COMICS ONLINEA 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. 

Comics as a resource to

enhance writing and reading skills in the EFL class

1.

• 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