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The Effects of Electronic Glosses on EFL Learners’ Noticing and Retention of Idioms in Reading
Idioms abound in both spoken and written English, yet they present a particularly thorny problem in foreign language learning. One of the reasons for...
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A thematic corpus-based study of idioms in the Corpus of Contemporary American English
The traditional approach to presenting idioms relies mainly on teachers’ or materials writers’ judgement, one-by-one and quite incidentally; and the...
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Towards Gulf Emirati Dialect Corpus from Social Media
Purpose: This paper discusses the need for a corpus of Emirati traditional phrases and idioms in natural language processing (NLP) for the Gulf...
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Maintenance of an Iranian Identity through Oral Culture and the Shahnameh: “The Shame Is Not In Asking, Shame Is In Not Knowing”
This chapter examines the rich history of oral culture in Iranian culture and traditions through sharing of folklore stories, poetry, proverbs, and...
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Ubiquitous English Idiom Learning Through Mobile Applications: Learning Outcomes, Motivation, Anxiety, and Behavioral Patterns
The knowledge of English idioms is essential for advanced English learning and application, particularly for English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL)...
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Gesturing in plain sight: dialogical enactments of sustainable futures as being and doing in the world
Addressing the critical question posed by Gudrun Jonsdottir and Anne Kristine Byhring who are asking what place for a common future in the science...
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The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Remembering, Documenting, and Revitalizing Oral Teachings
This chapter discusses the importance of oral culture in education from theorizing to its applications in local communities and via daily...
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Personalizing Flipped Instruction to Enhance EFL Learners’ Idiomatic Knowledge and Oral Proficiency
Personalized learning transforms learners from passive receivers of information to active learners in the learning process, because it transforms the...
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Personalizing Flipped Instruction to Enhance EFL Learners’ Idiomatic Knowledge and Oral Proficiency
Personalized learning transforms learners from passive receivers of information to active learners in the learning process, because it transforms the...
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The Power of Oral Culture in Education Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales
This volume explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories that transcend time, space, and boundaries transmitted...
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Phrases and Words
Mark Twain says, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between ‘the lightning’ and ‘the lightning bug’.”...
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Change and Exchange in Global Education Learning with Chinese Stories of Interculturality
This unique book starts from the premise that students, scholars, and educators should be given access to a form of global education that is...
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Exploring Iranian EFL Teachers’ Cognition, Attitude, and Practice in Teaching Intercultural Issues
Develo** intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is an important part of learning a foreign language, even though some second/foreign language...
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Teaching and Learning from Our Elder’s Feet: Decolonizing Education Through Embu Proverbs
This chapter is based on the cultural roots of Embu people and how elders within their society are teachers and custodians of the Embu community. The...
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Phraseological competence in IELTS academic writing task 2: phraseological units and test-takers’ perceptions and use
This study intended to explore the different types of phraseological units in IELTS academic writing task 2 and probe into the IELTS candidates’...
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Health literacy competency requirements for health professionals: a Delphi consensus study in Taiwan
BackgroundCumulative evidence supports the importance of health literacy in determining the quality of healthcare delivery and outcomes. To enhance...
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Teaching Vocabulary with Cognition in Mind
Approaches Vocabulary . This chapter develops the concepts of metaphor and metonymy. We learn by making associations, of how things look, what their...
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Examining the paradoxes children experience in language and literacy learning
Paradoxes are particularly problematic in literacy as they often complicate learning. However, identifying and examining them can also tell us...
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No cow on the ice: a tail of word games
In this editorial, the editors raise the issues of language games in the field of health profession education and examines the implications of...
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Which Potential Linguistic Challenges do Pre-Service Teachers Identify in a Mathematical Expository Text?
Language is a crucial aspect of mathematical thinking and learning, and it is therefore essential for teachers to be equipped with the skills...
