Yabancı Dil Sınıflarında Deyim Öğretiminde Kavramsal Mecazların Kullanımı

Year 2009, Issue: 23, 205 - 222, 01.12.2009

Şevki Kömür Şeyda SELEN Çimen

Abstract

Bu çalışma, yabancı dil sınıflarında İngilizce deyimleri öğretmede kavramsal mecaz kullanmanın ne derece etkili olabileceğini araştırmayı hedeflemektedir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Sözcük Bilgisi dersini alan İngiliz Dili Eğitimi birinci sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma amacına yönelik daha önceden belirlenen deyimler öğretmek ders planları geliştirilmiş ve bu planlar iki hafta boyunca sınıfta uygulanmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak 28 soruluk bir başarı testi ve açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket formu kullanılmıştır. Hem testlerden hem açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan anketten elde edilen bulgular, kavramsal mecazlar yoluyla İngilizce deyimleri öğretmenin öğrenme ve kalıcılık üzerinde etkili olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Deyim Öğretimi, Kavramsal Mecazlar, Yabancı Dil Öğretimi

Using Conceptual Metaphors in Teaching Idioms in a Foreign language Context

Abstract

This study aims at exploring the effects of using conceptual metaphors in teaching idioms in a foreign language context. The participants are the first year students of English Language Teaching (ELT) Department of Faculty of Education who take the course “Lexical Competence”. Lesson plans were developed for this purpose. These lesson plans contain activities that aim to teach idiomatic expressions, their meanings and the logic behind them in order to enhance learners’ metaphoric perceptions in the target language. They were implemented in 10 hour-periods (devoted two hours to each lesson plan). The effect of this implementation on language learners’ metaphor awareness and success in understanding the meaning of idioms is evaluated by the use of pre-and post-tests and an open-ended questionnaire. The results obtained show that this implementation enhanced language learners’ metaphor awareness and success in understanding idiomatic expressions, and it can be suggested as an additional channel for learning idioms in a FL vocabulary class.

Keywords

Teaching Idiomatic Expressions, Conceptual Metaphors, Foreign Language Classroom

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