Internalization and Production of Metaphorical Expressions with EFL Students
Open Access
- 1 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Romanian Journal of English Studies
- Vol. 10 (1), 135-144
- https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0011
Abstract
The paper presents the results of qualitative research with 20 EFL students, who were exposed to structured metaphorical input for one academic year. It will be demonstrated how metaphorical expressions covered in classes are used spontaneously by students in writing tasks some time after they had been introduced and practiced, which is clear evidence of internalization that surfaces during production.Keywords
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