The Review of Cognitive Linguistics’ Application in English Vocabulary and Sentence Pattern Teaching Abstract As an important research filed of psychology, cognition also plays a vital role in language learning. Cognition and language are both based on the factual experience. Cognition is the basis of language which decides the development of language; but language can also react on the cognition and promote the improvement of cognition. Therefore, cognition and language have the close relation and interact with each other. Some linguists have begun to do research on the relation of them and developed cognitive linguistic (CL). Now with the development of language education, more and more linguists and teachers begin to study on cognitive linguistic and make use of it to enhance the language teaching efficiency and quality. In China, English is the most common second language and it is also a main subject in compulsory education and secondary education. Vocabulary and sentence pattern is two important parts of English. But most students find these two parts are difficult to handle especially for those beginners. Thus based on the theoretical support of linguistic and the research results that is done by others before, this paper does a summary on the way to use cognitive linguistic on English vocabulary and sentence pattern teaching. To some degree it can promote the efficiency of English education especially English class teaching in China.50424
This paper is composed of six parts. The first part is the introduction about this paper including its research background and the significance of this thesis. And the second is the literature review. With the reference of many thesis and books about Cognitive Linguistics written by linguists, teachers and scholars, I draw out the definition of Cognitive Linguistics. From the elaborate analysis made by those linguists, I have got a clear an idea on the category of Cognitive Linguistics and make a brief introduction about some important items as well as the essence of Cognitive Linguistics. Then I chose some parts of Cognitive Linguistics studying filed and built the overall theoretical framework of my paper. Then I refer to some experimental materials about the application of Cognitive Linguistics in English Class teaching and find out the theoretical basis on those practical applications. The third parts of this paper is the study and application of Cognitive Linguistics in English vocabulary teaching. In this part firstly I explained the influence that cognition makes on words’ meaning derivation and then I set some specific and typical examples, which includes some class activities, on how to apply Cognitive Linguistics’ theory in English vocabulary teaching. The next part is the study and application of Cognitive Linguistics in English sentence pattern teaching. In this part I first made the explanation on the important component of one sentence---construction. Then based on the class experiments made by other researchers I set some typical examples on how to apply Cognitive Linguistics in construction teaching such as filled construction teaching, partially filed construction teaching and unfilled construction teaching. Besides, there are some tips for more advanced students to learn construction. As we all know, vocabulary and sentence are two interconnected parts in every language. Therefore, I connect English vocabulary teaching to sentence pattern teaching and put forward my advice on their joint teaching. The last part of this paper is the summary on the advantages and disadvantages of Cognitive Linguistics’ application in English teaching.
Keywords: cognitive linguistic; English teaching; vocabulary; sentence pattern
摘要作为心理学的一个重要研究领域，认知在语言学习中发挥着巨大的作用。认知和语言是建立在实际经验基础上的两个心理系统。认知是语言的基础，决定着语言系统的发展，语言又反作用于认知，促进认知的发展。因此，认知和语言是两个紧密相关互相影响的系统。意识到这一点后，一些语言学家开始研究两者的关系，从而发展出了认知语言学。如今随着语言教育的发展，越来越多的语言学家和教师开始研究并将之应用于教学实践，大大提高了语言教学的效率和质量。在中国，英语是最常见的一门外语，同时它也是中学教育阶段一门重要的学科。由此可见英语在中小学教育中的重要地位。词汇和句式是英语的两个重要组成部分。但是对于大部分学生尤其是初学者来说，较好的掌握这两部分是有一定难度的。因此，在认知语言学的理论支持下，结合之前学者得出的研究成果，本文将整合并总结认知语言学在英语词汇与句式教学中具体应用，希望能够借此为促进英语教育尤其是英语课堂教学贡献一些力量。 认知语言学在英语词汇与句式教学上的应用综述:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_53748.html