Abstract Knowledge of multi-word units (MWUs) helps facilitate communicative fluency, and
research on them has gained more and more attention in recent years concerning teaching …

This study investigates the effectiveness of various practice modes in learning multiword
units, specifically phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions, through a multimodal online …

This chapter–situated against the backdrop of a learning-for-use perspective and of the
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge model–presents a number of resources for …

Idioms-a type of multiword unit (MWU)-are defined as being non-compositional and in
general cannot be understood by adding together the meanings of the individual words that …

Recent years have seen two special issues dedicated to vocabulary published in Language
Teaching Research (2015, volume 19, issue 6; 2017, volume 21, issue 1). This is a …

This systematic review reports on research investigating the impact of multi‐word unit
(MWU) input on young learners' second language (L2) attainment in instructed settings …

Considerable research attention has been paid in recent years to the pervasiveness of
multiword units (MWUs) such as collocations, idioms, or ready-made phrases in a language …

The present study aims to conduct a comprehensive investigation of flashcard software for
learning vocabulary in a second language. Nine flashcard programs were analysed using …

The number of learners seeking to acquire an L2 by means of apps is ever-increasing. This
study examined the effectiveness of using the app Mondly for the acquisition of L2 English …

Over the last decade, Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) has led to an authentic
and contextual language learning process across the globe (Kukulska-Hulme, 2009). It has …