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Download full textArif, Mahmoud; Abdullah, Imran Ho – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The major goal of this research is to investigate learners' metaphorical comprehension in L1 and its effect on the metaphorical comprehension in L2 by Iraqi EFL learners at secondary school. In which, they encounter difficulties understanding English texts and lectures, primarily when metaphor is included, which leads to the misunderstanding of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Figurative Language, Semitic Languages, Proverbs
Setayesh, Mahnam; Marzban, Amin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study primarily aimed at investigating the effect of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on development of the Iranian EFL learners' ESP Reading Comprehension Skills. Moreover, it was aimed at investigating the probable difference between the TBLT-instructed students of Law and Mechanical Engineering with respect to their ESP reading…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Statistical Analysis
Direct linkCarless, David – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
Task-based teaching has a high profile within contemporary ELT, yet there are few analyses of the appropriateness of task-based approaches for school contexts. This paper aims to analyse the suitability of task-based teaching for Hong Kong secondary schools; and to derive some suggestions for the development of a version of task-based approaches…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Grammar, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
