Ou Rhetoric Metaphor in English Teaching

As an important understanding method of human,metaphor has played a crucial role in human’s cognition of the concept and structure of things.Modern metaphorical theory stresses the way of thinking and cognitive style of language speakers and it has been paying more and more attention by foreign language teachers and learners.Its positive guiding role and the value of application has been recognized by many experts and scholars both at home and abroad.The research results show that whether in teaching English vocabulary or cultural teaching,teachers can make use of the character of metaphorical understanding to guide students to regard metaphor as an effective cognitive tool,to understand and use English vocabulary and cultural knowledge.Therefore,English language teachers should pay attention to absorbing and applying the latest achievements of metaphor research,explain in detail the rationale behind the phenomenon,and organize the scattered language phenomenon through metaphor,in order to promote English language teaching level.