Journal of Information and Media Studies
Online ISSN : 1349-3302
Print ISSN : 1348-5857
ISSN-L : 1348-5857
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The examination of image schema in learning English polysemous words and the significance of the representation of the image schema through new media
Takeshi SATO
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2003 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 57-62

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In spite of the vast amount of teaching and learning materials of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) with new media such as moving image, few discussions have been made concerning the significance of new media in making EFL materials; especially concerning which media can facilitate which language item. This paper, therefore, will address this issue by examining English polysemous words with the representation of their image schema I shall begin my paper by examining the importance of image schema in learning English polysemous words, from a theoretical perspective; then I shall show pedagogical examples of better presentation of image schema through moving image. Finally I shall address the necessity of further research on this issue.
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