Originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies, this volume demonstrates the ways in which sound considerations can significantly contribute to educational foundations. Regardless of their origin or interpretation, sounds are theoretically and practically foundational to educational experiences. As the means through which…

Because idioms are omnipresent in the authentic language students are exposed to, to successfully comprehend and produce natural language, learners of a second or foreign language need to possess a good knowledge of idioms and competence in idiom use. This paper examines the approaches to teaching and learning idioms. A discussion of the…

Relates the experience of hearing what sounds can achieve to echo, enforce, and enrich meaning in the teaching of poetry. (HOD)

Argues that the use of poetry forms in the teaching of poetry helps students express themselves, complete a set form according to principles, practice precision of thought and language, and appreciate the use of imagery. (HOD)

The transformation from grammar to literature can be difficult for college foreign language students because of the introduction of figurative language inherent in the study of literature. Article presents classroom techniques for introducing figurative language and literary analysis in classroom. (BK)

Suggests approaches to the teaching of figures of speech. (DD)

Discusses the critical role vocabulary knowledge plays in metaphorical processing and gives teaching suggestions on dealing with metaphors and similes. (FL)

Matching contemporary rhetorical concepts with classical rhetorical figures of speech can help students improve their persuasive business communication skills. (RL)

Uses poetry and skeletal outlines of similes to stimulate students' use of imagery in their feature writing. (HTH)

Describes an audiovisual package designed to teach the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" to community college students. (MKM)

Specific guidelines are offered for implementing figurative language activities into a language intervention program. The guidelines emphasize prerequisite skills, goal sequencing, facilitation of comprehension, and aids to interpretation. A table describes figurative language forms and their use in children of varying developmental ages. (JDD)

This article argues for the adoption of complicated approaches by management educators. The argument rests on the position that if uncertainty and ambiguity are inherent to management, particularly in view of the profound changes that have occurred during recent years in the competitive environments of organizations, there is the need to develop…

Suggests a series of exercises designed to help students see the value of concrete writing, to help give new life to metaphors, and to encourage concrete evaluations of abstractions. (TJ)

A method is presented for helping children who are deaf to comprehend idiomatic expressions. The teaching method involves introducing the idiom, providing examples of proper usage, requiring students to give back examples for the idiom, evaluating comprehension of the idiom, and subsequently reinforcing learning through completion of a worksheet.…

Offers an explanation of metaphor comprehension and the processes of comparison it entails. Describes a strategy that focuses on the processes of comparison, intended for regular students in junior high school or gifted middle school students. Presents segments of an actual lesson illustrating the strategy. (JK)