%0 Journal Article %T A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Classroom English Vocabulary Instruction for EFL Learners in Mainland China %A Yanqing Chen %J English Language Teaching %D 2009 %I %R 10.5539/elt.v2n1p95 %X Vocabulary learning and teaching has been one of the main issues in ESL/EFL learning and teaching research. EFL teachers in China, in particular, are grappling with the effective vocabulary teaching methods. This paper is doing part of this job in a different way. It discusses three principles based on Cognitive Linguistics (CL), namely the study of categorization, prototype, and metaphor, and implications of these principles in formal vocabulary instruction in a Chinese context of English learning in South-western mainland China. %U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/343