Metaphors and Constructing a Speaker
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
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Construction is a process that involves the building or assembling of infrastructure. A solid building is impossible without a solid foundation. A strong foundation is a nice metaphor often used to talk about developing knowledge, but we have to use such a metaphor with care. When talking about second language learning, we can begin from the basic building blocks of speech. However, such an approach becomes problematic in teaching pronunciation and building language skills in a second language learner.