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Download full textDanisman, Sahin; Tosuntas, Sule Betül – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2020
The aim of this study is to reveal the metaphoric perceptions of academicians and graduate students about curriculum, curriculum evaluation, curriculum evaluator and curriculum evaluation standards. The data were gathered through the participants' answers for the sentence "I think the curriculum (etc.) is like …; because…". According to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Figurative Language, Teacher Attitudes
Exploring the Effects of Imitating Hand Gestures and Head Nods on L1 and L2 Mandarin Tone Production
Direct linkZheng, Annie; Hirata, Yukari; Kelly, Spencer D. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: This study investigated the impact of metaphoric actions--head nods and hand gestures--in producing Mandarin tones for first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers. Method: In 2 experiments, participants imitated videos of Mandarin tones produced under 3 conditions: (a) speech alone, (b) speech + head nods, and (c) speech + hand…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers, Figurative Language
Bessette, Harriet J.; Paris, Nita A. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
In this study, teachers explored their professional identities by reflecting on their teaching role(s) and contexts through elicitation of textual (written) metaphors and visual (drawn) metaphors of teaching. Participants created impromptu drawings emblematic of their conceptualized metaphor. Analysis of participants' written metaphors and…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Teacher Attitudes, Reflection, Teaching Methods
Simanjuntak, Faido – Online Submission, 2019
This study is a descriptive-qualitative study with an embedded-case study research design. The purpose of the study is to describe the quality of the translation on the accuracy in content, acceptability, and readability of translated text of English Idioms Errors Made by Jordanian EFL, Undergraduate Students abstract. The data of the research is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Ahrari, Ramin; Jamali, Ramineh – Cogent Education, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of using collaborative translation tasks (CTTs) for teaching figurative language. The study also sought to explore the perceptions of the learners toward the efficacy of CTTs for learning figurative language through conducting interviews. The participants of the study included 60 English as a…
Descriptors: Translation, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Ramonda, Kris – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Teacher beliefs are an important area of inquiry because research has found that these beliefs are often diverse (Breen et al., 2001) and strongly impact classroom practices (Borg, 1998, 2003; Burns, 1992; Farrell & Bennis, 2013). Therefore, uninformed teacher beliefs could be to the detriment of the L2 learner. Despite the fact that knowledge…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
