effective visuals for language learning

“I see what you mean”

Maximising the use of visuals for language learning

through ICT

Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School

My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.comTwitter: @[email protected]

• Create effective visuals to support language learning: from colours to pictures and photographs.

• Visuals and memorization: Find what works for different language learners

• Discover ICT Tools to support the creation of effective language learning visuals

• Widen your repertoire: organise and share your own language learning visuals

They are not…

•Just pretty•Distracting•Ethnocentric

What are effective visuals for language learning?

•Support the point your are making•Makes an lasting impression on the audience•Can be used to support recall•Can support cultural awareness

Is this a house?

Or… is this a house?

Create your own visuals

My toolbox:

•Colours•Pictures•Photographs•ICT tools


Colours:

•Feelings associated with colours•Can you read it?•Colour mixing•Contrasts


La petite fille aime les fraises.

Les petits garçons aiment les framboises.


Pictures:

•Your own pictures•Students’ own pictures•Pictures available on the internet

•Black and white vs colour•Own vs somebody else’s•Pictures vs Photos

Visuals and memorization

Memorable: odd, funny, moving, beautiful, intriguing, outrageous…


Association of ideas: Infinitive

http://metaatem.net/words/ABBA


Soundalike/ Riddles

J’aime le soleilhttp://www.rebus-o-matic.com/

ICT tools

Quick to find a range of picturesTarget-Language used directlyVisuals from target language countries

Sometimes difficult to verify origin of picturesCopyright issues

A range of high quality visualsGood search facilities (flickr cc)Copyright clearly statedLots of linked appsTagging/ group facilities

More time-consuming than GoogleMore artistic pictures-distraction?

http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/

http://www.tes.co.uk/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=694292&event=21 TES Resources

http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157621889909661/http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157612320791556/

Tag Galaxy Photo Pinhttp://taggalaxy.de http://photopin.com

Teaching topics

Board by topic

Follow each other

Repin

Button

Mobile app

A source of infographic in foreign languages

Photographs

Different situations: inside/outside of classroom/ licenses

Image Use PolicyThe Pics4Learning collection is intended to provide copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an educational setting. The original photographers of each image retain the copyright to these images and have graciously allowed their use in this collection. The images may not be sold as an image collection or partial image collection. Images in the Pics4Learning collection may be used by teachers and students in print, multimedia, and video productions. These could include, but are not limited to, school projects, contests, web pages, and fund raising activities for the express purpose of improving student educational opportunities.

Photographs Using/Licensing your own photographs Creative commons photos to adapt

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

Photographs

Photo effects http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects

http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects

Photographs

Photo effects

http://anymaking.com/fun-pop-art-photo-maker-effects

http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects

Quand je suis verte, je me sens seule.Quand je suis orange, j’ai de l’ énergie.Quand je suis bleue, je pense à toi.Quand je suis rose, je suis contente.

Snapshot tools

Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Screenspresso http://www.screenpresso.com

Snapshot from a picture or a website

Photographs

Photographs

Snapshot from a picture or a website

http://www.hippopotamus.fr/formules/hippodej-11.90-12547561997911.html

Photographs

http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab/

Cherchez l’erreur

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spot-difference!-professional/id301049014?mt=8

Dans la case …Il y a …Il n’y a pas de …Plus hautPlus bas…À gauche …À droite …

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Word clouds and mind-mapping

Wordle http://www.wordle.net

Image chef http://www.imagechef.com


Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com


Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com

Organise and share http://www.diigo.com

Diigo (social bookmarking)

Flickr groups and sharing sets of pictures

Pinterest-following themed boards/ your twitter friends

Mobile apps

• Create effective visuals to support language learning: from colours to pictures and photographs.

• Visuals and memorization: Find what works for different language learners

• Discover ICT Tools to support the creation of effective language learning visuals

• Widen your repertoire: organise and share your own language learning visuals

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“I see what you mean”

Maximising the use of visuals for language learning

through ICT

Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School

My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.comTwitter: @[email protected]

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