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Kinesics in Nonverbal Communication: the Semantics of Head Movements
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)This research aims to deepen in the significance of nonverbal communication in real face-to-face conversations. More specifically, I wanted to stand up the importance of head movements, a crucial element in body language ... -
L2 Reading: Developing Strategic Readers in the English Classroom
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)The immense popularity that English has gained throughout the past decades is the true reflection of an ever-growing multilingual and multicultural society in this era of globalisation. English has become the Lingua Franca ... -
Language Attitudes & Motivation in Import & Export Employees: An Empirical Analysis
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-11)The purpose of this paper is to provide a statistical analysis of the attitude, the motivation, and the level of anxiety that external and internal commercial agents present in their daily work when using the English ... -
Language Influencing Reality and Reality Influencing Language in George Orwell’s 1984
Universitat Jaume I (2017-10-02)Nineteen Eighty-four (1949) is a book that created a great impression on readers almost seventy years ago as well as it still makes an impact today in new generations. The dystopian world that George Orwell generated seems ... -
Language learning autonomy through the ‘listening’ skill: A comparison between traditional and multimedia listening
Universitat Jaume I (2017-09-26)The following project is a proposition of a study. Due to a lack of time it has not actually been possible to implement it, but the project provides a theoretical support and explains how the study should be carried ... -
Language learning through ICT: Implementing TBLT and Padlet in the EFL classroom
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-14)Throughout the years, the learning of different languages has been considered essential as people need to face the multicultural world we live in. A number of scholars have discussed different language teaching approaches ... -
Language used in web 2.0 communication tools: the case of corporate weblogs
Universitat Jaume I (2014-06)The aim of this article is to analyse the language used in weblogs, which is one of the cybergenres of the Web 2.0 communication that is widely used in many communication contexts, both formal and informal. Some attention ... -
Learning Strategies: A Focus on the Use of Memory Strategies to Learn Archaic English
Universitat Jaume I (2021-06-08)The main goal of the present study was to discover what kind of learning strategies learners use to learn archaic English vocabulary and expressions with a special focus on memory strategies. In order to achieve this ... -
Learning Strategies: A Focus on the Use of Memory Strategies to Learn Archaic English
Universitat Jaume I (2021-06-08)The main goal of the present study was to discover what kind of learning strategies learners use to learn archaic English vocabulary and expressions with a special focus on memory strategies. In order to achieve this ... -
Learning styles: Importance and benefits in second/foreign language learning
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-22)Nowadays there is a growing interest in the processes that influence the learning of a second or foreign language. This current interest is especially reflected in the field of Applied Linguistics, which has an increased ... -
Love and death in Shakespeare
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)This work is focused on the importance of introducing the concepts of love and death in William Shakespeare’s literature. William Shakespeare was, and is still, one of the most influential and well – known writers in the ... -
Madness in Hamlet
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Magic and Supernatural Resources in Medieval Literature: The Case of Beowulf and Le Morte d’Arthur
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-26)This work explores the uses of magic and the supernatural in two masterpieces of medieval literature such as Beowulf and Le Morte d’Arthur . I cover magic from its beginnings in one of the oldest books such as the Bible ... -
Magic realism in Angela Carter's stories: "The Bloody Chamber" and "The Lady of the House of Love"
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-22)The concept of Magic Realism has been an abstract genre since Franz Rho coined the term in 1920, after a group of painters needed it in order to describe their new style of painting. It is interesting to study the different ... -
Marriage and Women Submission: a comparison among Brontës’ main literary works
Universitat Jaume I (2019-10-04)This study is devoted to an analysis in feminism among the main novels of the Brontë sisters: Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte, Wuthering Heights, by Emily and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. Feminism ... -
Medieval drama in English
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)Medieval English Drama contributed significantly to society in medieval times. Even though, drama changed through the years, it reached the point in which it became essential for society. As the church and the clergy ... -
Men and women in discourse: An experiment on gender identification in discourse
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06)Diverse studies on how men and women make use of discourse (Lakoff, 1975; Coates, 1993) have obtained certain features that appear to characterise male and female texts. Nevertheless, it seems difficult to find a system ... -
“Metamorphosis” in metaphor theory today: deliberateness in G.W.Bush´Speeches
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-17)The aim of this paper is to outline the nature of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), the criticism it has received during the last 25 years and possible improvements. For this reason, a general overview of Cognitive ... -
Metaphor in political speeches : an analysis of George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s discourse
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-17)If metaphors can be seen as the perpetual chain that embraces words and meaning, a political speech combines the innate power of language as a means for a calculated purpose. A substantial amount of academic publications ... -
Metaphors in advertising: The case of IBM's "People for Smarter Cities" campaign
Universitat Jaume I (2015-06-23)