphor, topic and key word.
Wright, J.
Heinle, 2002
English idioms explained. Learn how to use and understand 125 idioms in English.
Gerber, J.
Kindle edition, 2015
Test your English idioms
Watcyn-Jones, P.
Penguin Books., London, 2000