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A Study on Teaching Method of Korean in conceptual metaphors : focused on ‘Politics is War’ metaphor. Conceptual Metaphor Theory is the descriptive power on how a human being is understanding the meaning of things and this is being used as training tools in various subjects including the language education. Through Conceptual Metaphor, it is possible to efficiently understand idiomatic or figurative expression. However, it will be more effective in improving language abilities to applying the Conceptual Metaphor integrated in the overall language abilities rather than just applying it to partial aspects of the language elements. In other words, it is not a passive use of understanding things that have already been created through Conceptual Metaphor but the purpose of education must be in actively taking advantage of the concept of Conceptual Metaphor through understanding it and applying this concept to other domains as well. Especially, to advanced-level learners, active literacy of Conceptual Metaphor which is a social tool is needed. This is the bottom up concept from beginner to intermediate level, for the high-level Korean learners who have fit in the pieces of Korean language, it builds the cognitive systems, in other words, it provides the framework of top-down way of thinking. This study has proposed the utilization of Conceptual Metaphor based on the premise that the Conceptual Metaphor in order to improve the communication abilities in the Korean language training field targeting the foreign students. The significance of the study is found in the fact that this study has suggested the direction Korean language education must take regarding Conceptual Metaphor and have provided the actual training plan by designing the specific teaching-learning model.