About the Instructor:
1. Master of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University
2. In-service English teacher at Kaohsiung Municipal Houjing Junior High School
It is our honor to invite Kitty Lee, an expert on English picture book-assisted language teaching, sharing her ideas on how to incorporate into English classroom.
At the beginning of the the seminar, Kitty read the picture book entitled The Wonder Walkers for us participants. Personally speaking, picture books have the following benefits. Firstly, compared to English novels, the vocabulary and sentence patterns in picture books are relatively fixed. Secondly, picture books help boost social-emotional learning. Also, we TESOL practitioners can integrate social issues into English teaching. Lastly, we English teachers can develop CLIL curriculum with art teachers since the illustrations in picture books are so delicate and beautiful.
Besides, Kitty mentions the reason for her to promote English picture books is that they help guard the authenticity of the language. We readers can get to know more about the importance of language use (Pragmatics) in different contexts.
In the process of attending the seminar, I could understand how enthusiastic Kitty feels for picture books. She has read thousands of picture books and has classified these books into different themes. Therefore, we English teachers can save a lot of time scavenging suitable picture books.
If you are interested in Kitty's book recommendations, please click on the following link.
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