Using pictures and movement in the English classroom

And how to move away from direct translation!

Razones para usar picturas

• Porque usamos picturas durante una lecion de idiomas?

• Que ya son sus experiencias con picturas?

Razones para usar picturas

• Picturas dar nos algo para hablar sobre. Toman la enfocado afuera de la estudiante durante la practica oral

• Las picturas pueden illustrar topicos de interes que no estan en el textbook o topicos afuera de la experiencia de los profesores (la tecnologia de computadores, agricultura, y mas)

Reasons for Using Pictures in Language

Lessons3 Pictures provide visual support for

learning as they may activate or access mental pictures which can help the second language learner remember a particular structure or vocabulary item.

4 Pictures are more convenient than some realia to bring into the classroom (e.g., pictures of animals, burning buildings, outdoor activities, etc.).

Reasons for Using Pictures in Language

Lessons5 Pictures add color and interest to writing exercises and discussions without being technologically top-heavy.

6 Pictures can be used in different ways for various lessons. They are not tied to any teaching method, class size, or proficiency level. The same photograph can be used in many ways.

Reasons for Using Pictures in Language

Lessons7 Pictures are convenient, cheap or free. They are easily transportable, lightweight, flat, and they are long-lasting if mounted or laminated.

8 Pictures are very adaptable to the technology of the teaching environment (e.g., they can be scanned in, projected on a screen, posted on a bulletin board, or used even when there is no electricity).

Reasons for Using Pictures in Language

Lessons9 Pictures promote creative and critical

thinking (e.g., in describing an everyday object photographed from an unusual angle, or clouds which appear to be different things to different people).

10 Pictures can raise interest for any students but may be especially important for visually-oriented learners.

Razones para usar fotos

What did you notice about

all the previous slides?

THERE WERE

NO PICTURES!

Razones para usar picturas

¿Qué noticaste sobre las ultimas slides?

¡NO PICTURAS!

Actividades con picturas

¡Esté es maravilloso!

Usar fotos con acción

Actividades con Pictures

Tomé está foto cuando…

Antes de que yo lo tomara….

Después de que yo lo tomé….

Es importante que…

• Las fotos vayan a interesar los estudiantes

• Las fotos sean apropriados culturamente y de edad

• Tenga más de que es necesario para providir choice

Actividades¿Que hacen ellos?

Actividades¿Qué dicen?

Actividades

¿Qué hacen?

¿Qué dicen?

Actividades

¿Qué piensa ella?

¿Qué piensa el?

¿Van a decir a la otra persona que piensa?

¿Porqué sí o no?

Actividades

• Añadir roles:• Son novios• Están el la primera cita• Hermanos• Estudiante y tutor• Trabajan juntos

Actividades• Buscar por 3 similaridades y 3

diferencias

Picture Puzzle Activity

• (Colleen Maloney-Berman’s

• Activity with Cut-up Pictures)

• 1. Look for photos with at least two people and two or three objects with some kind of unpredictable link. (Advertising photos work well for this task.)

• 2. Cut the picture into three or four pieces.

Picture Puzzle Activity

Here is an example of a photo you could

use for this activity:

Picture Puzzle Activity

3. Each person in the group has a piece

of the picture. Without showing it to the

other people, he/she describes the piece.

4. The members of the group try to

figure out the total picture by

considering the relationship of the pieces.

Picture Puzzle Activity

5. When the group members think they have figured out the puzzle, they assemble the photo:

Picture Description Tasks

Paragraph Building from a picture

1. Look at this picture. Think about what you want to describe.

2. Brainstorm vocabulary words you can use to describe this picture. Think of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

Picture Description Tasks

Nouns Adjectives

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

Verbs Adverbs

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

Picture Description Tasks

Paragraph Building…

3. Write ten sentences describing this picture.

4. Read your sentences aloud. Can some be improved? Rewrite them.

5. Choose the sentences you like best.

6. Arrange them in a smooth paragraph. Add connecting words.

Picture Description Tasks

Paragraph Building…

• Post the pictures around the room, or pass them out to various students.

• The authors read their paragraphs aloud.

• The other students identify the picture being described.

Hacer coneciones

• Picturas de 4 personas que aparantamente no tiene un relación

• Distrubir las picturas al grupo

• Cada personas hace una biografía sobre la persona

• Compartir la biografía

• En el grupo hace coneciónes entre la gente