Cognitive Linguistics Approaches to Teaching Languages in Global Contexts

Description

The goal of this seminar is twofold. First, to discuss the basics of Cognitive Science/Linguistics and second, to acknowledge its applications to second language pedagogy within the framework of Applied Cognitive Linguistics. Cognitive Linguistics is a theory of language which explains language learning in terms of communication, cognition and their relation to physical, spatial and social world. Ample research data suggest that introducing a cognitive linguistic-based instruction gives rise to and redefines new/current concepts and teaching techniques, such as conceptual fluency, motivation, figurative, metaphorical and idiomatic competence respectively, metaphorical density and intelligence, conceptual syllabus and pedagogical grammar. These concepts and their content, taken altogether, are expected to facilitate L2 teaching in global contexts..

Period	9 Oct 2024
Degree of Recognition	Local