Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (AsiaCALL 2022)

Unpacking Grammatical Metaphors in Native Speaker Online Guest Lectures to Improve Students’ Comprehension

Authors
Putu Nur Ayomi1, *, Heri Kuswoyo2, Akhyar Rido2
1Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
2Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, Lampung, Indonesia
*Corresponding author.
Corresponding Author
Putu Nur Ayomi
Available Online 28 April 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-042-8_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
grammatical metaphor; student’s guest lecture; student’s comprehension
Abstract

Online guest lectures from international educators and experts present great opportunities for university students, especially in developing countries like Indonesia, to be exposed to the most recent development in science. Digitalization allows more guest lectures to be conducted online, which is much more practical and cheaper than traditional offline visiting lectures. However, besides having to cope with some challenges associated with online learning, many Indonesian students still struggle with their English language comprehension, especially in the academic genre. Difficulties in academic English, especially in writing, include abstraction, technicalities, and lexical density resulting from the use of grammatical metaphors. However, to what extent grammatical metaphors are used in spoken online lectures and how they affect students’ comprehension are still underexplored. This research qualitatively mapped the grammatical metaphors used in three native-speaker guest lectures on linguistics in Indonesian universities. Interviews were also conducted with 40 students following the lectures to determine their difficulties in understanding online lectures. This research also offers how students’ difficulties in understanding grammatical metaphors can be minimized by teaching students to unpack grammatical metaphors into more congruent forms.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (AsiaCALL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 April 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-042-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-042-8_8How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Putu Nur Ayomi
AU  - Heri Kuswoyo
AU  - Akhyar Rido
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DA  - 2023/04/28
TI  - Unpacking Grammatical Metaphors in Native Speaker Online Guest Lectures to Improve Students’ Comprehension
BT  - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (AsiaCALL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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