The Integrative Application of Conceptual Metaphor in English Vocabulary Teaching
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This literature review selects domestic and international literature based on the application of conceptual metaphors in English vocabulary teaching in the past thirty years. After sorting and summarizing, it is found that both domestic and foreign literature have confirmed the feasibility and effectiveness of conceptual metaphors in English vocabulary teaching; some scholars have also found that the application of conceptual metaphors in teaching can help students to better maintain short-term vocabulary memory and independently transfer theories to the acquisition of new words; and some scholars also found that the application of conceptual metaphors in English vocabulary teaching can effectively alleviate the effect of negative transfer of the first language. The application of conceptual metaphors in second language teaching is becoming more and more mature, but there are still some problems, for example, the selection of subjects is fixed, the range of vocabulary is narrow, and it is not known how conceptual metaphors work in the teaching... Nevertheless, these shortcomings can be a source of inspiration for future research.
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