The Application of Metaphor in College English Vocabulary Teaching

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10.2991/iceiss-17.2017.88How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Metaphor; College English teaching; Vocabulary teaching; Reform

Abstract

English is a language which is quite different from Chinese. It has many characteristics of its own, and has its regional, historical and cultural differences. For Chinese students who lack English learning environment, memorizing English words is a difficult problem in English learning. Learning English words requires a lot of time and effort, and also must master some scientific methods. As important human cognition, metaphor plays an important role in vocabulary acquisition. The related theory of metaphor is introduced into the teaching of college English vocabulary, it can make students' vocabulary learning more consistent with the human cognitive law, to help student master more effective vocabulary learning methods, in order to improve and reform the quality of college English vocabulary teaching.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiaoge Wang
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TI  - The Application of Metaphor in College English Vocabulary Teaching
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PB  - Atlantis Press
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