Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of Idiomaticity on language learning and the extent to which it can be a language learning barrier. It contrasts the perspective of language teachers and the attitude of language learners regarding how idioms can influence language learning. The theoretical framework provides a description of the general properties of English idiomatic expressions and shows the relevance of idiomaticity to linguistic theory.
 
 The paper is based on an analytical analysis and follows a quantitative approach in which two questionnaires are used to collect the data. The two questionnaires are administered to two independent samples: 20 participants representing ELT teachers at the tertiary level and 80 subjects representing Saudi EFL college students.
 
 The data are then analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).
 
 The study reveals learners’ reasonable consensus on the issues assessed. They generally acknowledge the significance of idioms for language learning but with a general dissatisfaction with their status in learning and teaching contexts. Both teachers and learners view idioms as odd pieces of language that lack a uniform character and do not receive due attention in language syllabi and curricula. Teachers give different ratings on the pedagogical value of idioms, but they generally show low interest in teaching them.
Highlights
The issue of idiomaticity has a relatively recent history
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the impact of idiomaticity on language learning
The notion of idiomaticity, which mainly draws on complicated features of idioms, is responsible for setting up idioms as a learning barrier
Summary
The issue of idiomaticity has a relatively recent history. The literature to be presented will serve as a frame of reference upon which the researcher will depend when interpreting the results of his research to indicate potential significance.First, idioms have an anomalous nature that sets them apart from most other conventionalized language forms. The issue of idiomaticity has a relatively recent history. The use of idiomatic expressions is a character of speech that is as novel as other characters of the individual or group. This character, which might be termed idiomaticity, is identifiable in speech and writing. It goes beyond the limits of the terms of descriptive linguistics because one’s (native speaker) idiomaticity is identified as “his selection of expressions and the knowledge he has over and above rules and words” It goes beyond the limits of the terms of descriptive linguistics because one’s (native speaker) idiomaticity is identified as “his selection of expressions and the knowledge he has over and above rules and words” (Warren, 2005, p. 24)
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