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García-Carmona, Antonio – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
This article presents a study focused on analysing the effectiveness of an activity about the use of analogies in science communication. The activity consisted of reading two science articles published in a prestigious digital newspaper about the first image of a black hole. The purpose was (i) to identify and analyse the analogies used in the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Content Analysis
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Li, Zhengjie; Liontas, John I. – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Social networking service platforms and social media have generated a significant amount of discussion and debate regarding their use in second or foreign language learning. However, leveraging digital tools with pedagogical constructs to enhance accessibility and engagement in teaching and learning English idiomatics has not received equal…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chilvers, Lucy; Fox, Alice; Bennett, Sarah – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Mechanisms for listening and responding to students need to offer space for diverse voices and meaningful dialogue for greater student-staff partnership. This study explores the beneficial impacts and challenges of using creative pedagogical methods to support rich dialogue for module evaluation. A variety of evaluation activities were embedded…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Teacher Attitudes
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Tran, Huong Quynh – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated the situation of teaching and learning idioms at a university level in Vietnam, a foreign language context. It also examined the evaluation of the idiom teaching process in three language classes over a 15-week period for pre-service teachers of English. The data were collected though questionnaires, in-depth interviews and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
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Swann, Joan – Language and Education, 2007
This paper analyses data from a curriculum intervention project designed to introduce new forms of discussion, seen as educationally effective, into the primary classroom. While the introduction of talk as an aid to learning is premised on a social approach to learning, such interventions are often evaluated in terms of cognitive benefits and…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Intervention, Student Attitudes, Learning Activities