Abstract This thesis is based on the studies of vocabulary teaching in the light of metaphor。 It makes a brief research on metaphorical concepts with its classifications, function and formation reasons。 This paper simply introduces current condition of English vocabulary teaching and its disadvantage。 It is imperative for metaphor to be inserted into vocabulary teaching only to make vocabulary teaching and vocabulary acquisition in a better way。 The last but not least thing is the applications of metaphor in vocabulary teaching。 The author lists some ways to follow to achieve the goal。 The enlightenment drew from this research is that to get better results, teachers should introduce metaphorical thinking mode to students, guide students to know cultural features of each metaphor implied and develop students’ metaphorical awareness and metaphorical competence。 It is not how many words and phrases the students receive matters。 On the contrary, it is how the students know the words, what skills they grasp and how to use the skills that matters。75680

Keywords: metaphorical concept; current situation of vocabulary teaching; application         

摘要本文从隐喻学角度出发，针对英语教学中的词汇教学做了简要研究。详细介绍了隐喻概念及其分类、功能、产生原因。本文另一方面分析了英语词汇教学的现状，提出了将隐喻运用于英语词汇教学的重要性。更重要的是介绍了词汇教学中隐喻的应用。为取得更好的词汇教学效果，本研究启示教师们在词汇教学中，向学生们介绍隐喻思维模式，引导学生了解隐喻的文化特征，并发展学生的隐喻意识与隐喻能力。真正重要的并不是学生们接受的词汇短语的数量，而是学生们如何理解词汇，掌握了何种技能以及如何运用技能。

毕业论文关键词：隐喻概念；词汇教学现状；应用

Contents

1。 Introduction。1

2。 Literature Review。1

2。1 The definition of metaphor。。2

2。2 The significance of English vocabulary teaching3

3。 Metaphorical Concepts3

3。1 Metaphorical concepts and its classifications4

3。2 Metaphorical concepts and its functions。5

3。3 Metaphorical concepts and its formation reasons。6

4。 The Application of Metaphor to English Vocabulary Teaching。7

4。1 The current situation of English vocabulary teaching。7

4。2 The ways metaphor is brought into vocabulary teaching8

4。2。1 To introduce metaphorical thinking mode to students9

4。2。2 To guide students to know cultural features of each metaphor implied。10

4。2。3 To cultivate metaphorical awareness and metaphorical competence。11

5。 Conclusion12

Works Cited。13

1。 Introduction 

     The main content of English learning is vocabulary learning, in this way, it is thought that the entire English teaching relies on how to adopt vocabulary teaching。 Meanwhile, Li strongly believes that “All language is metaphorical。”(Li 35)。 It is supposed to be noticed that metaphor should be introduced in order to teach vocabulary in a better way。 Allegory, metonymy, simile, personification and so on can be adopted to the language learners to make them have a clear comprehension of English vocabulary in different contexts。 When vocabulary is taught, the improvement of metaphoric awareness and the cultivation of metaphoric competence should be valued。

     Metaphorical concepts, which reveal the deep meaning of the vocabulary, avoid students from grasping the surface meaning passively only。 Meanwhile, with metaphorical thinking mode, students will be able to draw inferences about other cases from one instance, which will benefit them when they come across some unfamiliar words in reading or translation。 By inhabiting students’ metaphorical awareness, students may become interested in finding out each metaphor’s cultural characteristics and understand each metaphorical concept in a better way。 Once students get familiar with the classification and function of the metaphorical concepts after teachers insert metaphorical concepts into English vocabulary teaching, the whole English teaching and students’ vocabulary acquisition even English acquisition, will become much easier。