Table 3.

Findings of the analysis of the TEXT PRODUCTION metaphor.

Conceptual Domain: TEXT PRODUCTION (f: 25)	Exact words of the students' response
WRITING IN L1 IS WRITING IN L2.	writing in my language now
	writing it in Chinese.
	writing in your own language because you need to understand what you want to mean when you write
	writing a paper in my own language
IDEA TRANSFER	Transferring our knowledge into a paper
	Transfer your ideas to the world in one unified language dedicated to science.
	Putting down in words your work and results for others to see and benefit from
	translate my thoughts to paper, making it clearer for the reader.
	Writing an academic paper in English is like expressing your dreams and thoughts into reality.
	An information which is clear, concise, focused, structured and backed up by evidence, to make it understandable to a wider group of people
	Being coherent throughout the paper. It's more about the structured argument than delivering a vague statement
	convincing the people who already know what you are saying, but act as if they do not understand
	WRITING IS WRITING
WRITING A BOOK	Writing a book
	Writing a book, it has been engaging but at the same time informative
WRITING A FORMAL LETTER	writing a formal letter
WRITING/TELLING A STORY	writing an interesting story, fun and challenging
	writing a story is like narrating a story to a child. It must have the answers to all their questions.
	Telling a story
	telling a story, it needs introduction with ambiguous questions/problem and methodology then how the method(s) is/are helping for solving the problem.
	problem and methodology then how the method(s) is/are helping for solving the problem.
	telling a story.
	write a novel
WRITING A POEM	writing a poem; you need to be very thoughtful yet intriguing
	composing poetry.
	writing a poem