VISUAL METAPHOR IN EARLY SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Vol.9, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 5-20 Full text
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.23.1.1
Web of Science: 001021117300001
Author:
Milena Levunlieva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-1141
Affiliation: South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 002wcjr61
Abstract
The paper adapts the theory of knowledge enablement in knowledge-sharing companies to the needs of the second-language classroom to explicate the association between pedagogical interaction and the effectiveness of the teaching process. The goal of the inquiry is to alert language teachers to the hidden opportunities visualization and layout suggest in designing a stress-free educational environment conducive to amplifying language knowledge and skills in a context stimulating knowledge enablement. Visualization is explored at two levels: 1) the level of text layout and illustrations; and 2) the level of visual images and visual metaphors. The method of structural and functional modelling is used to present the layout of exercises and language content and the visual metaphor identification method is employed in the analysis of visual images. A conclusion is asserted of the instrumental role of visuals in English coursebooks for young learners as a medium of visual literacy and as a factor in streamlining the development of productive second language skills. This claim is substantiated by a case study that 1) demonstrates the contextualizing function of images and visual metaphors in English language coursebooks for young learners; and 2) explores the means, instruments and ways of visualizing the instructional content of two TEYL coursebooks published in 2014 and 2015.
Keywords: knowledge enablement, visual metaphor, visual literacy, visual layout, stress-free environment
Article history:
Submitted: 24 February 2023
Reviewed: 25 February 2023
Accepted: 13 March 2023
Published: 20 June 2023
Citation (APA):
Levunlieva, M. (2023). Visual Metaphor in Early Second Language Education. English Studies at NBU, 9(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.23.1.1
Copyright © 2023 Milena Levunlieva
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