Efl Pedagogy

Metaphor research has always been conducted with various purposes in mind, among which the diachronic analysis of metaphor variation in discourse is outstanding. The current work followed a qualitative research mould to analyze the use of conceptual metaphors within the two novels Persuasion and The Fault in Our Stars, belonging to 19th and 21st centuries, respectively. To this end, a framework of common source and target domains proposed by Zoltán Kövecses was adopted. The analysis was conducted using the Metaphor Identification Procedure, a reliable method for marking metaphorically used words (Pragglejaz Group, 2007). The majority of the identified source and target domains in the two samples were identical, supporting the common domains in the framework, although some novel domains were also identified. With the support found for these common source and target domains and their being expected to repeat prominently in different advanced literary and semi-literary genres, the present analysis resonates with important implications for upper-intermediate and advanced EFL pedagogy, as well as teachers and syllabus designers, when literature-text, as part and parcel of the upper-intermediate EFL context, is introduced to the classroom.

It is the teachers, their personal beliefs and principles, who largely determine the success of a language program. The teacher orientation process can play a crucial role in influencing their attitudes towards the program as well as increasing teacher performance. The orientation meeting is the first point of in- duction serving to clarify goals, anticipate problems and identify both resources and support networks. This action research study focuses on the process of familiarizing teachers in a new English as a Lingua Franca Program. The writers discuss how their orientation meeting was conducted and how it might be improved. Data from a postorientation survey, logs of teacher access to a learning management system, email correspondence with teachers, and an end- of-semester questionnaire are shared.

外国語教育において、個々の信念や理念を持ち合わせた教員こそが、そのプログラムを成功へ導くかどうかの鍵を握ってい る。その教員のパフォーマンスを最大限に生かすために、教員のオリエンテーションが果たす役割というのは重要である。まずプログラムの目的を明確にすること、考えうる問題を予め確認し、リソース・サポー ト体制を明示しておくことなどが求められる。本稿は、教員が新設されたELFプログ ラムに携わっていく過程を調査した実践的研究(アクション・リサーチ)である。教員 の為のオリエンテーションがどのように実施されたのか、改善点はどこかという点に 関して、アンケート結果、学習管理システム活用の記録、Eメールの内容分析、学期末 評価からのデータを基に検証する。