This study has as its main concern focusing on the assorted ways Iranian language learners view their language educational system and the impact of these views on their success in learning a foreign language. For the ...

Employing metaphor analysis, the present studyexplores the nature of unconscious beliefs of PhD students. This research aimsat analyzing the metaphors produced by Iranian PhD students about learning and teaching in both ...

Following the innovations in language teaching and learning, metaphor analysis as an indirect tool of delving into individuals’ beliefs has been utilized in this study to explore the use of metaphor to express the various ...

The major aim of this study was to analyze the metaphors language teachers in Iranian High Schools and Language Institutes use to describe the current and ideal conditions of teaching and learning in English educational ...

cognitive mode of learning.

Keywords: Conceptual metaphor, High school, Language institute, Linguistic metaphor, Metaphor analysis...