October Workshop Summary
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| Elizabethanne Kim Posts: 24 | October Workshop Summary Daegu Kotesol Chapter Meeting October 10, 2009 Paedar Callaghan “Using Comic Books in the English Classroom” Following an introduction of first-time attendees, the announcements of the upcoming international conference and election of chapter officers, Paedar Callaghan, an English teacher at Kyungpook National University, delighted an audience of around 40 attendees with a highly interactive workshop on using comic books in the English Classroom. Presenting a range of comic books, from fictional fantasy to historical narration, for attendees to review. Advocating them on the basis of their ability to bridge the gap between high and low levels of language as well as formal and informal contexts, Mr. Callaghan presented a number of usable in-class comic-strip activities for students of varying levels. Mr. Callaghan stressed the importance of viewing any comic book before assigning it to a class and strongly pointed to the benefits of their use in the classroom. With bright pictures and exciting storylines, comic books help to lower affective filters and increase student motivation. Furthermore, Krashen points to their ability to bridge the gap between formal and informal language. To illustrate, Mr. Callaghan demonstrated a series of activities from student production of comics to elicit new language as well as to stimulate the use of previously learned phrases in new contexts to writing summaries of comics without words and filling in the speech balloons of comics whose text has been deleted. Other activities stressing intonation and speech were also presented. In addition, Mr. Callaghan stressed the level of vocabulary and grammar included in comic books and their use of dialogue form as making those words usable for students. Students will remember words and forms that they want to use, holds Mr. Callaghan, making the comic book form particularly useful. Oxford University Press was also available at the session with copies of readers, both traditional and in comic strip form, which could be used in class or as extensive readers. |
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