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Joseph HollowayHow to make yourself understood by internationalstudents: The role of metaphor in academic tutorialsUniversity of Birmingham, UKJoseph Holloway is a final year undergraduate at the University of Birmingham. Heis currently studying English Literature and Philosophy but after having conductedprivate and institutional research he is focusing on metaphor and gesture inApplied Linguistics. He is co-author of the Moral Responsibility: a Matter of Degrees(forthcoming) paper and A Comparison of metaphorical language use in discussionsof essay writing between native and non-native speakers of English (in progress,with Jeannette Littlemore).Huw JarvisComputers and learner autonomy: trends and issuesUniversity of Salford, UKHuw Jarvis is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching English to Speakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL) at the University of Salford, UK.Lixian JinPerceptions and strategies of learning in English bySingapore primary school children with dyslexia – ametaphor analysisDe Montfort University, UKDr. Lixian Jin is a Reader in Linguistics and Intercultural Learning and the Directorof the Centre for Intercultural Research in Communication and Learning (CIRCL)at De Montfort University, UK. She has published research into Chinese and otherlearners of English and bilingual learners with or without language disability. Herresearch interests are in cultures of learning, English language teaching (ELT)to Chinese and international learners, intercultural communication, discourse,narrative and metaphor analyses and clinical bilingual assessments.Chada KongchanComputers and learner autonomy: trends and issuesKing Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT),Bangkok, ThailandChada Kongchan is the Head of Self-Access Learning Centre, King Mongkut’sUniversity of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand416 | Contributors