Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning

✍ Scribed by Jeannette Littlemore, Graham Low (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 252
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
What is ‘Figurative Thinking’?....Pages 3-22
Why is Figurative Thinking Important for Foreign Language Learners?....Pages 23-44
Psychological Processes Underlying Figurative Thinking....Pages 45-67
Developing Learner Autonomy in Figurative Thinking....Pages 68-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Figurative Thinking and Sociolinguistic Competence....Pages 89-111
Figurative Thinking and Illocutionary Competence....Pages 112-132
Figurative Thinking and Textual Competence....Pages 133-155
Figurative Thinking and Lexico-Grammatical Competence....Pages 156-176
Strategic Competence....Pages 177-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Promoting Figurative Language Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom....Pages 197-211
Back Matter....Pages 212-239

✦ Subjects

Language Education; Linguistics, general; Semiotics; Language Teaching; Translation Studies

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