Episode 49: Idioms for Academic English

Although it is often assumed that idioms are too informal for use in academic English, two studies have identified idioms which occur fairly frequently in spoken and written academic English. This podcast describes idioms in academic English , giving information on what an idiom is, why academic idioms should be studied, as well as giving the 10 more common academic idioms for spoken and written English from a recent study of idioms (Miller, 2019). The podcast also gives the background to the creation of the list.

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Episode 49: Idioms for Academic English is an episode from EAP Foundation by EAPFoundation.com.

This episode is 6:09 long.

This episode was published on Dec 29, 2021.

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