The ability to comprehend and produce phrasal verbs, as lexical chunks or groups of words which are commonly found together, is an important part of language learning. This study investigates the effect of ‘conceptual metaphor awareness’, as a newly developed technique in Cognitive Linguistics, on learning phrasal verbs by Iranian intermediate EFL learners. To meet this objective, two intact ho...

Abstract Novice translation graduates are often found to be slow translators. The fact that this deficiency is usually rectified through professional experience implies initial performance issues the outcome of a complex interplay factors, which do not involve intrinsic abilities. Based on insights from cognitively oriented research students’ beliefs about language learning and impact these hav...

Despite robust evidence of effectiveness, many teachers struggle to implement research-based recommendations reading instruction into everyday practice. This study examined naturally occurring text-based in 237 lower secondary language arts lessons 62 different classrooms from Norway and Sweden. Using both quantitative qualitative approaches, we found that explicit strategy cognitively challeng...

Keywords: Boredom Coping Experience sampling Traits States The present study explored students' use of boredom-related coping stra tegies at trait and state levels. Two trait-based dimensions of coping relevant to boredom were considered. namely approach-versus avoidance-oriented and cognitively-versus behaviorally-oriented coping strategies. The two dimensions were assessed in a self-report qu...

background: there are conficting reports regarding the association between coronary artery disease (cad) and mild cognitive  impairment (mci). volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (mri) investigations have been considered as an objective biomarker for  mci. in this study, we determined the relationship between the regional brain volumes and the extent of cad in mci patients and  cognitively no...

Regarding the education of deaf students (in Brazil), three conditions have to be met in order to bring qualitative reasoning (QR) models into the classroom: (a) a bilingual education should be provided, the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) being the first and Portuguese the second language; (b) in the absence of scientific vocabulary in LIBRAS, it has to be created; (c) given the aural impairm...

Objectives: The Neuro-occupation model has been referenced as the single occupational therapy conceptual framework that considers the interaction of three underpinning variables of Intention, Meaning, and Perception that explains how occupational performance is shaped. To date, studies have focused on the qualitative relationships between the variables. Quantitative studies that focus on the re...

To succeed in the current business environment, organizations need to be innovative, flexible and faster in the face of uncertainty, complexity and change. As the perspective has moved from products to services, enterprises have componentized their structures to operate in the newly emerging collaborative ecosystems. Service-oriented information technology approaches have proven to be well suit...

Regarding the education of deaf students (in Brazil), three conditions have to be met in order to bring qualitative reasoning (QR) models into the classroom: (a) a bilingual education should be provided, the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) being the first and Portuguese the second language; (b) in the absence of scientific vocabulary in LIBRAS, it has to be created; (c) given the aural impairm...

This overview paper defends an augmented cognitively oriented generic-design hypothesis: there are both significant similarities between the design activities implemented in different situations and crucial differences between these and other cognitive activities; yet, characteristics of a design situation (related to the design process, the designers, and the artefact) introduce specificities ...