语法隐喻对英语阅读障碍的启示

The Enlightenment of Grammatical Metaphor to English Reading Disability

语法隐喻造成了学习者英语阅读的障碍。语法隐喻增大阅读材料的难度,降低了语言输入质量,增加认知复杂性。同时,语法隐喻反映了英语思维方式,呈现了本体和喻体间的相似性,突出了语法知识对阅读理解的重要性。由此,有针对性的教学措施是:加强英语思维的复述训练,突出相似性理解的广泛阅读,重视语法训练的阅读教学。总之,语法隐喻理论对学习者阅读障碍的排除具有指导作用。

Grammatical metaphor causes English learners＇ English reading disability, which intensifies the difficulties in understanding the reading materials, reduces the quality of comprehensible language input, and increases the difficulty of cognitive process. Grammatical metaphor reflects English thinking way, exhibits the similarity between targets and sources, highlights the significance of grammar learning to reading comprehension. Therefore, effective teaching methods should be adopted, such as retelling practice to intensify the acquisition of English thinking, extensive reading to emphasize similarity reading practice, and reading teaching to focus on grammar practice. In a word, the theory of grammatical metaphor plays an important role in guiding the language learners to overcome reading disability.