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Direct linkCanziani, Tatiana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Medical students often face problems in using and understanding metaphors when communicating with a patient or reading a scientific paper. These figures of speech constitute an interpretative problem and students need key strategies to facilitate metaphor comprehension and disambiguation of meaning. This article examines how medical students'…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Medical Education, Medical Students
