A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Visually boost the speaking/ writing skills of young learners
1. Faten Romdhani
Tesol Arabia March 13-
15, 2014
Thanks to: British Council
Tunisia
Visually Boost the speaking/ writing
skills of young learners
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5. Let’s guess together …
How much do we remember of …
------------- %what we read
-------------%what we hear
-------------%what we see
-------------%what we see and hear
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discuss
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and practice
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6. Rutgers Cooperative Research &
Extension
We remember :
20% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see & hear
70% of what we see, hear and
discuss
90% of what we see, hear,
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7. More than 97% of my pupils are Visual
Spatial Learners
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8. Visual Learners’ Traits
Prefer to see words written
down
Prefer to have a picture to
view, when something is being
described
Enjoy visual art activities
Remember and understand
through the use of diagrams,fromdhani2010@gmail.com
10. Visual Literacy
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The ability to interpret visual
messages accurately & to create
such messages
Includes such areas as facial
expressions, body
language, drawing, painting, sculptu
re, hand signs, words in the
textbook, computer
images, student-produced still
11. Visual approaches of Visual
Literacy
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Help learners
decode or
read visuals
Help learners
“encode” or
write visuals
17. Strategies for teaching Visual
Learners
Provide the students with a general
outline of the material
Use flip boards, photos, diagrams,
PPT presentations, charts, maps,
etc…
Have students construct their own
flashcards
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18. Visual Learning Tactics
Provide greater visual exposure and
practice
Use the computer to construct graphics,
mind maps or webbing of the material
Use Concept maps with key points,
boxes, circles and arrows showing the
connections
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19. Help the students go through :
3-Application
2-Manipulation
1-Visualization
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20. Teaching resources that meet the
needs of visual learners
Graphic Organizers
Word Clouds/Puzzles
Photos
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25. User-friendly Tech
Tools • Cartoon Story Maker
• Garfield Comic
Creator
• Toon doo Comic
Creator
Comic
Tools
• Power Point
• Free online flashcards
makers
Flashcards
• You tube
• Free video maker
Online: Animoto /
Dvolver,
Multimedia
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26. User-friendly Tech Tools
Graphic Organizers/ Mind Mapping tools
• I mind app
• Ed Draw Mind app
Word Clouds
• Tagxedo
• Tagul
• Wordle
Stories Illustrated
• Google
• Youtube
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39. Issues for Visual Learners
1
• Difficulty with oral directions
• Difficulty following lectures
2
• Keen sense of observation
• Sit close enough to the teacher
3
• Outside noise distracts them easily
• “zone out” during lengthy oral presentations
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40. Issues for Visual Learners
4
• Process oral input slowly
• Perform poorly on oral timed tests
5
• Recall information better if allowed to
read it silently first
6
• Fond of taking notes even when given
printed lecture notes in advance
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