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Alsoraihi, Maha H. – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Princess Reema Bint Bander Al-Saud is a Saudi woman leader who is nowadays serving as the Saudi ambassador to the United States of America. She has been serving passionately and effectively in both the public and private sectors of Saudi Arabia, setting a perfect example of Saudi women's empowerment in different fields. This paper gives a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Administrators, Females, Empowerment
Liu, Donghong; Huang, Jing – SAGE Open, 2021
Recent scholarship on Chinese students' English expository essays tends to blur or mitigate the differences between English and Chinese writings. This alleged convergence of English and Chinese rhetorical norms gives rise to a view that rhetorical aspects in second language writing instruction and research in China should be de-emphasized. Drawing…
Descriptors: Essays, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Wormeli, Rick – Stenhouse Publishers, 2009
Metaphors and analogies are more than figurative language suitable only for English classes and standardized test questions. They are "power tools" that can electrify learning in every subject and at all grade levels. Metaphors show students how to make connections between the concrete and the abstract, prior knowledge and unfamiliar concepts, and…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Instruction, Rhetoric, Mathematical Models