概念隐喻理论对大学英语词汇教学影响

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1、HITGraduationThesisfortheMADegreeAbstractVocabularyplaysanimportantpartinEnglishteachingandlearning,andvocabularyacquisitiongoesallthewaythroughtheprocessofEnglishlearning.Therefore,studentshavespentalotoftimeandenergyinmemorizingvocabulary.However,theachievementshav

2、ebeenfarfromsatisfying.AccordingtoConceptualMetaphorTheory,metaphorisnotonlyanornamentaldeviceusedinrhetoricalstyle,butalsoanindispensableandpowerfulcognitivetoolforhumanbeings.Metaphorispervasiveineverydaylanguageandplaysacentralroleinsemanticchangeandexpansion,soth

3、atitbearscloserelationshipwithlanguageacquisition,especiallyvocabularyacquisition.ThepresentpaperisintendedasatrialtodevelopavocabularyteachingandlearningapproachbasedonConceptualMetaphorTheory.ThispaperfirstlyintroducedtherelatedknowledgeaboutConceptualMetaphorTheor

4、yandreviewedthecontemporarystudiesathomeandabroadaboutvocabularyteachingandlearning.Thisresearchpaperfurthercarriedoutempiricalstudyconcerningverbalphrases,idioms,andproverbstoexplorewhetherintroducingConceptualMetaphorTheoryintoTEFLinChinacancultivateEFLlearners’met

5、aphoricalcompetenceandthereforefacilitatevocabularyacquisition.Twointactclassesofnon-Englishmajorfreshmenofthesameproficiencylevelwerechosenasparticipantsinthisresearchwithoneclassastheexperimentalclassandtheotherasthecontrolclass.Theinstrumentconsistedoftwocopiesoft

6、eachingmaterials,onepretestpaper,andtwoposttestpapers.Thesixweeks’empiricalresearchwascarriedoutaccordingtothefollowingprocedure:carryingoutpilotstudy;carryingoutpretest-III-HITGraduationThesisfortheMADegreetoensuretherewasnoapparentdifferenceofknowledgeaboutvocabula

7、ryandmetaphoricalcompetencebetweenthetwoclasses;instructingofteachingmaterial1forbothclassesandcarryingoutposttest1totestwhetherincorporatingconceptualmetaphorintotheteachingofverbalphrasescanfacilitatevocabularyretentionandexpansionabilities;instructingofteachingmat

8、erial2;carryingoutposttestpaper2totestwhetherincorporatingconceptualmetaphorintotheteachingofidiomsandproverbscanimprovestudents’lo