Dr. Frank Boers – Applications of Cognitive Linguistics to L2 Pedagogy

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Applications of Cognitive Linguistics to L2 Pedagogy – Featured Presentation by Dr. Frank Boers at the 2012 KOTESOL International Conference held at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea.

Overview

In this presentation, Dr. Frank Boers introduces applications of cognitive linguistics and explains the significance for second language pedagogy.

Bio

Frank Boers is an Associate Professor at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His initial research interests were in the field of lexicology and semantics. His work has appeared in journals such as Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Research, and he is co-author of Optimizing a Lexical Approach to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).