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Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -
Abstract
Purpose of this study is to reveal through metaphors the mental images of secondary school students which they use while stating feelings in a foreign language (English). Accordingly, each participant student is asked to fill in the sentence “..... (any feeling) is something like …… (metaphor) because ...” and to express their ideas by using this sentence and concentrating on a single metaphor. Data is analyzed though qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative (chi-square) data analysis techniques. With regard to findings of the study, the participants produced 79 valid metaphors for feeling statements. These metaphors are collected under 7 different conceptual category as to their common features. Conceptual categories showed significant difference in terms of gender and class level of the students. This situation put forward that metaphors can be used as a research tool for understanding, revealing and explaning the mental images of the students regarding the feeling statements
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Primary Language
English
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Publication Date
October 1, 2012
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Published in Issue
Year 2012 Volume: 1 Number: 2
APA
Çap, R. C., & Acat, M. B. (2012). Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -. Eğitimde Politika Analizi, 1(2), 134-143. https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL
AMA
1.Çap RC, Acat MB. Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -. Eğitimde Politika Analizi. 2012;1(2):134-143. https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL
Chicago
Çap, Rabia Can, and M Bahaddin Acat. 2012. “Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English As a Second Language -”. Eğitimde Politika Analizi 1 (2): 134-43. https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL.
EndNote
Çap RC, Acat MB (October 1, 2012) Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -. Eğitimde Politika Analizi 1 2 134–143.
IEEE
[1]R. C. Çap and M. B. Acat, “Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -”, Eğitimde Politika Analizi, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 134–143, Oct. 2012, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL
ISNAD
Çap, Rabia Can - Acat, M Bahaddin. “Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English As a Second Language -”. Eğitimde Politika Analizi 1/2 (October 1, 2012): 134-143. https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL.
JAMA
1.Çap RC, Acat MB. Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -. Eğitimde Politika Analizi. 2012;1:134–143.
MLA
Çap, Rabia Can, and M Bahaddin Acat. “Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English As a Second Language -”. Eğitimde Politika Analizi, vol. 1, no. 2, Oct. 2012, pp. 134-43, https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL.
Vancouver
1.Rabia Can Çap, M Bahaddin Acat. Reflection of Culture: Metaphor Usage in Teaching English as a Second Language -. Eğitimde Politika Analizi [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 1;1(2):134-43. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA83DY46JL