Staging the introduction of figurative extensions of familiar vocabulary items in efl: Some preliminary considerations
In natural contexts, children are exposed to the many senses of highly polysemous words from early ages. Lacking this rich, natural exposure to target language forms, EFL learners’ grasp of this aspect of language use will largely depend on the range of senses which they meet in the graded input...
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| Main Authors: | Fiona MacArthur, Ana M. Piquer Píriz |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/13739 |
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