Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos: Recent submissions
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Using metaphor to explore the organizational patterns of expository writing
Writing is a complex and multifaceted task that presents many challenges, especially when writing in a foreign language. Recent studies have shown that writers and readers benefit from explicit knowledge of text genres and ...
How do differences in exposure affect English language learning? A comparison of teenagers in two learning environments
This study investigates whether potential differences in the weight of out-ofschool and in-school learning environments affect the acquisition of L2 English by teenagers in two geographical contexts, more and less English-rich, ...
The development of receptive language skills from captioned-video viewing in primary school EFL learners
The evidence obtained to date supports the use of captioned videos for L2 learning purposes, such as vocabulary acquisition and the development of L2 listening skills. However, little research has been conducted with primary ...
Sobre la recepción hispánica de Leopardi: la relectura de un clásico en las publicaciones periódicas catalanas de la primera mitad del siglo XX
En esta comunicación abordamos un capítulo poco estudiado de la recepción de Leopardi en ámbito hispánico: la traducción fragmentaria de su obra, que apareció publicada en las publicaciones periódicas catalanas de la primera ...
Vocabulary learning at primary school: comparing EFL and CLIL
Comparative studies on CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) often show an advantage in favor of CLIL vs. non-CLIL students. However, oftentimes studies are difficult to interpret because the hours of instruction ...
Using online databases in the linguistics classroom: dealing with clause patterns
[eng] In recent years, a corpus-driven approach to the analysis of language and the appropriateness of applying new technologies in language pedagogy have gained considerable attention. The integration of corpus applications ...
Paral lelismes lèxics en aragonès xistaví i català: préstec o fenomen de contínuum?
A part de l"ús del pretèrit perifràstic, format amb el verb ir + infinitiu (xistaví) o anar + infinitiu (català), els paral lelismes més interessants entre el xistaví i el català són de tipus lèxic. Tanmateix, sovint no ...
Una bibliografia per a Jordi Sarsanedas
Tot treball bibliogràfic dedicat a un autor viu i en fase de plena producció es mereix d'entrada l'etiqueta d'incomplet. A més a més, no dubto que, malgrat els esforços que hi he esmerçat i la col·laboració del mateix ...
Review of Rewriting Terror: The 9/11 Terrorists in American Fiction (Juanjo Bermúdez de Castro, 2012)
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many authors of fiction, filmmakers, journalists, public figures and scholars have attempted to narrate, recreate, explain, reflect on, and theorize about the ...
Visions perifèriques i angles morts. La producció poètica dels cossos a través de la mirada: Raquel Santanera, Maria Sevilla i Pol Guasch
[cat] Aquest article presenta la relació entre la mirada i la corporalitat en les obres de tres poetes en llengua catalana del segle XXI. El text se centra en els vincles amb els afectes, el paper de les xarxes socials i ...
Novela negra ou hibridación do xénero?: A cara máis íntima do mal en Todo é silencio de Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas' contribution to crime fiction analyzes drug trafficking and the social and political corruption associated with it from a peculiarly intimate perspective. The justification for the fluctuation in the novel ...
Lexical Crosslinguistic Influence and Study Abroad: Do Learners Use L1-Based Resources Less?
Research in Crosslinguistic Influence (CLI) has traditionally addressed two broad types of lexical CLI transfer of form and transfer of meaning (Ringbom 1987) which were reconceptualized by Jarvis (2009) as lexemic and ...
Wor(l)ds from Home and Beyond.
[eng] At Blue Gum, this somewhat eccentric electronic annual, highly cherished by the CEAT team and hopefully also by its friends and readers, we are including two dossiers this year. In one of them we are delighted to ...
Les versions catalanes de la 'vida de santa caterina de siena'. Notes sobre el text i el paratext
S'analitzen les traduccions catalanes de la Vida de Caterina de Siena, amb especial atenció les dedicatòries i pròlegs de les diferents versions per tal de valorar la importància de la seva recepció en català. La vida de ...
L'evolució de la traducció a Catalunya al segle XX. Sobre la poesia italiana en versió catalana
En l'àmbit de la filologia, ha anat adquirint cada cop més importància l'anàlisi de les traduccions literàries, i aquesta especialització que abraça un arc d'aproximacions diverses a les obres, que van de la recepció a ...
Joan Maragall: creació, traducció i reescriptura
What is the role of translation in Maragall's work? If his first goal was to bestow cultural support to Catalan literature with the addition of the European authors of Modernism, the second stage of the Catalan poet's ...
'Only Sow Words': Cheran's A Second Sunrise as Postcolonial Autobiography
[eng] The article discusses the poetry anthology A Second Sunrise (2012) by exiled Tamil poet Cheran as a form of postcolonial autobiography. The anthology arguably constitutes a narrative of the poet’s own life, reading ...
The effectiveness of classroom instruction 'at home' vs study abroad for learners of English as a foreign language attending primary, secondary school and university
Given the growing importance of English as a lingua franca, this study examines which context (classroom instruction in the students' home country vs. studying abroad in an English-speaking country) better facilitates the ...
