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English across the four nations: A ‘home international’ comparison of secondary English curricula in the UK

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Every child across the UK is expected to study English until the age of 16. The subject is understood to be a core and foundational element of pupils' curriculum entitlement across their school lives, and success in English is a key determinant for influencing individuals' future trajectories, and for impacting wider economic and social ...
Rebecca Morris, Wendy Ramku
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Contextual Meaning of Idioms of Animals in Some Selected English Colloquial Utterances

open access: yesالأستاذ, 2019
English is rich of idioms. Learning idioms is considered an integral part of vocabulary learning. Idioms of animals are very popular in everyday English and ESL and EFL learners should encounter them .The problem of this study is due to the fact that ...
Mahmood Atiya Farhan
doaj   +1 more source

Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Studies reporting prevalence estimates of eating disorders in Southern Africa are scarce. To fill this gap, the present Research Forum reviews existing literature on the prevalence of eating disorders, including as assessed by clinical interviews, screeners, and self‐reported behaviors, among individuals in Southern Africa.
Bernou Melisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Day‐Patient Treatment on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Persons With Bulimia Nervosa: A Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Outpatient treatment for bulimia nervosa (BN) often fails to reduce core symptoms like binge eating and purging, while inpatient care is costly and separates patients from their everyday environment. Day‐patient treatment offers a middle ground by providing intensive daytime therapy with the opportunity to apply skills at home.
Anna L. Dieffenbacher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching English idioms of happiness and sadness through conceptual metaphors in Vietnamese context

open access: yesHo Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, 2017
Idioms have long been regarded as a big challenge for EFL learners. With recent developments in cognitive linguistics, the method of teaching idioms has shifted from rote learning to raising the learner’s awareness of conceptual metaphors (CM).
Pham Thai Bao Ngoc
doaj  

The Impact of Context on the learning and Retention of Idioms [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of context on learning idioms among 60 Iranian female advanced English learners. To this end, the researcher assigned the participants to two experimental groups and one control group: Group ...
Simin Valizadeh, Saeideh Ahangari
doaj  

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

Semantics of Idioms Containing Names of Body Parts in English, Slovak, and Hungarian (A Comparative Study) [PDF]

open access: yesActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica
The main objective of the paper is to study idioms containing names of body parts in the English, Slovak, and Hungarian languages The traits of the selected idioms are investigated in terms of semantics The research sample, which includes fifty idioms
Marta Lacková, Brigita Bernáthová
doaj   +1 more source

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