Suggestions for Future Studies

5.4. Suggestions for Future Studies 
 
Future studies that are interested in applying cognitive linguistics to 
teaching prepositions may find some ways to eliminate the weaknesses of the 
present study emerging from the participants’ comments. Besides, if cognitive 
linguistics can improve learners’ both explicit and implicit knowledge of 
prepositions can be another topic for future studies. What is more, immediate 
posttest and delayed posttest can be used to measure learners’ retention of the 
semantics of prepositions. Last but not least, it is essential to conduct studies 
applying cognitive linguistics to teaching other English prepositions in other 
contexts. 
 

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AUTHOR’S WORKS 
 
[1] Bùi Phú Hưng (2016a). How to apply cognitive linguistics to teaching 
prepositions and noun plurality. Hue University of Social Sciences and 
Humanities, 123(9), 57-72. 
[2] Bùi Phú Hưng (2016b). Cognitive linguistics and its implications for English 
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experimental study. International Journal of Instruction, 11(3), 327-346. 
[5] Bùi Phú Hưng, Trương Viên & Nguyễn Ngọc Vũ (2018b). Students’ 
responses to CL-based teaching of English prepositions. Eurasian Journal 
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