EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ALLEGORY AND ANALOGY IN TEACHING PHRASAL VERBS

Abstract

Phrasal verbs are one of the most difficult types of vocabulary to learn a language for ESL/EFL learners whose L1 is a non-Germanic language due to its multiple meaning and word construction. Traditionally, students were taught to learn meanings of phrasal verbs by heart and these would be kept in short term memory and difficult to remember in a longer period. Allegory and analogy are the method of emphasizing on cognitive performance to stimulate students to guess the meaning of phrasal verbs and this will help to have them kept in the learners’ long-term memory. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness the metaphor technique in teaching phrasal verbs.