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Parodic metafiction : an approach to self-reflexive fiction in two works by John Barth
(2015)
The present study aims at elaborating on the connection between two concepts in
the field of literary studies, namely metafiction and parody, alongside other related
notions, such as the function of irony as a rhetorical ...
Ecotranslation : a journey into the Wild through the Road Less Travelled
(2015)
How and when are ecological values born? Which is the human perspective of the natural world and how is this conveyed through language? How are current environmental issues represented and subsequently transmitted through ...
Self-monitoring based on agreed-on assessment criteria in EFL writing
(2015)
Learner autonomy has become a very important aspect of English Language Teaching and, as a result, the relevance of language learning strategy training to foster learners' autonomous behaviour is now widely acknowledged. ...
Representaciones patriarcales presentes en los siglos XIX y XXI : la perpetuidad del sistema patriarcal
(2014)
The cinema is an important part of people’s everyday lives, and it contributes to influence our perception of the world and of ourselves as subjects. A vast amount of research has been made on gender representations in the ...
The expression of motion in English and Spanish narratives: how systemic functional linguistics can enrich the findings of cognitive linguistics
(2018)
One of the most noticeable aspects in which English and Spanish are typologically different is the way in which they construe meanings of motion, especially when there is a trajectory implied. While English lexicalizes ...
Workshops to help foreign language learners of English develop effective reading strategies
(2017)
The final objective of this study is to evaluate whether reading sessions for university learners of English as a foreign language help students become critical and effective readers of particular genres used in foreign ...
Affective factors in the teaching and learning of English at Argentinean secondary schools
(2020)
The present dissertation has been conceived from the recognition of the impact that
affective factors (emotions and beliefs among them) have on teachers and students in their
processes of teaching and learning a foreign ...
Constructing the Scientific Dialogue in Mathematics: The Search of an Equilibrium between Words and Symbols in Game Theory Research Articles
(2021)
Most scientific communication is conducted in English, which may be a difficult task and a source of
obstacles for researchers whose primary language is not English (Bitchenera & Basturkmen, 2006;
Borlogan, 2009; Duff, ...
Rites of passage from a gender perspective in Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
(2015)
As readers, every time we take a book in our hands, we sink into an act of reading that invites us to think about what the text suggests but remains uncovered. Sometimes, those hidden messages make us reflect upon the links ...
Designing authentic activities for a university course : an eclectic approach
(2017)
The design of authentic activities is a central element of most current approaches to language teaching. This paper aims at showing how we have designed authentic activities for English Language I students at the School ...