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Written by W.F. Mackey in his book Language Teaching Analysis, he said that, “The use of pictures in language teaching is as ancient as the
Orbis Pictus of Comenicuss 1658, written in Hungary between 1653 and 1654. For Comenius, it was above all the picture which could be most
easily impressed upon the mind, giving the most real and lasting of impressions”.
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It is clearly stated that the existence of picture has been a long time ago to give the most real and lasting of the idea. It can be said to
concrete the thought of something or somebody. Based on Webster New World dictionary of American English,
“Pictures are an imagine or likeliness of an object, person or scenes on a flat surface, especially by painting, drawing or photograph
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It is stated that picture is a painting, drawing or photography of something or
somebody on a flat surface based on Webster dictionary. “Pictures are not just an aspect of method, but through their
representation of places, objects and people they are an essential part of the overall experiences we must help our students to cope with.”
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, stated by Andrew Wright.
This statement tells that picture can help the students to understand something or somebody through its representation. It gives the students
easier way in learning their material. According to Raja T. Nasr, he said that:
What a person sees and does he remembers much longer than what he hears. The use of the eyes speeds up learning in all
fields including language. Language must be based upon experiences, and experiences involve situations. As visual aids,
pictures provide both the situations which make the use of language possible and the subjects on which language is used.
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W.F. Mackey, Language Teaching Analysis, London: Longman, 1965, p.245
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Noah Webster’s, Webster New Dictionary, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994, p. 67
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Andrew Wright, Pictures for Language Learning Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 2
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Raja T. Nasr, Teaching and Learning English, London: Longman Group Limited, 1975, p.114
From the statement above, it can be known that language should pay attention to the learners’ experiences which involve situations. Through picture,
language learners get both of it because they can directly see the object or the situation of the material. So, they can remember it much longer from the sight.