The Outcome of Using Metaphors and Decorations in Educational Posters in Increasing the Amount of Learning and Consolidating Foreign Language Content in Memory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Linguistics, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

2 PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Iranshahr University, Iranshahr, Iran.

3 PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2020.253125.1399

Abstract

Corpus-based approach is a method that has changed the perspective of researchers towards language teaching and its use in recent decades. Based on the definition of Barbieri and Eckart (2007), linguistics is an approach to the study of language that examines the patterns of language use by using basic text computer sets. Due to the lack of systematic and coherent research studies in this field, the present research has examined the study of metaphor on foreign language learning. Thus, after selecting 90 male and female language learners in several language schools, at the first step, they were regulated in terms of language skills and classified into two levels of intermediate and advanced skills; next the Oxford level test was performed. Then the researcher randomly selected several sentences in which the academic's desired terms are applied by using the Internet Frequency Analyzer (COCA). The control group was given a list of terms and their meanings, and the experimental group was given the same terms along with the context in which the sentences were used. After two weeks, the metaphor test was taken from both groups. The collected data were analyzed inferentially using independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance. The findings of the research indicate the effect of using metaphors and decorations of educational posters in increasing foreign language learning in memory.

Research aims:
1. Examining the role of metaphor and educational poster decorations in learning.
2. Investigating the effect of applying metaphor in increasing learning and consolidating foreign language content in memory.

Research questions:
1. How is metaphor manifested in educational posters in learning matters?
2. How does metaphor cause an increase in learning and consolidating foreign language content in memory?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 19, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45
February 2021
Pages 260-280

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