Such language differences make teaching of 1 .this area very difficult (1 ) Sentence 1 0 Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O Another method takes a cognitive linguistics 2 approach, in which prepositions are studied in relation to spatial relationships (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O Using prepositions correctly in English is very 3 difficult if English is not a person's first .language (1 ) Sentence 1 0 Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O The essay which follows gives a brief history of 4 prepositional theory and compares the traditional and cognitive linguistics approaches, arguing that a cognitive linguistics approach helps students to understand the concepts underlying prepositions and so is more effective in helping students to use .prepositions correctly (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 Sentence 4 Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O Prepositions are small connecting words that.5 do not necessarily exist in other languages, or .may not have exactly the same meanings (1 ) Sentence 1 0 Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O One popular teaching method relies on .6 students learning combinations of nouns .and prepositions (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O 4 Sentence 5 O Sentence 6 O Spatial relationships, however, may differ from one language .to another, and so this method is not completely effective By studying spatial relationships, students appear to remember prepositions more accurately than they do using the traditional memorisation method Nevertheless, the cognitive linguistic approach appears to be . useful for many students and it is recommended that researchers study this approach further to see whether it is applicable for students with different language backgrounds .and at different levels of language study This essay has argued that a cognitive linguistics perspective is more effective than simple memorisation in helping .students to remember noun and preposition combinations Spatial relationships, however, may differ from .7 one language to another, and so this method is .not completely effective (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 Sentence 4 O By studying spatial relationships, students.8 appear to remember prepositions more accurately than they do using the traditional memorisation method (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 Sentence 4 O Nevertheless, the cognitive linguistic approach.9 appears to be useful for many students and it is recommended that researchers study this approach further to see whether it is applicable for students with different language backgrounds and at different levels of language .study (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 Sentence 4 O 4 This essay has argued that a cognitive 10 linguistics perspective is more effective than simple memorisation in helping students to remember noun and preposition .combinations (1 ) Sentence 1 O Sentence 2 O Sentence 3 O Sentence 4 O
