IDIOMS IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Sim Monica-Ariana () and Pop Anamaria-Mirabela ()
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Sim Monica-Ariana: Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice
Pop Anamaria-Mirabela: Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2015, vol. 1, issue 2, 172-178

Abstract: Should we or shouldn’t we teach English idioms to ESL students? One day a student asked me out of the blue, with no connection to our lesson: “Teacher, what does the expression to paint the town red mean?” Most of the students could give a more or less accurate explanation of the idiom, clarifying that they had heard it in movies and that it was from there they knew it. This flashed the idea of both trying to find out more about the importance of teaching idioms, of the students experience with idioms and also of writing this paper. This paper aims at sharing the results of a small survey based on undergraduate students in Economics, University of Oradea regarding the use of specific idioms in order to improve communicative skill during the second semester of 2014, when studying Banking, Finances and Accounting vocabulary. The integration of idioms seems to deserve attention in the teaching and learning process of English. Idioms in and outside the classroom are believed to help teachers and students promote an innovative environment of communication. However, the integration of idioms in the teaching and learning process may be difficult or ineffective for some learners or teachers because it is not relevant or necessary for carrying out educational goals. The use of idioms has a great influence in the teaching and learning process of a foreign language, because it could be one of the ways to give students better conditions to improve communicative skill in the daily context, sometimes when there is need to change the pace of the teaching process. Idioms may bring class to life after boring grammar drills or reading exercises.it all depends on the methods and techniques employed in order to achieve this goal. Idioms are a unique feature of languages and differ from each language, culture and country. English language is supposed to contain about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. It is important to learn the idioms of a language to avoid any misunderstandings in the use of words. It is also essential to realize the benefits of teaching idioms to those that could use the knowledge to improve their personal and professional lives.

Keywords: idioms; communication; English; business; teaching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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