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ERIC Number: EJ647304
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-1688
Metaphorical Conceptualizations of ESL Teaching and Learning.
de Guerrero, Maria C. M.; Villamil, Olga S.
Language Teaching Research, v6 n2 p95-120 May 2002
Within a socio-cultural theory approach, explored the basic conceptualizations of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching and learning reflected in metaphorical representations of an ESL teacher. Nine distinct conceptual metaphors for an ESL teacher with entailed views of the ESL learner and the teaching and learning processes emerged. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Language Teachers, Metaphors, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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