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“I see what you mean”Effective visuals for language
learning
Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School
My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.comTwitter: @[email protected]
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• Create effective visuals to support language learning: from colours and shapes 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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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
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Is this a house?
Or… is this a house?
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Create your own visuals
My toolbox:
•Colours•Shapes•Pictures•Photographs•ICT tools
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Create your own visuals
Colours:
•Feelings associated with colours•Can you read it?•Colour mixing•Contrasts
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Create your own visuals
La petite fille aime les fraises.
Les petits garçons aiment les framboises.
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Create your own visuals
Shapes:
•Shapes to hide behind•Labels•Moving shapes•Recyclable templates
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Create your own visuals
Shapes:
•Shapes to hide behind•Labels
bleu
• Moving shapes• Recycle templates
Layer shapes/ animation/ send to the back/front/Transparency/ shape fill/ fly in/out
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Create your own visuals
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
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Visuals and memorization
Memorable: odd, funny, moving, beautiful, intriguing, outrageous…
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Visuals and memorization
Association of ideas: Infinitive
http://metaatem.net/words/ABBA
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Visuals and memorization
Soundalike/ Riddles
J’aime le soleilhttp://www.rebus-o-matic.com/
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red hat
Visuals and memorization
Colours for silent letters, gender, numberAnimations to help letter sequencing (drop), word order, change in noun/ verb endings
Les petits garçons aiment les framboises.La petite fille aime les fraises.
Ilsa i m e n t
the
redhat
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Visuals and memorization
No pictures!
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ICT tools
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Quick to find a range of picturesTarget-Language used directlyVisuals from target language countries
Sometimes difficult to verify origin of picturesCopyright issues
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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?
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http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/
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http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/
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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/
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Tag Galaxy Photo Pinhttp://taggalaxy.de http://photopin.com
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Teaching topics
Board by topic
Follow each other
Repin
Button
Mobile app
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A source of infographic in foreign languages
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For or against clipart?
Microsoft clipart-safe optionAnimated clipartHD world
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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.
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Photographs Using/Licensing your own photographs Creative commons photos to adapt
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
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Photographs Using/Licensing your own photographs Creative commons photos to adapt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87929958@N08/8042175275/in/pool-858082@N25 /
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Photographs
Photo effects http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects
http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects
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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.
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Snapshot tools
Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Screenspresso http://www.screenpresso.com
Snapshot from a picture or a website
Photographs
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Snapshot from a picture or a website
Photographs
Quelle sont les couleurs de la peinture?Il y a combien de personnes?Que font-elles?
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Photographs
Snapshot from a picture or a website
http://www.hippopotamus.fr/formules/hippodej-11.90-12547561997911.html
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Photographs
http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab/
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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
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Word clouds and mind-mapping
Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com
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Word clouds and mind-mapping
Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com
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Classtool.net http://classtools.net/
Site with templates for resources to be printed or put on a blog or a VLE.
http://www.triptico.co.uk/
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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
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• Create effective visuals to support language learning: from colours and shapes 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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http://www.flickr.com/photos/coincoyote/18693327/http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmish/7440476236/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brennadphoto/4602547215/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnylnylny/5175503312/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/drurydrama/2096423770/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/markknol/2568436053/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/492389522/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sully_aka__wstera2/2232949814/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsevilla/100960841/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mladjenovic_n/3231390927/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugardener/3472144047/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/safetylast/3716937896/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/scabeater/4344380316/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleyrosex/2444285665/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/star-dust/709945164/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanmolin/5364137071/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/saphirai/2490733728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehsank/1683847719/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/crowdive/1227514064/
Photo credits
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“I see what you mean”Effective visuals for language
learning
Isabelle Jones, The Radclyffe School
My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.comTwitter: @[email protected]
