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The role of visuals in language learning

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The role of visuals in language learning

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Wood and Hastings (2009) refer to research which shows that the average person is bombarded with 100,000 words per day, and the majority of this verbal input is accompanied by visuals of some kind.

Discuss some possible answers to the following questions:
1. In your own words, explain what does the quote below (by Walt Disney) mean? How can you relate it with language teaching?
2. How do visual materials support language learning?
3. How can technology provide us with new and exciting opportunities for sourcing and producing visual materials for teaching and learning?

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Finding and being critical about online video (part 1)

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Finding and being critical about online video (part 1)

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Think about how to search for online video and what you might need to consider when you evaluate it for possible use with a class.

1. Go to YouTube and, in the search box, type ‘learn [any language of your choice]’.
How many results do you get?
2. Choose one of the videos at random. Who made it? What is its purpose? Could you use it in your classroom and, if so, how?

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Being critical about online video (part 2)

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Being critical about online video (part 2)

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Watch the following YouTube video and evaluate the suitability of this audiovisual text for upper-intermediate level learners. Refer to the given handout (Vandergrift and Goh 2012, p. 176-178) and use the pointers below to guide you:
- Is the speed of delivery suitable for the students?
- Is it a scripted/ authentic / semi-authentic speech?
-In what ways can you exploit the video in an ESL context?
-click on the link below to find some useful ideas on how to exploit a video.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/methodology/methodology/teaching-technologies/teaching-technologies-teaching-english-using-video/146527.article

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Learn English for Hotel and Tourism: "Checking into a hotel" | English course by LinguaTV

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Retelling Stories By Creating A Multimodal Text

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Retelling Stories By Creating A Multimodal Text

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Watch the video below. What is your view about getting learners to create their own multimodal text?

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Teaching and Learning in South Australia

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Retelling Stories By Creating A Multimodal Text: Cummins Area School

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1. Interview one of your friends.
2. Come up with a video (using PPT+screencast) or infographic about your friend (e.g. timeline, fact file, interesting facts about XXX) by using one of the tools below:

3. What potential do you see in using these tools for creating multimodal texts? How would you encourage language learning through the use of these tools?

https://www.canva.com/ (infographic)
https://create.piktochart.com/infographic
(infographic)
https://www.easel.ly/
(infographic)
https://screencast-o-matic.com/
(video)

If you are unsure what is a multimodal text, watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3G8LV40gg

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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1. Visuals are concrete, whereas words are abstract, sometimes you don't need words to convey meaning, a single picture will do. pictures can speak more than words.

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-It engage the students' attention during class, decrease learning time,  improve comprehension, enhance retrieval, and increase retention.
-Help to visualise the abstract concept

3. Provide us the latest updated information, allow students and teachers to use the learning tools/apps to include multimedia in learning and produce multimodal text or work.

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1. Everyone speaks their own language and they have different views about the world, but pictures are one of the elements of mass communication that is a common language and it easily understood by everyone around the world (don't judge my answer)
2. it enhances the learners' understanding when pictures are paired with language teaching (again don't judge)
3. because the conventional classroom always involves books and the whiteboard, using technology can aid both the teachers and learners in keeping the students engaged and active in class.

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1) everyone has their own language, thus it is difficult for people without the same language to communicate, but everyone can understand a picture even though they do not have  the same language. For ESL learners, pictures helps learners to understand in their L1 but read in L2.
2) real-life example
reinforces understanding
3) easier to access material through technology and locating relevant visual stimuli.

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1.  Pictures can be understood by everyone regardless of what language they speak and their background (although, culture may affect how one interprets the picture, BUT it's general message would and should be understood).
2.  It helps students infer meaning of words they may not fully understand; it helps students visualise more difficult and abstract concepts; it reinforces the meaning of words.
3.  Easy access to resources; provide us with new, innovative ideas to play around with incorporating multimodal elements in the class.

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- It means the focus the picture presents to whoever viewing is unilateral.

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1. It means audio-visual means of communication are the best
2. Visual materials provide an interesting and engaging alternative to text materials, arousing student interest.
3. Youtube. Vidshare

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1. Pictures speak louder than words
2. Visual materials helps people to understand a concept well. It engages students' attention in the classroom.
3. It provides us with the latest update for us to use in the classroom and makes the teaching and learning process interesting.

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1) 10,500,00 results
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVyUMBmfDiY
Butterfly Spanish
To teach learners how to speak numbers 1-99 in Spanish
Yes. show the video to the students by counting in tens

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNo7zzRVTo (an example)

1. There's many results (pages of results) 69700000
2. Creator: Mr Lingo100
Aim: Learn basic Japanese (greetings etc)
We can use it in the classroom as it is comprehensive and easy to be used in normal conversations. They are able to perform  basic conversations within minutes if they concentrate well with the video.

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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Learn+spanish

10,500,000 results

-several Spanish language lessons can be found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsLYD1Jyf3A&t=180s (chosen one) by
Butterfly Spanish

- to teach Spanish alphabet to beginner learners.
- it can be used in the classroom in the sense that students can learn Spanish alphabet.

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1. 205, 000
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbBquYVFb0o
- Asia Society Philippines.
- Teaching basic Filipino phrases.
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=learn+esperanto
32,600 results
creator - American Esperantist
-Teaches the Esperanto alphabet and how to pronounce the letters
- Yes, to provide an authentic pronunciation of letters

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10,100,000 results
Creator-  Butterfly Spanish
https://youtu.be/QA9JdDpq62s

-  Learn and improve your Spanish vocabulary, phrases, grammar, pronunciation and tips with these useful lessons.
- Yes, the pronunciation is very clear and it makes us  understand clearly about what they are talking about.

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- It's a little fast for the learners but the help of the subtitles will help them to understand better.
- It's a scripted speech as authentic text consist of more pausing
-  Using it to test decoding skills (giving them a list of vocabularies and have them circle the words that they recognised)
- Pre activity: predict the answer that they will give after listening to one side of the conversation.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuMKnGxyq1M

LEARN FRENCH WITH VINCENT
to learn verbs and some expressions of French
can use in the class ( clear pronunciation and pictures to explain)

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- the speech is too fast for learners  but the subtitles may be able to help them

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- the speed of the speech was a bit fast for learners, but not for advanced learners. the subtitle made it easier for the learners to understand.
- it sounds like scripted
- provide students with the dialogues sheet and ask the students to listen to the video the decode the answer from the man.
next,
use it in jigsaw activity, where the questions in the video are used, and the students in pairs, take turns to answer it with their own ideas and discuss.

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-Speed of delivery is slightly too fast for learners to catch certain nuances in the conversation
-Speech is definitely scripted, but the context gives it a semi-authentic feel
-I would use it as an exercise for students in a listening lesson to teach decoding
-possible other exercise in a speaking lesson, where students pair up and act as the receptionist and the customer, and then face the same issue, but their reactions are up for their own intepretation