OBRAZOWANIE W NAUCZANIU GRAMATYKI JĘZYKA OBCEGO
CONSTRUAL IN FOREIGN GRAMMAR TEACHING

Summary/Abstract: The author of the paper assumes that cognitive grammar has an educational potential,which is also noticeable in the increasing use of cognitive tools in foreign languageteaching. A project of the University of Granada entitled “The educational potentialof cognitive grammar” was a stimulus for this research. Therefore, the paper focuseson Spanish as a foreign language and the concept of construal defined by Langackerin his “Cognitive grammar”. The author, using content analysis and dimensions of construalas the methods of research, creates a key of categories of visual representationsof grammar in textbooks of Spanish as a foreign language. The categories are inspired bythe concept of construal, which is a natural human process. Pictures are used to facilitatethe explication of grammar in a more comprehensible way. Moreover, the author showsthe potential of creating visual representations of particular grammatical problems andbenefits of their usage in teaching other foreign languages.

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