picture stories inthe classroom

OSCAR ENRIQUE CONDE TORREJANO

CARLOS AUGUSTO GARCÍA FORERO

PICTURE STORIES INTHE PICTURE STORIES INTHE CLASSROOMCLASSROOM

G. Exercising imagination, prediction and anticipation.H. Introducing the child to other cultures and customs.I. Learning new vocabularies in context.J. Getting familiar with the rhythm, intonation, and music of the language

• Often contain no indication of the size of unknown objects.

• The limited use teachers may make of picture stories by only focusing on narrative speaking or writing

• On their own, pictures are a limited source of textual input.

• Fairy Tales

• Drama with children/teens/adults.

• Telling stories out loud to others

• Building up a story out of scratch

• Selecting the odd picture out

• Using cartoons and comic strips

• Identifying feelings

• Using news articles

• Books

• Web access

• Magazines

• Comics

• Digital photographs

• Newspapers

• Drawings

• Goodman, Jennifer. 2009. Picture stories in the Communicative classroom. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/resources/picture_story.shtml

• Williams, Katherine, 1968. Learning from Pictures. Department of Audiovisual Instruction. Washington, DC. USA.

• Lilian C. Zambrano & Edgar A. Insuasty. Using picture stories. 2008.