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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AS A SMART USAGE OF LANGUAGE – ORIGIN AND FRAMING OF MEANINGS-AN EXEMPLIFIED STUDY

Abstract

According to the research in the movie ‘Patala Bhairavi’ (Released in 1951) Shri S.V.Ranga Rao Garu the famous and renowned actor stated that one should take lead in inventing new words otherwise how the new words take place in any language. For instance he used the word ‘Dimbaka’ (Guy) which is a famous dialogue in that movie ‘Saahasam Cheyara Dimbaka’ ‘Dare my boy’.(Ref:) The words of a particular region do transform form time to time and region to region. Sometimes based on the culture, the words take transformation in the usage because of the acculturation. For instance, the words such as Katti, Sutti and mama are used only for their figurative meanings once upon a time as Katti means sword, Sutti means Hammer and Mama means uncle where as at present scenario, these words are used beyond the figurative meanings and used as Katti is used to indicate the sharpness and brightness quality. If a girl is narrated very beautiful she is complimented as ‘Figure kattila undira’ which means the girl is awesome. In the same manner, the word Sutti is used to indicate the boring thing irrespective of its figurative meaning. The famous statement ‘Sootiga maatadu suttiga matadakunda’ which means speak straightly without beating around the bush. Mama is used as uncle in the figurative meaning but it is used as friendly manner to call the buddies among the groups. This sort of transformation is not only for the specific language or for a particular period of time or for a period of time. The word idiome, or via late Latin from Greek idiōma ‘private property, peculiar phraseology’, from idiousthai ‘make one\'s own’, from idios which means‘own or private’. In the same way, the idioms which are used and applied in daily usage of the local people of a particular region particular place of a specific time. These idioms are also called Jaatiyaalu (adopted) of that particular region and spread all over during of a particular period of time. Every idiomatic expression has various reasons behind its origin. Hence, this paper focuses on how the idiomatic expressions originated and their background history for generating such type of words. I have taken very few of the idioms for the study as there are innumerable idioms existed in English Language. I have applied descriptive method along with quoting of some examples in this paper. The final outcome of this paper brings about the various general and situational causes of generating the idioms of particular region time and culture.
KEYWORDS : Idioms, Nativization, Adoption, Glory and Flavor of Language, origin,nativity.

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EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF VISUALS AS ADVANCE ORGANIZERS IN FACILITATING STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION: A STUDY REPORT

Abstract

In this paper I would like to present my observations during a study conducted with sixty Engineering students to study the effect of visuals as advanced organizers in facilitating reading comprehension. It is believed that technology can offer new educational possibilities thatnot only empower both teachers and studentsbut also enhance their skill development. Out of the four skills of language learning, Reading is the main source of language input in English as a second language (ESL) learning situation, like India. In most of the English classes English is taught like a content based subject rather than a skill. As far as teaching reading skill is considered, it is less taught and more tested and evaluated. Most of the students are indifferent to reading anything beyond the prescribed English text books. At the same time they are found more interested in the technical aspects of learning. It was felt that this enthusiasm could be tapped to involve them in more exciting ways of learning. Multimedia media learning which is defined as acquiring knowledge in a domain through interacting with an educational environment that presents information using multiple sources (e.g., newspapers, videos, animations, maps, charts, internet etc,). In this study our inputs are visuals as advanced organizers through digital texts. It was observed that the learners became more interested in the learning process and participated in the tasks as active learners rather than mere passive learners.
KEYWORDS : digital texts, visuals, multimedia, advanced organizers