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’s daily conversations, it is considered adequate to help the researcher to gather the data.
The other limitation is on the participants. The researcher chooses semester four students of ELESP to be the subjects in this investigation. Not all the students
in ELESP will be the population because the researcher wants to discuss this topic comprehensively. Semester four students are selected because they have been
studying English for two years. This knowledge is considered sufficient for this investigation. And it will be explained further in Chapter 3.
D. Research Objectives
The researcher conducts this study to achieve two main objectives. First, the researcher wants to find out major strategies to acquire the intended meanings
of English idioms by semester four students of ELESP. Second, the study is conducted to reveal the effectiveness of the strategies to lead the students to get
the intended meanings of English idioms. The researcher also hopes by meeting those two goals, the researcher can give alternative ways for the readers especially
semester four students on how to process the meanings of idioms. Besides, they can also enhance their ability to learn English as their foreign language through
idioms as part of art of language.
E. Research Benefits
The results of this research can be beneficial for the following language users or practitioners.
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The ELESP Students This study will provide more information about English idioms for the
readers especially ELESP students. By conducting this research and solving the research problems, the researcher hopes that this study can help ELESP students
to discover the actual meanings of English idioms. Moreover, it can also enhance students’ knowledge to learn English as a foreign language. One of the criteria to
say that someone masters a language is when they are able to use the language. If the ELESP students know how to use and understand the English idioms as part of
English language, it can help them to acquire more ability to use English.
2. English lecturers or teachers
Having conducted this study, the researcher hopes that the English lecturers or teachers can take some benefits from the results. The study shows that
there are some major strategies which can help the students to comprehend the intended meanings of idioms. Then, the lecturers or teachers can design such
materials to help the students to improve their knowledge in processing idioms by using the strategies discussed in this investigation.
3. Future researchers
This paper will be useful for future researchers because they can conduct further investigation into idioms. If they are interested in conducting the same
study, they can refer to this research design and conduct the same research to get some confirmations. However, if they are interested in conducting other related
studies, then this paper can be used as one of their references.
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4. Readers
For the readers, this investigation does help because they can use some of the strategies to help them to understand the meanings of English idioms. By
adopting certain strategies, the readers can enhance their knowledge on comprehending English idioms.
F. Definitions of Terms
