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The metaphors and images underlying concepts of teaching often remain unspoken and unexamined. At the same time, they deeply influence the ways teaching and education are perceived and understood. It is precisely because they are seldom the subject of critical reflection that they can subtly and irrevocably shape both the framework and atmosphere in which educational questions are considered and decided. Hence, drawing attention to those latent metaphors and images which shape educational thinking can be seen as an essential task of educational research. Before exploring the concept of language teaching as an art, it will be necessary to first examine those underlying metaphors which have formed contemporary educational perspectives.