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ELT and i ts METAPHORS

ELT and i ts METAPHORS. Ben Goldstein, BRAZ-TESOL July 17 2012. Overview. Metaphors for … 1 L anguage learning 2 Language 3 The Language Teacher 4 The Classroom. 1 Metaphors for language learning. Learner quotes …. “I just have to figure it out in my head first ” puzzle

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ELT and i ts METAPHORS

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  1. ELT and its METAPHORS Ben Goldstein, BRAZ-TESOL July17 2012

  2. Overview Metaphorsfor… 1Languagelearning 2 Language 3 TheLanguageTeacher 4 TheClassroom

  3. 1 Metaphorsforlanguagelearning

  4. Learnerquotes… “I justhavetofigure itout in my head first” puzzle “I needtoswitchonto English, and sometimesit’sveryeasytoswitch off…” mechanicalprocess “I sometimesgetlost, buttheimportantthingistokeepgoing, thenyougainconfidence and momentum” journey Thornbury, S. Metaphorsweworkby, ELT Journal, July 1991.

  5. metaphorsforlearning It’s a puzzlewesolve It’s a mechancialprocesswefollow It’s a journeywetake

  6. Languagelearningis … • “Riding a roller coaster, sometimes I go up (I know what I’m saying), sometimes I go down ( I don’t have a clue)…” • “Breaking a hole in a wall and installing a window…” • “Putting on a brand new pair of shoes, it’s uncomfortable at first, but you break them in…” • “Becoming one of them, participating in their fascinating conversation, like it’s a secret code…”

  7. 2 Metaphorsforlanguage

  8. Spot themetaphor • “Sometimes they only need hold on to the gist…”   • “Just focus on the bits you need to understand to answer the question” • “Did you manage to graspthe idea?”

  9. Ideas and words • “When you have a good idea, try to capture it in words”                • “His words seem hollow” • “It’s difficult to put my ideas into words”

  10. Post GrammarMcNuggets… • Lexical grammarsemerging • Corporanowinformsus of frequency of theseitems • Labels are changing (e.g. conditionals / phrasalverbs) • Some“nuggets” may be beneficial?

  11. 3 Metaphorsforthelanguageteacher

  12. Researchquestions • How do teachers and students use metaphor to indicate roles in the classroom? 2. How do metaphorical accounts of these roles differentiate between students and their teachers? 3. How do teachersreacttostudents’ beliefsaboutEFL teachers’ roles? Wan Wan, Graham David Low, Miao Li: From students’ and teachers’ perspectives: Metaphor analysis of beliefs about EFL teachers’ roles, System 39 (2011

  13. My English teacherisX because…

  14. ✔ “MyEnglish teacherisa dictionarybecause he/sheprovides me withalltheanswers…” • ✖ “He simplyfollowed and copiedthecontents of textbooklike “the ‘ctrl+c’ and ‘ctrl+v’ buttonsonthekeyboard”

  15. 8 conceptual categories Teacher as… Provider Nurturer Devotee Instructor Culture transmitter Authority Interestarouser Co-worker

  16. Conclusions • Metaphor analysis can be an effective way of accessing how beliefs about teaching/learning impact on actual classroom situations • Where beliefs diverge, the result can be used to stimulate negotiation hopefully leading to improvements in practice.

  17. 4 Metaphorsfortheclassroom

  18. Someenvisage a classroomlikethis

  19. Oreventhis…!

  20. A final metaphor • Language as ACQUISITION (HAVING)  Input VS • Language as PARTICIPATION (DOING) • Affordances (Anna Sfard)

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