大学英语词汇教学的策略探讨——从认知语言学概念隐喻视角

Strategies of College English Vocabulary Teaching——From the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics

足够的词汇量是语言技能的基础,词汇教学是高校英语教学的主要内容之一。然而词汇几乎成为每个大学生难以逾越的障碍,认知语言学中的概念隐喻理论给词汇教学带来许多有益的启示。本文从认知隐喻的角度,阐述如何将这一理论运用到大学英语词汇教学中,指出应重视基本词汇的教学,通过隐喻理解多义词,注意隐喻在英汉词汇的文化异同,以及利用隐喻掌握新词,从而有效地提高学生的隐喻能力,提升学生学习词汇的效率。

Enough vocabulary is a basis in language skills, vocabulary teaching is one of the main contents in college English teaching. However, vocabulary learning is almost becoming an insuperable barrier for every university student, the conceptual metaphor theory in cognitive linguistics brings many beneficial inspirations to vocabulary teaching. This article discusses how to put this theory into college English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of cognitive metaphor, and the author points out that we should focus on the basic vocabulary , understanding multiple -meaning words through metaphor, paying attention to the cultural differences, and using metaphor to master new words. The purpose is to improve students＇ metaphor ability and promote students to learn vocabulary efficiently.