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Teaching English as a foreign language in Spanish secondary schools: The value of literature
(University of Waikato, 2013)
Although it is generally accepted that literature plays a critical role in
our lives by helping us reflect on ourselves and the world, still it is one the most
underrated subjects of study in schools, especially when it ...
Uses and functions of conceptual metaphor in pedagogical meditation discourse
(Universidad de Alicante, 2022)
La metáfora conceptual es un potente facilitador de la comunicación de eventos internos y experiencias en primera persona en contextos de instrucción de mindfulness y meditación. Estudios previos sobre el discurso de la ...
PechaKucha Presentations to Develop Multimodal Communicative Competence in ESP and EMI Live Online Lectures: A Team-Teaching Proposal
(CALL-EJ, 2021-04-05)
With the Covid-19 outbreak, many universities worldwide have been forced to undertake some changes to continue with the academic commitment, giving rise to a range of
adaptations that pivoted around online teaching delivery ...
Towards developing multimodal literacies in the ESP classroom: methodological insights and practical applications
(De Gruyter, 2021)
In this article, we provide an introduction to this special issue of Multimodal Communication
entitled “Multimodal approaches in ESP: Innovative research and practice”. The Special Issue showcases
innovative research ...
Pedagogical Potential of Online Dictionaries in Metaphor and Idiom Language Instruction
(International Association of Online Engineering, 2022-11-15)
Metaphors are an intrinsic part of thought and language that allow us to construe a cognitive domain in terms of another domain. Metaphors are especially relevant to the study of idioms, inasmuch as idioms are commonly ...
Mitigating e-mail requests in teenagers’ first and second language academic cyber-consultation
(De Gruyter, 2013)
The study analyses teenagers’ e-mail requests during academic cyber-consultation, exploring how the performance of request modifiers is influenced by participants’ perceptions of the degree of imposition of the speech act ...
Affordances and constraints on research publication: A comparative study of the language choices of Spanish historians and psychologists
(2015-06-16)
Research publication in the international arena, is crucial for multilingual scholars in most disciplinary areas. For many, among them Spanish scholars, it still represents a considerable hurdle. The findings we report ...
Pronunciation and Comprehension of Oral English in the English as a Foreign Language Class: Key Aspects, Students’ Perceptions and Proposals*
(Academy Publisher, 2014-03)
Traditionally, little attention has been paid to learners’ perceptions of pronunciation and comprehension instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. This study is aimed at putting forward a series of ...
A Practical Corpus-based Approach to Teaching English for Tourism
(Australian International Academic Centre, 2014-01)
The benefits derived from the use of corpora in the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) class seem out of question
nowadays despite being a challenging task both for teachers and learners. Learning through a corpus-based ...
English for specific purposes in spanish higher education settings: a diagnostic focus on students‟ preliminary language awareness, attitudes and expectations
(Academy Publisher, 2012)
The present study tries to illustrate and analyse the initial or preliminary level of ‘ESP awareness’
that Spanish students from different scientific degrees have when first joining an ESP course. It also seeks to
examine ...