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Albert LeePerceptions and strategies of learning in English bySingapore primary school children with dyslexia – ametaphor analysisDAS Academy, SingaporeAlbert Lee is a lecturer at the DAS Academy and as a senior educational therapist,he teaches dyslexic students in the use of technology to facilitate learning. He alsohas an interest in investigating how left-handed dyslexic students manage theirlearning differences.Daguo LiConfucius, constructivism and the impact of continuingprofessional development on teachers of English in ChinaUniversity of Reading, UKDaguo Li (PhD) is Lecturer in Education and Deputy Director of the NationalCentre for Language and Literacy, the University of Reading. His areas of researchare second language learning, professional development for second languageteachers, and international educationJeannette LittlemoreHow to make yourself understood by internationalstudents: The role of metaphor in academic tutorialsUniversity of Birmingham, UKJeannette Littlemore is a Reader in Applied Linguistics in the Centre for EnglishLanguage Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses onthe use of metaphor by second language learners. She is also interested inapplications of cognitive linguistics to second language learning. Her publicationsinclude Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning (2006, with GrahamLow), Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Second Language Learning and Teaching(2009) Doing Applied Linguistics (2011, with Nicholas Groom).Contributors | 417