Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)

An Exploration on English Learning and Teaching Based on the Theory of Figure and Ground

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Yuanzhen Wu, Shijun Liu
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Yuanzhen Wu
Available Online November 2018.
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10.2991/cesses-18.2018.17How to use a DOI?
Keywords
figure-ground; prepositions; temporal events; English teaching
Abstract

Originated from psychology, the theory of Figure and Ground was integrated by gestalt psychologists to the framework of perceptual organization and currently it has been put into use in the analysis of linguistic structure by cognitive linguists, especially in the construal of prepositions and complex sentences indicating temporal events. In addition, this theory could serve to explore its guidance in English teaching and the switch of teachers’ role in the process of teaching.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2018
ISBN
10.2991/cesses-18.2018.17
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-18.2018.17How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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