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Download full textZhao, Qian; Yu, Liang; Yang, Yanqing – English Language Teaching, 2014
Metaphoric competence is an essential part of language concept fluency and communicative competence. Since metaphor is pervasive in language, when Chinese second language (L2) learners are engaged in reading process, one of the barriers to influence their comprehension is metaphor. This paper aims to empirically investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Figurative Language, Reading Skills, Correlation
El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam – English Language Teaching, 2015
In recent years, a number of studies have attempted to assess the English vocabulary knowledge of high-school students and undergraduate university students in contexts where English is a foreign language (EFL). The present paper explores the lexical development of Arab undergraduates at a Saudi University where EFL is the medium of instruction.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Vocabulary, Second Language Learning
