Fixed Expressions in English Teaching Environments

Abstract

Learners of English language come from different parts of the world, whether native or non-native. Despite their different backgrounds, however, all English language users should be capable of producing and comprehending fixed expressions, which are used daily and spontaneously in everyday English. Fixed expressions, are various and of different types. Moreover, they are considered an indispensable part of the English language. Yet, learners of the English language, especially those of L1 Arabic mother-tongue, lack the ability to understand and use fixed expressions used in English verbal communication