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Using Comics with ESL/EFL Students
Justine Derrick
- Second Language Acquisition, Reading, and Comics
- Commics could be used as a tool Encourage students to read (input)
- The most important factor in the development of reading skills is
the amount of time a student actually spends reading
- comics is used to increase the amount of time their students read
they not only can provide language learners with contextualized
comprehensible input, but also engage the learner and lead him or her
to explore more graphic novels or books.
- comics is used to increase the amount of time their students read
they not only can provide language learners with contextualized
comprehensible input, but also engage the learner and lead him or her
to explore more graphic novels or books.
- The most important factor in the development of reading skills is
the amount of time a student actually spends reading
- commics deals with real spoken language more than books
- therefore it could be a tool to introduce learners concepts such a ‘ellipsis,
blends, nonwords, vague lexis, confirmation checks, contrastive stress, new
topic signals, nonverbal language, mitigators, [and] routine/ritual phrases’
Comics, on the other hand, put each of these into context and make them
relevant to second language learners.”
- therefore it could be a tool to introduce learners concepts such a ‘ellipsis,
blends, nonwords, vague lexis, confirmation checks, contrastive stress, new
topic signals, nonverbal language, mitigators, [and] routine/ritual phrases’
Comics, on the other hand, put each of these into context and make them
relevant to second language learners.”
- Commics could be used as a tool Encourage students to read (input)
- Visual Literancy
- Comic books and graphic novels call for “visual
literacy,” where students need to learn to recognize
certain symbols and decode their meaning
- Comic books and graphic novels call for “visual
literacy,” where students need to learn to recognize
certain symbols and decode their meaning
- How to Use Comics in
the Classroom
- Understanding Visual Symbols
- prepare students to interpret symbols
- prepare students to interpret symbols
- Reading Order in Comics
- Give students the oportunity of
reading commics, and discuss the
order they should read the page.
- Give students the oportunity of
reading commics, and discuss the
order they should read the page.
- Comic Jigsaw
- Give some students texts
and other panels. Students
could match their panel to
text or their text to a panel
- Give some students texts
and other panels. Students
could match their panel to
text or their text to a panel
- Fill in the Text
- students could generate
text based on pictures
- students could generate
text based on pictures
- Creating Pictures
- students have to draw
pictures to accompany text
- students have to draw
pictures to accompany text
- Putting Panels in Order
- Creating Comics
- Understanding Visual Symbols
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