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Tabley Amos, Ngoge; Hermilinda Abas, Imelda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The present study aims at investigating idiom comprehension through multimodal teaching approach among Zanzibar University students. The participants of the study were 120 male and female students and selected randomly. All of the students speak Swahili as their first language. The participants enrolled in a 3-year English program at the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Özcan, Mehmet Fatih – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the pre-service teachers' perceptions related to teacher/Turkish language teacher concepts through metaphors. The study group consists of first and fourth grade undergraduate students from Department of Turkish Language Teaching of Faculty of Education of Agri province and graduate students from Turkish…
Descriptors: Turkish, Figurative Language, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Sudajit-apa, Melada – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This study examines how the Home for Children with Disabilities and disability identities were construed by Thai undergraduates in their website project through an analysis of metaphors. Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) was the framework for analyzing the use of metaphors and the participants' enactment of identity and social representation. The…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Disability Identification, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Demir, Yusuf – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This meta-summary set out to provide an overarching comprehension of the metaphorical conceptualizations with regard to Turkish EFL teachers' roles. Following the searches in a large number of international and national databases, and the setting of specific criteria for inclusion, eight research papers remained for investigation. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Yilmaz, Isa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the language skills of the international students attending different Turkish language centers are sufficient to understand their departmental courses. The research was carried out through focus group interviews which are among the qualitative data collection techniques. For this purpose, 14…
Descriptors: Turkish, Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Murray Bettina P. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Urban college students (n=179) from diverse cultural backgrounds and regions received instruction in the writing of short narratives, or allegories, to express generalizations about human behavior. At the beginning of the three-month semester students were given samples of allegories concluding with a lesson and then were asked to create an…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Urban Areas, College Students, Student Diversity