in English Language Teaching
Throughout the history of education, communication has been at the centre of the experience, regardless of subject matter. We can’t learn (or teach) what we can’t communicate and, increasingly, that communication is being done through visual media.
Stephen Apkon
We must teach communication comprehensively in all its forms. We live and work in a visually sophisticated world, so we must be sophisticated in using all the forms of communication, not just the written word.
George Lucas
This book is dedicated to all critical and creative image users and makers in ELT.
Contents
Preface – Making meaning: from teaching language to designing environments for learning in the contemporary world ix
Gunther Kress
1. The image in ELT: an introduction 1
Kieran Donaghy & Daniel Xerri
2. Image makers: the new language learners of the 21st century 13
Anna Whitcher
3. A history of video in ELT 23
Ben Goldstein
4. The power of video 33
Antonia Clare
5. The power of image nation: how to teach a visual generation 43
Magdalena Wasilewska
6. Using Pinterest to promote genuine communication and enhance personalised learning 51
Andreia Zakime
7. Teaching visual literacy through memes in the language classroom 59
Elena Dom.nguez Romero & Jelena Bobkina
8. Colors in images: developing color vocabulary and meanings in the EFL classroom 71
Candy Fresacher
9. Learner-sourced visuals for deeper text engagement and conceptual comprehension 79
Tyson Seburn
10. Images on canvas: art, thinking and creativity in ELT 89
Chrysa Papalazarou
11. Looking back at ekphrastic writing: museum education tasks in the language classroom 105
Sylvia Karastathi
12. Peace art: words and images interwoven 117
Magdalena Brzezinska
13. The teaching artist in language learning: how to create an Artists in Schools Project 129
Emma Louise Pratt
14. The picture and the story 145
Paul Dummett
15. Learning by design: language learning through digital games 155
Paul Driver
16. Using graphic novels and comics with ELT learners 165
Samantha Lewis
17. Cartoons and comics: communicating with visuals 179
Jean Theuma
18. Pictures that tell the truth: deconstructing the teaching/learning space 189
Val.ria Ben.volo Fran.a
About the contributors 197