Stories about Language: Raising Learners’ Language Awareness Using Metaphor

A.A. Kaal; S. Donszelmann

doi:10.4324/9780429459191-11

Stories about Language: Raising Learners’ Language Awareness Using Metaphor

A.A. Kaal, S. Donszelmann

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Within our diverse multilingual and international contexts, there is a need for knowledge about and competence in languages. At the same time, appreciation for language education in the Netherlands is waning. Different parties argue that the curriculum is too narrowly geared towards the practice of skills and strategies, while students should be offered a broader perspective on the phenomenon of language that, ideally, sparks their imagination. This essay presents a case study aimed at raising secondary school students’ awareness of language. Through the use of metaphor elicitation, young language learners were invited to explore different ‘stories behind language.’

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Narrative and metaphor in education
Subtitle of host publication	Look Both Ways
Editors	Michael Hanne, Anna Kaal
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429459191
ISBN (Print)	9781138310872
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429459191-11
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

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Narrative
Metaphor
foreign language learning
education

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