39 achieve advanced vocabulary skill which will ease the learners to figure out
idioms which often appear in discourse like articles, common texts, dialogues, etc. Secondly, the benefit of learning idioms is that English Language
Education students can achieve fluency in using English which means that they can speak more informally and idiomatically using idioms in a wide range of
contexts. By learning idioms, the learners will understand how to construct and build expressions or utterances containing non-literal message. As said from the
theory of fluency, the language users have the ability to be creative and imaginative in language such as using in conversation. Specifically, the English
Language Education students will have good describing skill. This means that by using idioms, the learners can describe certain phenomena, situation, one’s
physical appearance, one’s character and any others; particularly with simple language that can represent something as a single unit. In other words, they will
be able to use simpler language which sounds idiomatic. Thirdly, the further benefit of learning idiom is the learners can avoid
misinterpretation when using non-literal language like idioms particularly. There are many kinds of types of idioms and many of them have different use and theme.
The use of idiom should be based on the topic of the conversation being discussed. Thus, with good idiom comprehension on various types of idioms and themes, the
English Language Education students will be able to use them in appropriate topic of conversation. At the end, by learning idioms the learners will be able to
differentiate the non-literal meaning of idioms and their literal meaning to avoid
40 misinterpretation when communicating with native speakers who use idioms on
daily basis. Learning English idioms triggers the learner to achieve fluency in using
English from the basis of idiom vocabulary. With good comprehension on idioms vocabulary, the learners are able to exploit idioms in wider context; either in oral
or written communication with non-literal track.
B. Recommendations
The researcher presents some recommendations that may be useful for the future researchers and the lecturers in the English Education Study Program.
1. For Future Researchers
This study only focuses on the benefits or the positive result of learning idioms that are visible. There may be some difficulties of learning idioms. Thus,
the future researcher can investigate what difficulties faced by English Language Education students in learning idioms.
2. For Lecturers of English Education Study Program
Idioms should be widely applied in many context of learning so the learners can achieve fluency in using English. Thus, the lecturers can participate
more in explicit teaching of idioms by giving the students the authentic materials of idioms that are closely related to real phenomena.
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