The Effect of Intercultural Communicative Competence on Students’ Comprehension of Idioms

Abstract

Idioms are part of both language and culture. The present research work examined the influence of intercultural communicative competence on the comprehension of English idioms among second-year English students. Specifically, it aimed to determine the source of difficulties in understanding idioms, provide insights into which aspects pose a greater challenge for English students, and examine the effect of the existing intercultural communicative competence on the process of idiom comprehension. Theoretically, it was hypothesized that there is a correlation between students’ intercultural communicative competence and their idiom comprehension process