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Comics Online A Resource For EFL Teaching

This document discusses the strengths of using comics in education. It notes that comics can be highly motivating for students by tapping into students' interest in popular culture. Comics also provide visual support that can help all students, especially those with different learning styles. By starting with comics, educators can introduce difficult topics and concepts in an accessible way, acting as an intermediary step.

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Comics Online A Resource For EFL Teaching

This document discusses the strengths of using comics in education. It notes that comics can be highly motivating for students by tapping into students' interest in popular culture. Comics also provide visual support that can help all students, especially those with different learning styles. By starting with comics, educators can introduce difficult topics and concepts in an accessible way, acting as an intermediary step.

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COMICS ONLINE

A resource for EFL


teaching
STRENGTHS OF COMICS IN
EDUCATION
MOTIVATING

• By inviting comics into their classrooms,


educators can take advantage of the
"fantastic motivating power of comic
books”
VISUAL

• "An assumption implied in most school


instruction is that all children will
read the printed materials with equal
effectiveness... The absurdity of this
practice is patent"
PERMANENT

• the speaker has primary control


over the speed of the lecture.
INTERMEDIARY

• Comics can serve as an


intermediate step to difficult
disciplines and concepts
POPULAR

•  by incorporating popular culture


into the curriculum, teachers can
bridge the separation many
students feel between their lives
in and out of school. 
1.
Comics as a resource
to enhance writing
and reading skills in
the EFL class
• Comics are easily accesible to
non-native speaker of English.
• The use of comics strips greatly helps low-
level students.
• Comics strips can be a good
prompt for writing.
• Comics promote higher level thinking.
• Comics raise awareness of pragmatics
Bibliography
http://www.tesolreview.org/down/2-7.%20Claude%20Andre
%20Drolet.pdf

http://www.humblecomics.com/comicsedu/strengths.html

http://english.arizona.edu/public/Image/NOS/LiuTQ10-22-
07.pdf

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