This book constitutes another step of the linguistic community in translating cognitive linguistics research into a set of guidelines applicable in the foreign language classroom. The authors, language scholars, and experienced practitioners discuss a collection of both more theoretical and practical issues from the area of second and foreign language pedagogy. These are matters that not only enhance our comprehension of particular grammatical and lexical problems, but also lead to the improvement of the efficiency of teaching a foreign language. The topics range from learners' emotions, teaching grammatical constructions, prepositions, and vocabulary, to specific issues in phonology. The observations concern the teaching of three different languages: English, French, and Italian. As a result, the book is of interest to scholars dealing with further developments of particular linguistic issues and practitioners who want to learn how to improve the quality of their classroom work.

Is based on the latest research from a vigorously developing branch of linguistics - cognitive linguistics Shows why cognitive linguistics is worth using in the foreign language classroom, and how to do it Deals with a broad range of issues: teaching phonology, grammar, and different kinds of vocabulary Offers a perspective from three different languages: besides English, it also discusses French and Italian

Inhalt
Introduction.- Effects of non-native vs. native teaching scenarios on L2 student emotions.- Imagery as a tool for describing the uses of French tenses.- The Cognitive Grammar-based pedagogical grammar tenses as coherent categories.- The infinitive or the gerund? Cognitive linguistics in the teaching English post-verbal complementation.- The Cognitive Grammar view of lexical polysemy and its application in foreign language pedagogy.- A cognitive approach to teaching Italian prepositions to Polish students .- LANGUAGE IS MUSIC metaphor as a didactic tool in descriptive phonetics and phonology classroom.