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Pitcher, Rod – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In this paper, I report my investigation of the use of metaphors in teaching theory in electronic engineering. I give a description of the nature of metaphors, how they are used in teaching the theory and some of the problems that might arise in the process. I investigate how some people react to the metaphors and how others forget the metaphors…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Electronics
Pang, Lan-Sze – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the emotional expression in the narration of autobiographical stories of Chinese international students in their respective languages (i.e., Mandarin and English). It addressed the methodological limitations of previous research on bilinguals' emotional expression and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Interviews, Memory, Foreign Countries