20.500.12556/DKUM-94627 Poliranje diamantov ali donkihotstvo vloga učitelja pouka tujega jezika v luči metafor Polishing diamonds or quixoticism the role of the foreign language teacher through the lens of metaphors Edina stalnica pri vlogi učitelja oz. učitelja tujega jezika je nenehno spreminjanje. V prispevku vlogo učitelja osvetlimo z vidika prevladujočih metod učenja in poučevanja tujih jezikov in jo nato analiziramo z vidika metafor, s katerimi so učitelji in študenti ciljno in hote opisali poklic oz. vlogo učitelja. Metafor ne razumemo le kot lep način izražanja, kolorit jezika, temveč kot temeljne kognitivne mehanizme, ki ljudem omogočajo, da izrazijo svoje razumevanje sveta in da razumejo razumevanje sveta drugih. Zanimalo nas bo, kakšne mentalne modele predstavljajo metafore in ali med zbranimi metaforami prevladujejo tiste, ki kažejo na tradicionalno instruktivno razumevanje vloge učitelja tujega jezika, ali tiste, s katerimi lahko vlogo učitelja razumemo skladno s sodobnejšimi konstruktivističnimi pristopi učenja in poučevanja. The only constant in the role of a (foreign language) teacher is continual change. This paper examines the evolving role of the foreign language teacher by first considering dominant methods of language learning and teaching, and then analyzing these through metaphors used by teachers and students to purposefully and consciously describe the profession. Metaphors are regarded not merely as stylistic embellishments or vivid language, but as fundamental cognitive tools that allow individuals to articulate their worldview and to comprehend the perspectives of others. Our focus is on the mental models these metaphors suggest. Specifically, we investigate whether the metaphors collected reflect a traditional, instruction-centered understanding of the foreign language teacher’s role, or whether they point toward a more contemporary, constructivist view of teaching and learning. vloga učitelja tuji jezik metafore metode učenja mentalni modeli pouk tujega jezika teacher's role foreign languages metaphors mental models language teaching teaching methods true false true Slovenski jezik Angleški jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-08-23 03:08:11 2025-08-29 10:56:14 2025-08-30 03:37:20 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 199-214 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-07-21 37.091:81 242816515 246314243 10.18690/um.pef.7.2025.10 RAZ_Jazbec_Sasa_2025.pdf RAZ_Jazbec_Sasa_2025.pdf 1 B43DA93C4B4B619C4DF0CE0598717631 945c5d227e6a8fed49d7f3af35bcecefadae8866cc6b84ba28679e25c408b8ad 17eb2be3-84b6-11f0-b363-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=196981 https://doi.org/10.18690/um.pef.7.2025.10 0 20a2ca9c-84b6-11f0-b363-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=196982 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0