Subject's learning of English: Background

10%
10%

40%

13%

Only at school

School + language
courses ( more than 6
months) but less than 3
years

School + language
courses ( more than 6
months or less)

Learnt abroad

Attended to English
courses for more than 10
years

27%

Subjects' preferred way of learning the FL

Watching movies

3%
6%
Listening
to music
20%

Speaking in the FL

Reading Magazines

Ansering books in the FL

9%

Learning new vocabulary

11%

19%
Doing online activities

14%

Writing

19%

Subjects' belits about their proficiency level

15%
Upper- Intermediate level
Intermediate level
Advanced level

22%
63%

Subjects' beliefs about where we can find figurative language

10%

In poetry and literature

18%

In poetry and literature and

every-day language
In every-day language

72%

Fig.5: How easy it is for you to learn idoms?

28%

It is hard because I lack

contextual and linguistic
knowledge
It is all right as long as I
have cultural knowledge
about them

72%

Figure 6. What would you do to learn idioms easier?

6%

To look for L1 equivalents

22%

To read more
To combine different
strategies
54%

18%

TO use the dictionary

Figure 7. Were you taunght strategies to increase your vocabulary?

14%

Yes, I were
No, I were not

86%

Figure 8. L1 Idioms: Frecuecy of use

27%
Fairly frequently used
43%

Less frequently used

More frequently used

30%

Figure 9. Idioms: Interlingual similarity

25%
Similar idioms
47%

28%

Differet idioms
Identical idioms

Figure10. Subjects' proficiency level (FCE%)

22%

24%

From 40 to 55%
From 56 to 70%
From 71 to 85%

54%

Figure 11. Subjects' Mc in the (goos marks out of 30)

6%

From 23 to 26
31%

From 27 to 29
From 19 to 22

63%

Figure 12. Subjects' success to code-break L2 idioms (good marks out of 21)
14%

From 11 to 14
From 7 to 10
From 15 to 18
27%
59%

Figure13. Subjects' success to retain L2 idioms (good marks out of 21)

10%
From 2 to 7
From 7.5 to 12
From 12.5 to 17

31%
59%

Figure14. L2 Idioms: Frecuency of use

10%
More frequently used

10%

Fairly frequently used

Less Frequently used

80%