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Multilingualism: A focus on children
(Universitat Jaume I, 2016-06-14)
Multilingualism is a growing phenomenon of importance due to the development of
globalisation during the centuries, provoking that many languages are exposed to people in
today’s different communities. Therefore, this ...
A corpus-based study of visual metaphors in anti-smoking advertisements
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017)
This paper aims to investigate the role of visual metaphors in antismoking
advertisements. With this purpose in mind, a corpus of 27 printed
advertisements extracted, mainly, from Internet, has been compiled. The
study ...
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 ...
The role of languages in the affective connections of bilingual families: A mother’s perspective
(Universitat Jaume I, 2020-06-04)
Swain (1972) proposed that bilingualism is the new first language for those children who, when born, acquire two languages simultaneously, due to the fact that they are part of a bilingual family. At present, these types ...
Implementation of Task-based Language Teaching: enhancing students’ motivation in learning English as a Foreign Language
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-08)
The process of globalization is nowadays spreading faster. Consequently, countries arenow more connected between them, and the need for a common language for communication appears.Nowadays, the language ...
FEAR OF DEATH: POE’S “THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-09)
The Covid-19 pandemic represents one of the most difficult situations humanity has faced in
modern times, although it is not the only pandemic human beings have experienced. In order
to confront this medical and social ...
Translanguaging as a new trend in multilingual education
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-08)
Traditionally, teaching and learning languages have been carried out from a monolingual
perspective. The past methods of the 20th century focused on the language itself instead of the
learners and their needs. That is ...
Symbolism in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-11)
The aim of this paper is to present an interpretative analysis of the imagery and symbolism in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. This analysis has been undertaken from a feminist perspective while always taking the reader ...
Age-Related Differences in Language Learning
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-12)
Learning a language is not an easy task, and age plays a
fundamental role when engaging the process of learning. This topic has
turned to be very controversial over the last decades, since there is the
belief that ...
Information and communication technologies for students with special needs
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-07)
Currently, teachers should deal with a large variety of students since not all of them present the same level of learning. A significant percentage of students suffer from any disability which limits their learning capacity. ...