The Power of the Image
Image: www.flickr.com/photos/davidmartinpro/3605363434/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Laura Terrill
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Communication
What does it mean to be proficient in a language?
or
How will my students use what I am teaching in a
real-life context?
or
Will they really say it on the streets of (Paris)?
head
foot
hand
stomach
eyes
nose
ears
mouth
knee
hair
Proficiency?
List 10 parts of the body.
What’s wrong? Do you have a headache?
Conjugate the verb “to be”.
You have a new dog! What’s he like?
Use the future tense to say what you are going to do.
What will you do next weekend?
Answer with a direct object pronoun.
When did you have time to read that book?
Images can be used to……
• Provoke emotion
• Stimulate higher order thinking
• Introduce/tell cultural stories
• Visualize vocabulary in context
• Consider cultural perspectives
• Address the modes of communication
Cognition and Retention
It is through the senses that we interact with, and
learn about, the world around us (Walker & Chaplin
1997 p.19). In particular, some people remember
better what they see rather than what they hear,
and if there is emotion involved, the memory is
enhanced even more (Swetmon 1998, p.7). If
memory is enhanced, knowledge can be retained.
Once cognitive processing of knowledge has taken
place learning is deemed to have occurred (Morgan
& Welton 1992)
Considering Visual Literacy When Designing Instruction, Michael D Sankey
The Courage to Teach
Intellect works in concert with
feeling, so if I hope to open my
students’ minds, I must open
their emotions as well.
Parker J. Palmer
Complex Thinking — Simple Language
No soy un abrigo.
Helena Curtain
Images can be used to……
• Provoke emotion
• Stimulate higher order thinking
• Visualize vocabulary in context
• Introduce/tell cultural stories
• Consider cultural perspectives
• Address the modes of communication
It’s raining.
Let’s go swimming.
?
Water on a
tropical island
???
Going by boat to an
island for the day
???
Visual Thinking Strategies
Students learn by:
• Looking carefully at works of art
• Talking about what they observe
• Backing up their ideas with evidence
• Listening to and considering the views of others
• Discussing many possible interpretations
Visual Understanding in Education
visualthinkingstrategies.org
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Visual Thinking Strategies
Three key questions:
1. What is going on in this picture?
2. What do you see that makes you say that?
3. What more can we find?
Visual Understanding in Education
visualthinkingstrategies.org
vue.org
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Images can be used to……
• Provoke emotion
• Stimulate higher order thinking
• Visualize vocabulary in context
• Consider cultural perspectives
• Introduce/tell cultural stories
• Address the modes of communication
Images can be used to……
• Provoke emotion
• Stimulate higher order thinking
• Visualize vocabulary in context
• Consider cultural perspectives
• Introduce/tell cultural stories
• Address the modes of communication
Los Reyes debían hacer felices
a otros niños con regalos que
dejarían en sus casas……
También hallaron en el libro la
forma de viajar rápido……
Se preguntaban cómo iban a
repartir los regalos, cuando de
pronto apareció….
Pero algo terrible sucedió….
A partir de entonces, los Reyes
Visitan las casas puertorriqueñas.
Images can be used to……
• Provoke emotion
• Stimulate higher order thinking
• Visualize vocabulary in context
• Consider cultural perspectives
• Introduce/tell cultural stories
• Address the modes of communication
Three Modes of Communication
Interpretive
Presentational
Interpersonal
Speaking Test
Sports et Loisirs
Role-play B: You are being interviewed
for a position as a camp counselor.
Have a conversation in which you:
• ask questions to find out what
you would do each day
• explain what you really like to
do
• justify why you don’t like to do
something
Ask Questions
Image: http://1jour1actu.com/monde/une-journee-mondiale-contre-le-travail-des-enfants/
Yesterday – Today - Tomorrow
What did
you do?
What are
you going
to do?
What are you doing?
Laura Terrill
World Language / ELL Consultant
8529 Stark Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46216
Cell: 314-369-9678
Home: 317-546-2626
Email: lterrill@gmail.com
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