Many teachers working in proficiency orientated institutions, whether they work in national, local teaching contexts or global ones, find themselves confronted with a heavily loaded curriculum, often split into language and separate skills, and a very limited time frame to work within. This dilemma often leads teachers to what seems to be an…

This article examines the relevance of metaphor from a number of perspectives; its dominant part in everyday speech, its use as a teaching tool, and its role in education and training. Metaphor is seen as a vehicle for personal statement, a device for clarifying abstract concepts and for adding color to descriptions, and as a socio-cultural…