English Vocabulary Teaching in the Conceptual Metaphor Perspective

Conceptual metaphor is the common phenomenon that lies behind of everyday language.The application of conceptual metaphor to English vocabulary teaching and learning can in a degree help students to understand the meaning of foreign language vocabulary and the system of expressions.The application of conceptual metaphor to English vocabulary teaching and learning is to regard vocabulary as the manifestation of the target language conceptual system and help foreign language learners establish the target language conceptual system in vocabulary learning,then learners can express themselves and communicate in the target language fluently.In this way,the final purpose of vocabulary teaching is achieved.