Promoting figurative creativity in EFL/ESL classrooms

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概要

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• This paper describes a small exploratory study into the relative effects of attribute-matching and gestalt training on the ability of EFL/ESL learners of English (using Japanese learners of English as subjects) to understand and produce figurative expressions in English, and on their ability to employ figurative creativity in English. The attribute-matching training was found to lead to significant improvements in the students' ability to understand and produce figurative language, whereas the gestalt training produced no significant effect. We conclude that it may be useful for FL/SL teachers of English to employ attribute-matching exercises if they want to help their students to understand and produce figurative language in English.

• 社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文
• 2010-03-20

著者

• Azuma Masumi

  Kobe Design University

• Littlemore Jeannette

  The University of Birmingham

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