From the explanation above, picture is one of the appropriate media for presenting material in the teaching learning process in the classroom. Picture can
also be used to motivate students to be creative in speaking.
2.2.3. Kinds of Pictures
According to Yunus 1981:49 there are three types of pictorial material. They are individual pictures, composite pictures and picture series.
a. Individual Pictures
Yunus 1981:50 defines individual pictures as single pictures of objects, persons or activities. There are sets or categories of individual pictures. It should
include objects not likely to be familiar to students or those which cannot be brought into the classroom, individual people doing things with objects, sets of
animals, vehicles, occupations, sports. The following is the example of an individual picture. It describes a girl who is reading a poem.
Sources: Developing English Competencies for SMA:2008:180
b. Composite Pictures
Yunus 1981:49 defines composite picture as a large single pictures which show a scene in which a number of people can be seen doing different
things. The following is the example of a composite picture. The picture describes many activities on the street. There is a woman who is opening her umbrella
because it is raining. Beside her, a man is getting out the car, and in front of him, there is also a woman who is carrying one shopping bag.
Sources: Play Games with English 1,1993:39
c. Picture Series
There are some definitions of picture series. Yunus 1981:50 defines picture series as a number of related composite pictures linked to form a series or
sequence. Hence, its main function is to tell a story or sequence of events. Underhill 1987:66 states that a picture series usually consists of four to
twelve drawings that can stimulate students to speak and lead them to develop their own interpretation about the people or events involved. Picture series is one
of the appropriate media to teach English oral fluency in speaking learning process. Picture series can motivate students to be active in speaking in some
ways, such as telling a story, making a story, describing a story, etc. “Therefore, picture series are valuable and widely used source of language
practice and are commonly exploited either to provide controlled practice of structures, vocabulary, and functional exponents, or to act as a stimulus
for the communicative skill of narrating. Gairns and Redman: 1998:150 ”
The following is the example of picture series. The pictures below tell us about the story of Goldilocks. The first picture tells about Goldilocks who entered
the house. Second picture tells that she found much food in the table and ate them. The third picture tells after she ate the porridge, she sat on the chair but the chair
was broken. And then Goldilocks felt tired and she slept on the bed. The fifth picture tells that the bear’s family came to the house and found Goldilocks slept
on the bed. And the last picture tells that Goldilocks was afraid and run from the house.
Source: Contextual Teaching and Learning Bahasa Inggris for SMP IX ,2008 :131
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2.3. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Picture Series
