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标题：The Effect of Teaching Conceptual and Image Metaphors to EFL Learners
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作者：Hossein Shokouhi ; Mahsa Isazadeh
期刊名称：The Open Applied Linguistics Journal
电子版ISSN：1874-9135
出版年度：2009
卷号：2
页码：22-31
DOI：10.2174/1874913500902010022
出版社：Bentham Science Publishers Ltd
摘要：
Foreign language learners encounter difficulties utilizing metaphorical expressions in everyday language, particularly because the use of metaphors in the discourse context is inescapable. In this study, efforts have been made to provide an effective way for the Iranian language learners to acquire and employ conceptual and image metaphors. The instruction took place on 60 junior students studying at the University of Petroleum Engineering at Ahvaz, a southern city in Iran, who were selected on the basis of their high marks on an English proficiency test. Forty metaphors of both types were presented to the participants during 10 sessions of instruction. To collect data on the learners' performance, a 30- item sentence completion test requiring 'word-given' and 'recognition' type responses was prepared and administered. The results of a statistical t-test indicated no significant difference in the rate of acquiring conceptual and image metaphors (P>.05). Therefore, both metaphors can be successfully taught concurrently with little difficulty.