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Cockney influence on Standard English. A Survey of native speakers speech
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)Languages in contact can influence each other and produce linguistic changes by the adoption of new features not only in terms of grammar, but also in accent and speech forms. The present paper thoroughly focuses on this ... -
Colour Symbolism in The Handmaid’s Tale
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) narrates the creation of a totalitarian and patriarchal society called Gilead, arranged into several social classes whose power variates depending on their status. At the ... -
Communicative Language Teaching: A Pedagogical Proposal based on the Content and Language Integrated Learning
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)Because of its international demand and recognition as a worldwide language, English has recently become part of our education system. Accordingly, the use of the English language has increased in different sectors all ... -
Comparative study of ICT in education Spain and the United States
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-16)For the last 20 years Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have appeared into all fields of the society. For this reason, different areas of it have been adapting to apply the possible advantages of these new ... -
Comparison between face-to-face communication and computer-mediated-communication: The use of WhatsApp
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)It has been argued that misunderstandings are more likely to appear in computer-mediated communication (CMC) than in face-to-face (F2F) communication due to the lack of emotional cues in CMC contexts. The aim of this ... -
Conceptual Metaphors in still pictures, a theoretical review
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-07)Metaphors in antiquity were considered an element of decoration in poetry and rhetorical discourse, but in recent decades metaphors have become an element more closer to thought than language. Metaphor of thought or ... -
Controlling time is power: an analysis of filmic metaphors in the lotus advertisement “shine”
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-14)According to Lakoff and Johnson (1980), a metaphor is a tool which helps us understand one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain. Initially, metaphors were explored solely verbally; however, later on, a ... -
Corpus Linguistics: an Inspiring Methodology to Design English Didactic Materials
Universitat Jaume I (2017-09-28)In the last decades, it has been said that in foreign language learning settings the correct selection of didactic materials is paramount in order to provide learners with appropriate input of the target language (TL) ... -
Cosmic Horror and Pacing in Lovecraft's Dagon and the Shadows Over Innsmouth
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-10)Nowadays, most horror movies have smeared the credibility of the horror genre by using screamers, which are fast scenes with loud noises meant to get viewers to jump from their seats. Apart from that, movies with a ... -
Developing Requests in EFL Instructional Contexts: The Role of Age
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-02)Over the last five decades, the field of pragmatics has grown largely, so many researchers have attempted to provide useful approaches to teach pragmatics in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educational contexts. As ... -
Developmental and transfer errors in SLA
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)During the process of learning a new language it is common that most students make errors as they still do not know all the elements, rules and features of that language. Errors have been analyzed and studied for many ... -
Dialogic literary gatherings through universal literature (A Teaching proposal)
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)This essay is based on a possible teaching proposal about how to teach dialogic literary gatherings of universal literature in Compulsory Secondary Education students. Nowadays, an optional subject has been established ... -
Digital learning & Duolingo™: a practical SLA analysis on how millennials learn and a proposal for improvement
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)Throughout history, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) has been approached under different frameworks and methodologies, the effectiveness of which has been proved or denied through academic research. Simultaneously, the ... -
Digital Teaching in the EFL Classroom: The Correlation Between Quizizz and Students' Motivation
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-10)Digital games are increasingly involved in students’ daily activities, both in their leisure time and in their learning environments. Digital games can transform the English learning into an engaging and entertainment ... -
Digital tools for language learning in the 3rd ESO curriculum
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-05)Through the years, it has been observed that the usage of ICTs has gone through a considerable evolution. In this sense, ICTs should not only be used as entertainment, but also as a new method to teach the new generations ... -
Discerning the main motivation in second of baccalaureate English lessons
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)Motivation is becoming a progressively far-reaching field in applied linguistics regarding to foreign language learning, since it is considered one of the individual variables which affects learners when learning a foreign ... -
Early language learning: bilingualism
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-14)The 21st century is characterized as the great revolution of language learning because of the necessity to communicate and either to become a well-prepared person in a world where globalisation is a current issue. The ... -
Eco-friendly advertising: a study of pictorial metaphors in environmental advertisements
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)According to Cognitive Linguistics, metaphors are an essential cognitive tool to conceptualise certain domains of experience (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). Following this conception, it can be seen how advertising campaigns use ... -
Education today and how to apply creativity to Language Teaching
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-22)The purpose of this project is to give a brief idea of what creativity is nowadays, and how could it be applied in a language course. We have a failing education system that does no longer cover the needs of the students, ... -
Emecheta & Nwapa. Traditional Roles from a Feminine Perspective in Nigerian Women Writers
Universitat Jaume I (2018-10-04)This paper examines the evolution of traditional female roles in Nigerian Women’s writing. Focusing the debate in marriage and motherhood. Based on two contemporary novels by Igbo female authors from two different ...