4. Using visuals and images
Reasons for using visuals/images
What we can use
•Make learning more memorable
• Flashcards
• Inspire and engage
• Posters
• Scaffold learning
• Photographs
• Appeal to different learning styles
• Websites
• Add interest to classroom tasks
• Emoticons
• Provide input
• Student generated material
• Illustrate meaning
• Teacher generated material
• Increase STT
• The IWB/Board
• Provide learners’ with choices
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5. Rainbow Grammar
•Helps learners’ visual/auditory
memory
•Scaffolds question forms
•Adds engaging element to grammar
•Productive activity which can be
used with various simple tenses.
•Learners practise and improve
speaking skills.
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7. Throw the dice:
•1. Where are they? They’re in/at/..
•2. Who are they? They’re ….
•3. Why are they there? Because
they want/have/ need to …
•4. What are they doing? They’re v+
ing
•5. When is it? It’s in summer/ the
morning etc.
•6.How are they feeling? They’re
happy, tired etc.
.
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10. Generating output
•Students in groups collaboratively interpret the pictures using dice.
•Spokesperson can report to class.
•Group write description of the pictures.
•Skills Practised: Speaking and Writing
•Consolidation of Interrogative pronouns- 6 ‘wh’ words- where, when,
what, who, why, how.
•Topic/vocabulary review
•Longer stretches of language encouraged
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11. What is it? Speculating
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/what-it/what-it-038
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13. Photo Captions: LearnEnglish Teens
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/photo-captions/photo-caption-051
• Elicit adjectives- emotions, feelings
• What’s going to happen next?
• What happened to make this person feel this way?
• Write a short text.
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17. Pictures
Torn Picture: :
Information Gap exercise
Vocabulary revision
Kinaeasthetic
Students can choose pictures from
magazines.
Review
There is/There are
I can see
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18. Useful websites for visual resources
http://storybird.com/: Teachers can create stories on line using beautiful artwork from the
website.
http://www.tagxedo.com/ : Word clouds which can be given specific shapes.
http://www.glogster.com/: Interactive glogs. Teachers can add music, photos, youtube
videos etc.
http://www.thinglink.com/: Teachers can upload photos and amke them interactive by
adding information, videos, music etc.
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19. Thank you!
British Council, Palma
C/Arxiduc Lluís Salvador ,1- 4º
T 971 762277
E palma@britishcouncil.es
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