The project explores young learners’ metaphoric competence and metalinguistic awareness in Croatian as L1 and English as a Foreign Language.
The aim of the project is twofold. One is to establish which lexical items with metaphorical meanings are included in textbooks and how they are used in language classes vs. subject-matter classes. The aim is also to determine the ways in which metaphor is used in textbooks in teaching L1 and L2.
Guidelines will be created for teachers on how to use metaphor in class and raise learners’ awareness of the link between literal and metaphorical meanings of lexical items. Explicit teaching of metaphor is aimed at developing young learners’ lexical competence as well as metalinguistic awareness required for the comprehension of textbook discourse.
Project details
Title: Metaphor in teaching L1 and L2
Short title: Meta Teach
Principal Investigator: Jelena Parizoska
Project team: Katarina Aladrović Slovaček, Tihana Bilešić, Ivana Cindrić, Lidija Cvikić, Tea Gavrilović Smolić, Tea Glavaš, Silvija Hanžić Deda, Marin Kežić, Željka Knežević, Matej Meterc, Biljana Radić-Bojanić, Tamara Turza-Bogdan
Start date / end date: 1 October 2025 / 30 September 2029
Funding: NextGenerationEU (Europska unija)
Project total budget: €51.665,31
Scientific area and field: Humanities / Philology
Institution: University of Zagreb Faculty of Teacher Education
Keywords: metaphor, teaching, young learners, L1, L2