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Fiona MacArthurHow to make yourself understood by internationalstudents: The role of metaphor in academic tutorialsUniversity of Extremadura, SpainFiona MacArthur is Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University ofExtremadura, where she teaches undergraduate and M.A. courses in EnglishLanguage and English Language Teaching Methodology. Her chief researchinterest is in metaphorically-motivated polysemy, and the problems this poses fornon-native speakers of English (particularly those whose first language is Spanish).She has published a number of studies that examine how metaphorical expressionsare produced and interpreted by Spanish learners of English.Ms Veronica NgPerceptions and strategies of learning in English bySingapore primary school children with dyslexia – ametaphor analysisDyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS)Ms Veronica Ng, a Senior Specialist Psychologist with the Dyslexia Association ofSingapore (DAS) has assessed more than 200 children for dyslexia. She is keenlyinvolved with research, and has published and presented a paper for the DASConference 2010.Panny Poh-WongPerceptions and strategies of learning in English bySingapore primary school children with dyslexia – ametaphor analysisDyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS)Panny Poh-Wong, a Senior Educational Therapist with the DAS, enjoys teachingchildren with dyslexia. She is currently with the DAS Chinese Research Projectteam, working on a remediation system suitable for the Singaporean context, tohelp children with specific difficulty learning the Chinese Language.418 | Contributors