Metaphors and Language Teaching
Speaker: Professor Andrew Goatly
(Department of English, Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
Venue: DFLL New Conference Room, 1F Old Main Library
Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Time: 3:30 ~ 5:00 pm
Abstract:
This talk shows how the author's database of conventional English metaphors,
Metalude, can be exploited in two ways in English Language teaching.
Firstly, following research in Hong Kong, it demonstrates the possibility of
using metaphor themes (conceptual metaphors) to effectively teach vocabulary
according to the principles that imagery enhances memory and vocabulary is
retained more effectively if words are taught in groups. Secondly it
demonstrates ways in which metaphorical patterns in English are realisations
of various ideologies, such as those practiced in areas such as sex, race,
medicine and economics, and how this might be exploited in teaching to raise
students awareness of the power relations behind texts and their
vocabularies.
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