The development of a metaphoric competence. A didactic proposal of educational innovation

• Published in: Innovation in language learning and teaching Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 331 - 357
• Main Author: Gutiérrez Pérez, Regina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Classroom Communication; Cognitive linguistics; College Second Language Programs; College Students; common European framework of reference for languages (CEFR); Communicative competence; Communicative Competence (Languages); Competence; Conceptual metaphor; Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT); Course Descriptions; Educational Cooperation; Educational Innovation; English (Second Language); English language; Figurative Language; Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Higher education; Idioms; Innovations; Instructional Innovation; Interpreting; language awareness; Language Processing; Learning Strategies; Linguistic Theory; metaphoric competence; Pretests Posttests; Program Descriptions; Psycholinguistics; Questionnaires; Rating Scales; Rhetorical figures; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Student Attitudes; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Text structure; Translation; Translation instruction; Universities; Europe; Spain

This article presents a didactic experience carried out in the Degree of Translation and Interpreting (English) at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville and it is part of a project of Innovation and Teaching Development. The main objective is the development in students of a metaphoric competence -...