The Development of Metonymic Competence of Chinese English Majors from the Perspective of the Multiliteracies Pedagogy

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10.2991/cesses-19.2019.66How to use a DOI?

Keywords

metonymic competence; the multiliteracies pedagogy; Chinese English majors

Abstract

Metonymic competence is a cognitive ability that language learners need to develop urgently. Cultivating metonymic competence of Chinese English majors can not only help students improve their level of language use, but also improve their thinking ability. This study attempts to apply the multiliteracies pedagogy to the cultivation of metonymic competence. Through the design and analysis of real classroom teaching cases in four aspects, namely, situated practice, overt instruction, critical framing and transformation practice, this study proposes feasible teaching methods and discusses their implications for second language teaching. The practice shows that the teaching design strengthens students' understanding of metonymy and develops their metonymic competence, thinking ability and academic writing ability.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yanqin Cao
AU  - Zhaohong Yao
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - The Development of Metonymic Competence of Chinese English Majors from the Perspective of the Multiliteracies Pedagogy
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 286
EP  - 289
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cesses-19.2019.66
DO  - 10.2991/cesses-19.2019.66
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