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http://youtu.be/vvEVHZRlnIAAliceKarimSo it’s like a prison reallyAh I guess that’s maybe a prisonFor the employeeYes wellThus we have seen that metaphor can serve as a powerful source of understandingin academic tutorials, particularly when it well signaled through the use of eithergestures or discourse markers. For this reason, it may be useful to preparestudents to use metaphor and gesture when they go abroad. In the followingsection we look at how this might be done.How can we prepare students for their year abroad at a British university?Studies have shown that some lecturers who are experienced communicators withinternational students tend to avoid using a lot of metaphor. We can see this inthe following extracts from the tutorial with Debbie, the American lecturer at theSpanish university and Helena, the Polish student studying at that university:http://youtu.be/_653gXJhJm4http://youtu.be/FJFpctxlnaEDebbieHelenaDebbieHelenaDebbieHelenaDebbieOkay, so you were all studying the same subject, all right and thenyou were able to ask each other questions and urm clear up anydoubts you may have had. Okay, so then I’m assuming that the placewhere you study there’s doesn’t have a TV, there’s no music on orOh, yeah, I’m not a good study when something is going on near meMm-hmI have to be calm and silentMm-hmMm everything must be silentOkay, all right. Urm, then you found it by sharing your ideas afterstudying you were able to help each other and you understood thematerial better380 | International Students