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Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning
Littlemore, Jeannette; Low, Graham
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Description for Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning
Paperback. This book looks at how foreign language learners, including learners of English, can be helped to deal with metaphor and metonymy in order to improve their communicative language ability. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFP; CJ; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Many vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter involve figurative extensions of meaning. To understand figurative speech, learners often need to employ figurative thinking. This book examines figurative thinking, considers its contribution to language ability, and explores the implications for language teaching and learning.
Many vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter involve figurative extensions of meaning. To understand figurative speech, learners often need to employ figurative thinking. This book examines figurative thinking, considers its contribution to language ability, and explores the implications for language teaching and learning.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349544998
SKU
V9781349544998
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Ref
99-15
About Littlemore, Jeannette; Low, Graham
JEANNETTE LITTLEMORE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Birmingham, UK. She has published widely on the teaching and learning of figurative language. GRAHAM D. LOW is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of York, UK. He is particularly interested in how figurative language is used in ... Read more
Reviews for Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning
'This ground-breaking book presents a lucid and persuasive argument for the centrality of figurative thinking in language learning and communicative competence. Contributing to both theory and practice, Jeannette Littlemore and Graham Low help shift language teaching and learning away from a dull emphasis on the transactional. The book is a major addition to a current paradigm shift in language teaching ... Read more