AbstractSuccessful vocabulary teaching in the English as a foreign language classroom has to surmount many obstacles, such as the decrease in the rate of acquisition of new words by EFL students once a high level of proficiency is achieved, the students’ frustration at their inability to express their own thoughts adequately or plain boredom with the learning of lists of vocabulary items (MacArthur, 2010). In this article, we follow Danesi’s (2008) claim that the use of figurative language helps overcome some of these hurdles by providing the means to expand the learners’ vocabulary. The goal of this article is to highlight the importance of the role of metaphors in the acquisition of figurative vocabulary by learners of English in two cont...
We use metaphorical language all the time when we speak or write in English, yet it is often neglect...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
Research into figurative language in foreign language acquisition has primarily focused on the recep...
Successful vocabulary teaching in the English as a foreign lan¬guage classroom has to surmount many ...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
The present study examined the role of awareness of metaphor in learners’ lexical learning. A total ...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
We use metaphorical language all the time when we speak or write in English, yet it is often neglect...
We use metaphorical language all the time when we speak or write in English, yet it is often neglect...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
Research into figurative language in foreign language acquisition has primarily focused on the recep...
Successful vocabulary teaching in the English as a foreign lan¬guage classroom has to surmount many ...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Although still somewhat in its infancy, metaphor awareness in the teaching and learning of foreign l...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. ...
The present study examined the role of awareness of metaphor in learners’ lexical learning. A total ...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
We use metaphorical language all the time when we speak or write in English, yet it is often neglect...
We use metaphorical language all the time when we speak or write in English, yet it is often neglect...
Anyone teaching English at advanced level will have noticed that metaphor has become something of a ...
Research into figurative language in foreign language acquisition has primarily focused on the recep...