The effect of the conceptual Metaphor Theory on the teaching of Orientation idioms in teaching Turkish as a foreign Language

• Autores: Halit Karatay, Nurettin Kartallıoğlu, Sena Sapmaz Zorpuzan, Kadir Vefa Tezel
• Localización: Foreign language annals, ISSN 0015-718X, Vol. 55, Nº. 4, 2022, págs. 944-962
• Idioma: inglés
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  • AbstractIn this study, the effects of the conceptual metaphortheory (CMT) on the teaching of orientation idiomswas investigated. The study was designed as an actionresearch project and was conducted with 45 B2 levelstudents from 21 countries who were native speakers of10 different languages. The students were learningTurkish to pursue the undergraduate degrees in Turkishuniversities. The students were learning and usingTurkish for their daily interactions with Turkish peoplebut continued to use their native languages in theirclosely knit communities. Thus, they formed goodexamples of true bilingual individuals. At the planningstage of the study, the orientation idioms in the Turkishas a foreign language course books were identified to be used in the teaching activities during the study and a listof orientation idioms was prepared. The students wereasked to write the meanings of those idioms and use eachone in a sentence to determine whether they had alreadylearned those idioms. The orientation idioms in the B2level course books were taught through activities basedon CMT. At the end of the study, the students were askedto write the meanings of the idioms and use each one in asentence once again. Pre‐and poststudy mean scoresof the students' performances were compared. It wasdetermined that the implementation based on CMTdeveloped the students' ability to learn metaphors anduse them contextually appropriately. Furthermore, it wasobserved that the teaching activities based on the theorymade it easier for the students to learn the idioms andincreased their retention in the students' minds. It wasalso observed that the students had developed the skills ofguessing the meanings of new orientation idioms fromthe contexts they were used in and using them moreeasily.