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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cross-cultural interpretation of filmic metaphors: A think-aloud experiment
(De Gruyter, 2020-10-06)
The purpose of this study is to investigate how viewers who speak different languages interpret cinematographic metaphors in a filmic advertisement. The study is organized in three parts: First, we offer a theoretical model ...
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 ...
Reseña del libro "New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography" de Isabel Balteiro (ed.)
(Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE), 2012)
The book New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography,
edited by Isabel Balteiro, is a collection of eleven relevant contributions
aimed at analysing English and EsP lexicology and lexicography and ...
A comprehensive corpus-based study of the use of evaluative adjectives in promotional hotel websites
(Universidad de Almería, 2011)
The purpose of this paper is to analyse and, if necessary, qualify the high incidence of evaluative adjectives presumably to be expected in promotional hotel websites. Thus, the aim of the study is to understand the role ...
Corpus exploitation for terminological purposes: a proposed term extraction process for bilingual specialised dictionary elaboration
(Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada, 2011)
The method and outcomes described in this research are part of a wider project aimed at creating a specialised, bilingual dictionary on industrial ceramics. One of the key stages in the elaboration of such a work is the ...
Lexicografía especializada y lenguajes de especialidad: fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos para la elaboración de diccionarios especializados
(Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL), 2012-06)
En el presente artículo se pretende mostrar de forma progresiva
y secuencial pero integrada una aproximación teórico-práctica
al desarrollo de diccionarios especializados desde un enfoque
activo, centrado en el usuario ...
The generation of active entries in a specialised, bilingual, corpus-based dictionary of the ceramics industry: what to include, why and how
(Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 2009)
The generation of useful dictionary entries is a complex task since it is normally complicated to decide what to include, and how to include it. Accordingly, this research presents as its main goal to show how “active ...