Teaching English metaphors using cross-linguistic awareness-raising activities

Now that metaphor is recognized as being pervasive in language, it is argued that more attention should be given to the teaching of strategies for comprehending and generating metaphors in L2. In the article it is reported on a translation exercise undertaken by advanced Polish learners of English w...

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Published in:ELT journal 1997-10, Vol.51 (4), p.352-360
Main Authors: Deignan, A, Gabrys, D, Solska, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Concept Formation
Contrastive Linguistics
Didaktische Grundlageninformation
Englischunterricht
English (Second Language)
Fortgeschrittenenunterricht
Fremdsprachenunterricht
Group Discussion
Higher Education
Kontrastive Linguistik
Language Variation
Metalinguistics
Metapher
Metaphors
Polish
Polish People
Polnisch
Second Language Instruction
Semantics
Sprachbewusstsein
Testing
Translation
Uncommonly Taught Languages
Vocabulary Development
Übersetzungsübung
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Summary:Now that metaphor is recognized as being pervasive in language, it is argued that more attention should be given to the teaching of strategies for comprehending and generating metaphors in L2. In the article it is reported on a translation exercise undertaken by advanced Polish learners of English which revealed ways in which metaphorical expressions vary between the two languages, and the problems this raises for learners. It is suggested that awareness-raising through discussion and comparison of metaphors in L1 and L2 is a useful approach to helping learners to understand and appropriately produce metaphors. This is followed by some sample teaching materials which have been designed to encourage learners to investigate and compare metaphors in L1 and L2. (Verlag, adapt).
ISSN:0307-8337
0951-0893
1477-4526
DOI:10.1093/elt/51.4.352