Teaching English idioms of happiness and sadness through conceptual metaphors in Vietnamese context
Idioms have long been regarded as a big challenge for EFL learners. With recent developments in cognitive linguistics, the method of teaching idioms has shifted from rote learning to raising the learner’s awareness of conceptual metaphors (CM). This paper provides support for the adoption of CM in t...
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| Language: | English |
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HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/296 |