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The Learning Contents of Metaphor in Korean Language Education of the Secondary Schools

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2007, 22(), pp.237-266
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

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ABSTRACT

Choi Jin-a. 2007. The Learning Contents of Metaphor in Korean Language Education of the Secondary Schools. Korean Semantics, 22. The purpose of this research is to examine the present situation and problems with the learning contents of metaphor in Korean language education of the secondary schools, and to present a desirable alternative direction for metaphor education. The subject of this research are the past curriculum, the current curriculum and textbooks according to the 7th curriculum. Metaphor is being taught as one of the ways of figurative expression, seen just as a literary device in a rhetorical view. Metaphor is a cognitive strategy with which the human understands world and it is easily found in the daily language. Therefore it should be recognized and reflected in the curriculum and textbooks. Metaphor should be taught with the essence of language. And it should be taught by experiencing spoken and written languages and daily and art languages.

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