Author(s)

Yanmei Jia

Corresponding Author

Yanmei Jia

Abstract

As one of the most widely used languages in the world, English reading has the same value and meaning as native language reading. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the importance of nationals learning English is self-evident, and our children and young people are getting exposed to English earlier and later. As an important branch of cognitive science, cognitive linguistics has a strong comprehensive and systematic, integrating computer, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, through multiple angles and various ways. From the perspective of cognitive linguistics, this paper analyzes the current situation of college English reading teaching and its existing problems, and then explores the application of cognitive linguistics in college English reading teaching.

Keywords

Cognition; Linguistics; College English; Reading teaching; Application