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Karatay, Halit; Kartallioglu, Nurettin; Zorpuzan, Sena Sapmaz; Tezel, Kadir Vefa – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
In this study, the effects of the conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) on the teaching of orientation idioms was investigated. The study was designed as an action research project and was conducted with 45 B2 level students from 21 countries who were native speakers of 10 different languages. The students were learning Turkish to pursue the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Turkish, Undergraduate Students, Language Usage
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Wilkerson, Carol – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
Contemporary best practices in the profession encourage teaching as much as possible in the target language, but when university faculty were observed teaching Spanish, the majority spoke English during instruction and many engaged in frequent code switching (alternations) between English and Spanish. Findings indicate that instructors used…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Code Switching (Language), English, Native Speakers