Teaching Conceptual Metaphors to EFL Learners in the European Space of Higher Education
| Autor: | Regina Gutiérrez Pérez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Cultural Studies Higher education business.industry Communication Conceptual metaphor Applied linguistics 06 humanities and the arts Space (commercial competition) Language and Linguistics Linguistics 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences 0602 languages and literature 0305 other medical science business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Applied Linguistics. 5:87-114 |
| ISSN: | 2192-953X 2192-9521 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/eujal-2015-0036 |
| Popis: | The CEFR encourages a more effective international communication. Given that effective communication in a L2 involves the ability to use metaphors, this figure becomes of prime importance to the teaching of languages. The present study applies a methodology for teaching English metaphors and idioms following the tenets of Cognitive Linguistics (CL). It argues the importance of “metaphoric competence”, and, by a conceptual metaphor awareness method, it advocates the usefulness of teaching metaphors and idioms and its explicit inclusion in a language syllabus aimed at increasing proficiency in L2. This conceptual basis for language is almost entirely unavailable to L2 learners in course books and reference materials. This paper reviews the scope of metaphor and metaphoric competence in the context of second-language teaching and learning, and provides some tips on how to teach metaphors and idioms effectively in a foreign language context. By analizing the systematicity and experiential basis of the expressions subject of study, it offers some pedagogical suggestions and teaching material that can facilitate the acquisition of idiomatic expressions by raising awareness of the conceptual metaphors that underlie them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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