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Leveraging Contextual Idioms to Enhance Cultural Awareness in the EFL Classroom: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects for Future Implementation Cover

Leveraging Contextual Idioms to Enhance Cultural Awareness in the EFL Classroom: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects for Future Implementation

By: Nesma Bara  
Open Access
|May 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 97 - 113
Submitted on: Jan 29, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 11, 2025
Published on: May 27, 2025
Published by: DTI University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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