Abstract
Traditional approaches to metaphor have focused primarily on its ubiquity in language and thought. Recently, a growing interest in the pervasiveness of metaphor in modes other than purely linguistic ones has been explored. In this paper particular attention is paid to non-verbal forms of metaphorical depiction. We have examined a small corpus of EFL students’ drawings and narratives in order to both tap into their mental representations of what ‘language learning’ means to them and get closer insights into these learners’ belief system. We approach the analysis multimodally, by scrutinizing the various meaning-making potentials of images and text as they conceptualize the learners’ perspectives of English language learning. To frame the study of these metaphorical representations, we take Block’s (2003) ‘acquisition’ and ‘participation’ metaphors and Oxford et al.’s (1998) perspectives on education. Results indicate that most of the visual and narrative metaphorical depictions portray language learning as a dynamic, individual acquisition process and can, therefore, be comprehended primarily through the Learner-Centered Growth perspective.References
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