Teaching English Through Picture to Children

Teaching English through picture to children

Characteristics of children are active, they like colourful picture. Some thing which has colourful is interesting to children. So we can teach English to children through picture. In the following I will explain briefly about how to teach English through picture to children.

Teaching English through picture

Pictures are often used by modern language teacher to help them teach English, Arabic, Indonesia, etc.

What is this?


it is a pencil.

Picture can define into 3 types, they are:

1. Simple drawings (picture made by own)
2. Painting (painting made by an artists)
3. Photos (photos made by a cameramen)

Picture are regarded to be effectively to help teacher present (teach) the teaching materials because picture can talk more. If you tell a camel by words, you will need long explanation by using a picture.


1. Simple drawing

Simple drawing can made by own to teach. In English student’s book for junior high school (1975) simple drawing are used to explain vocabulary, verbs, tense, etc. I give you an example:

 

John is sitting

John is writing

The picture is easy to draw. we can create by own. through this picture we can teach about verbs and tense.

2. Painting

Painting can be made by artists. Paintings are used to teach vocabulary, illustration story.

"Long times ago, there was a beautiful palace. The palace's name was peace palace. In the palace there lived 7 beautiful fairies. They like dancing. everyday they did danced."

This picture will make children interesting. we can teach about story with easier.

3. Photos

Photos can be made by cameramen. Photos can help a teacher to teach materials.

Example: when teacher want to teach about family, teacher can use a family photos to teach the students.

hello, I am jenny. I am 20 years old. I have a brother his name is Anton. He is my old brother. He is about 23 years old.  My father name's is wijaya and my mother's name is Sri Purmana.

Major Goals in Art Education for Children

Art makes sense a Children interest. The two modes of experience-expression and response-are interdependent. It is essential in the goals for personal fulfilment, for studies of the artistic heritage and for studies of the social aspects of art. Children need to learn how their lives can be enriched by their own efforts to create arts and respond to visual forms.
Art has potential to make feelings and ideas; but to make a function expressively, an art must be created so that it captures the precise feeling and imagery of our experience. Few children are such natural artists that they can easily express themselves without a supportive environment. In order to achieve personal fulfilment through creating art, children need sensitive adult guidance in mastering the following pivotal moves in the artistic process: the creation of ideas for personal expression, the discovery of visual qualities to express ideas and feelings, and the use of media to convey an expressive intent.
Art deals with human feelings, beliefs, and conduct. As a parents, we should clearly emphasize that art can also be understood and experienced in different ways
Learn to generate ideas for expression through art. Children can learn to generate ideas by careful observation of their natural and constructed environment. Children can create their imagination by think something or imagine a think in their mind and can pour in the picture or art drawing. Themes can serve as a source of motivation for art. Children can learn to express their personal feelings about such concepts as love, peace, and beauty as well as hate, war, and ugliness. Ideas can come from problems and needs to everyday life, such as waiting someone special.