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題名 The effects of EFL learners` awareness and retention in learning metaphoric and metonymic expressions
作者 Chen, Yi-chen;Lai, Huei-ling
陳怡蓁;賴惠玲
貢獻者 英語系
關鍵詞 Abstract mapping; Conceptual metaphor; Cultural universality/specificity; Language learning; Metonymic expressions; Second language acquisition; Teaching and learning; Mapping; Learning systems
日期 2011-12
上傳時間 15-Apr-2015 15:15:55 (UTC+8)
摘要 Cognitive linguists contend that learners` awareness of motivations is the key in not only second language acquisition but also figurative language learning. Two cognitive-oriented methods are proposed to raise L2 learners` awareness on metaphoric/metonymic expressions and to enhance retention: instruction involving conceptual metaphors (CM) and instruction involving metaphoric mappings (MM). The present study aims to examine their effectiveness in an EFL context. The results show favorable influences on learners` awareness and retention, which confirm that cognitive-oriented instructions indeed can assist learners to make better sense of figurative language. Moreover, the instruction on metaphoric mappings seems to result in better awareness of expressions which involve more complicated and abstract mapping relationships. The findings of the study can shed light on the application of metaphor and metonymy to EFL teaching and learning of figurative language.
關聯 PACLIC 25 - Proceedings of the 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, 541-548
資料類型 conference
dc.contributor 英語系
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Yi-chen;Lai, Huei-ling
dc.creator (作者) 陳怡蓁;賴惠玲zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2011-12
dc.date.accessioned 15-Apr-2015 15:15:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 15-Apr-2015 15:15:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 15-Apr-2015 15:15:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/74594-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Cognitive linguists contend that learners` awareness of motivations is the key in not only second language acquisition but also figurative language learning. Two cognitive-oriented methods are proposed to raise L2 learners` awareness on metaphoric/metonymic expressions and to enhance retention: instruction involving conceptual metaphors (CM) and instruction involving metaphoric mappings (MM). The present study aims to examine their effectiveness in an EFL context. The results show favorable influences on learners` awareness and retention, which confirm that cognitive-oriented instructions indeed can assist learners to make better sense of figurative language. Moreover, the instruction on metaphoric mappings seems to result in better awareness of expressions which involve more complicated and abstract mapping relationships. The findings of the study can shed light on the application of metaphor and metonymy to EFL teaching and learning of figurative language.
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dc.relation (關聯) PACLIC 25 - Proceedings of the 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, 541-548
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Abstract mapping; Conceptual metaphor; Cultural universality/specificity; Language learning; Metonymic expressions; Second language acquisition; Teaching and learning; Mapping; Learning systems
dc.title (題名) The effects of EFL learners` awareness and retention in learning metaphoric and metonymic expressions
dc.type (資料類型) conferenceen