TEACHING IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS FOR
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF SATYA WACANA
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Ratna Widiarti
Abstract
In order to communicate naturally, it is necessary for English Department students to learn idioms and use them in written or spoken speeches. In fact, English Department students’ abilities to use idiomatic expressions are very limited. Keeping this issue in mind, this paper
aims to present students’ perspectives toward learning and teaching idioms in order to find
the best way of learning idiomatic expressions so that it raises teachers’ creativities in
teaching and their willing to help their students learn idioms. In addition, this paper intends to find what techniques teachers should use in teaching idiomatic expressions, which are helpful to support their students learn idiomatic expressions. The 5 English Department students are chosen as participants that are required to share their thought about learning idioms, their own experiences in leaning idioms, and their thought about how their teachers should teach them idioms. The results from the interviews reveal that students are interested in materials that using idiomatic expressions, unfortunately there is no certain course that teaches idioms specifically at The English Department. Mostly, the ways that students like to learn idioms are by using media, by discussing, by remembering, and by practicing. Furthermore, suggestions to teach idioms and help the students to learn idioms are provided throughout this study.
