PE15 : Enhancing Iranian EFL learners' Figurative Competence Through the Use of Technology
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Industrial Engineering & Management > MSc > 2017
Authors:
Zeinab Ghodratinia [Author], Fatemeh Mozaffari[Supervisor]
Abstarct: Having studied English for many years, lots of EFL learners may not achieve their favorite achievement. They are unable to get the meaning of the message in many cases such as story reading, watching movies, speaking to native speakers, etc. This study concentrates on teaching figurative language to Iranian EFL learners through the use of technology and aims at studying the effect of inserting technological devices into figurative classes. The figurative language was narrowed down to idioms and mextaphors and technological devices included learners' Android phones, a video projector and teacher's laptop computer were other devices included in this study. Among 80 learners of Shahrood University of Technology FLC (Foreign language Community), 50 participants were selected randomly. Next, through random selection, they were divided into experimental and control group. First a teacher-made figurative language familiarity test was held to choose the content of the class. Afterward, a pretest on figurative language with the reliability of 0.70 was held. The results revealed that inserting technology in figurative classes, positively affects learners' figurative competence.
Keywords:
#Figurative Competence; Technology; EFL; Figurative languag Link
Keeping place: Central Library of Shahrood University
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