TEACHING THE ANALYSIS OF A METAPHOR IN A LITERARY TEXT TO POSTGRADUATES-LAWYERS AT THE LESSONS OF ENGLISH
Belkina Elena Pavlovna
Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin
Abstract. The article asserts that the development of search skills of the students of a master degree may be provided with their involvement in the analysis of a conceptual metaphor "the sphere of a lawyer’s activity is a war" at the lessons of English, using a project work and a role play. It is suggested to use a literary text as the material under study, in particular - fragments from the novels by J. Grisham.
Key words and phrases: обучение английскому языку магистрантов-юристов, художественный текст, метафора, поисковая деятельность, проектная работа, ролевая игра, teaching English to postgraduates-lawyers, literary text, metaphor, search activity, project work, role play
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