Title: Cognitive linguistics and language teaching /
Authors: Holme, Randal, 1948-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Cognitive grammar.; Second language acquisition.; Language and languages Study and teaching; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY General.; Sociolinguistics.; Grammar, syntax.; Semantics.; Languages.; Cognitive grammar; Language and languages Study and teaching; Second language acquisition
Abstract: Arguing that Second Language Teaching has not been well served by recent approaches to the description of language content, Randal Holme explores how Cognitive Linguistics offers teachers a description of language that can translate into practical classroom activities because: - theories of construction grammar help students wed form to meaning - theories of embodied cognition relate form and meaning to imagery derived from movement - new theories of linguistic relativity show how second language errors can originate in the use of first language forms with second language meanings The book looks at how Cognitive Linguistic research into embodied cognition, conceptualisation, and linguistic symbolism can offer new perspectives on how teachers approach form. It summaries each area of research whilst showing its application, unfolding its argument through more than forty classroom activities and examples.
Contents: Introduction: Cognitive Linguistics: Core Ideas and Their Applications -- Categories in the Classroom: Teaching Language as a Cultural Construct -- Words as Constructions: Principled Approaches to Vocabulary Teaching -- Lost in Space: Teaching Prepositions, Particles and Phrasal Verbs -- A Construction Grammar for the Classroom: Using Constructions to Develop a Pedagogical Grammar -- Lexis, Meaning, and Conceptualisation: The Construction Based Language Class -- Text-Worlds: Cognitive Approaches to Teaching Discourse -- Entrenthment and Pre-Emption: How Learning Can Shape Teaching -- Conclusions: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Language Teaching -- References -- Index.