Impact of Strategies in Handling the Difficulties of Idioms

Present study tries to explore difficulties while learning English language and specifically idiomatic language. It aims to find the different categories of the idioms which create difficulty and also suggests some strategies which are helpful in comprehension of idioms. This study also finds out the different variables that causes difficulty in learning idioms. As [1] described idioms as metaphorical aspects and delineate different processes while learning idioms. Furthermore, this paper is also determined to describe different strategies for successful learning of idiomatic phrases of second language. All the necessary information for this study and opinions of students about using different strategies for learning idioms in narrative at graduation level was obtained through a questionnaire. The questionnaire based on rating scale model. Data analyzed in the form of frequency distribution, percentage mean score and standard deviation by using SPSS software. The study is designed to know the impact of different strategies of learning idioms for second language learners.

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