Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable

PARVARESH, Vahid

Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable

Vahid PARVARESH (Univercity of Isfahan, Iran)

Novitas-Royal

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Yıl: 2008 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 154 - 161 Metin Dili: Türkçe İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable

Öz:

Bu çalışma, yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrenen yetişkin bir İranlı öğrencinin dil öğretmeni ve dil öğrenme sürecine dair deneyimlerine ilişkin oluşturduğu kavramları belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Metaforlar, soyut ve zor fikirleri anlatmada yardımcı olmalarına ek olarak sıradan deneyimleri de aktarmada temel oluştururlar (Ortony, 1975). Bu varsayımdan yola çıkarak, çalışmanın ana konusunu, katılımcı ile yapılan her oturumda üretmesi istenilen metaforlar oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, katılımcının zaman içerisinde öğretmenine ve dil öğrenme sürecine olan bakış açısının değişmediğini göstermiştir. Dile ve dil öğrenmeye karşı geliştirilmiş olan bu değişmez tutum, katılımcının dil dersine başlamadan önce deneyimlediği okul sisteminden kaynaklandığı düşünülebilir.

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Öz:

This study tries to follow conceptualizations of an adult Persian EFL learner regarding his language teacher and his experiences of the language class in which he was attending. The focus of attention is on the metaphors he has been asked to produce every other session with the assumption that metaphors are not only essential for communicating abstract and difficult ideas, but also for talking about aspects of ordinary experience (Ortony, 1975). The results of this study reveal how this adult learner’s ways of looking at his teacher and his language learning did not change across time; an inflexibility which might be attributed to the ways in which his attitudes towards language and language learning had been shaped by the school system before attending the language class.

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Konular: Dil ve Dil Bilim

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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APA	PARVARESH V (2008). Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. , 154 - 161.
Chicago	PARVARESH Vahid Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. (2008): 154 - 161.
MLA	PARVARESH Vahid Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. , 2008, ss.154 - 161.
AMA	PARVARESH V Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. . 2008; 154 - 161.
Vancouver	PARVARESH V Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. . 2008; 154 - 161.
IEEE	PARVARESH V "Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable." , ss.154 - 161, 2008.
ISNAD	PARVARESH, Vahid. "Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable". (2008), 154-161.

APA	PARVARESH V (2008). Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. Novitas-Royal, 2(2), 154 - 161.
Chicago	PARVARESH Vahid Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. Novitas-Royal 2, no.2 (2008): 154 - 161.
MLA	PARVARESH Vahid Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. Novitas-Royal, vol.2, no.2, 2008, ss.154 - 161.
AMA	PARVARESH V Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. Novitas-Royal. 2008; 2(2): 154 - 161.
Vancouver	PARVARESH V Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable. Novitas-Royal. 2008; 2(2): 154 - 161.
IEEE	PARVARESH V "Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable." Novitas-Royal, 2, ss.154 - 161, 2008.
ISNAD	PARVARESH, Vahid. "Metaphorical Conceptualizations of an Adult EFL Learner: Where Old Concepts are Impregnable". Novitas-Royal 2/2 (2008), 154-161.