How to make yourself understood by international students: The role of metaphor in academic tutorials

This paper reports on an oral interactions between lecturers and international students.

Jeannette Littlemore, Fiona MacArthur, Alan Cienki and Joseph Holloway 
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of international students studying at British universities.   

This paper reports on a study of oral interactions between lecturers and international students studying at a British university and a Spanish one.

Metaphors and gestures were identified as being used successfully and less successfully in different exchanges. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations for making the most of the potential metaphor has to offer in academic tutorials.

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