It can indicate that pictures as tools that can help a teacher in presenting materials, in order to be easy to understand especially in teaching degrees of
comparison of adjective. In pictures there is something called illustration. It of course can help motivating students in learning.
The writer says that pictures can be used by teachers and students whatever the emphasis of the syllabus they are following can cover all possibilities and for that
reason it might be of value and interest to show how one picture can be used as a reference and stimulus students ability.
2. Types of Picture
According to Grazyna Szkyke, there are two kinds of pictures that are useful in teaching learning process as teaching aids: pictures of individuals persons and
object and pictures of situations in which persons and objects are in action.
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a. Pictures of individual 1 Pictures of individual person or things may be used, mainly at the elementary
level, to introduce or test vocabulary items 2 Portraits, which are pictures that show a person in close detail, are useful for
intermediate and advance learners. The students can be asked questions about the age and proportion of the person, whether shehe is married, herhis
interest and traits of character. The pictures have enough cues, so that the students can figure out the meaning
of a new word and sentence structure. The students understand and retain the meaning of a word better when they have seen or have touched some objects
associated with it.
b. Situational pictures
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Grazyna Szyke, “Using Pictures As Teaching Aids”, English Teaching Forum, Cambridge :Cambridge University, 1981, p. 45
1 Situational pictures that show or suggest relationships between objects and or people can be good teaching for introducing, practicing or reviewing
grammatical structures, from the simples the most complex. 2 Situational pictures with striking details or strong points of interest are
particularly useful. Such pictures can be found in various magazines and daily newspaper. They arouse interest and release imagination and entry, which is a
hard thing to do in a language class.
Asnawir points out that there are many kinds of pictures that can be used by the teacher in their teaching learning process, they are:
1. Documentation photo, having history value for individual or people 2. Actual photo, explaining an even from life aspects
3. Scenery photo, explaining scenery of place 4. Reclaimed photo, used for influencing people
5. Symbolic photo, using symbols or signs for expressing messages.
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Further more, Bety Morgan states that there are some types of pictures, as follows:
1.Wall charts 2.Wall pictures, is simply a large illustration of scenes or event. It usually to be
used with the whole class. 3.Sequence pictures, is a series of pictures on a single subject. Its function is to
tell a story a sequence of event 4.Flash cards that consist of:
a. word flash card with printed word on it and can help up rapidly; the card can used to demonstrate exactly what the teacher wishes
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Asnawir, Media Pembelajaran, Jakarta: Ciputat Press, 2002, p. 51
b. Pictures flash card, useful for the representation of single concept, such as an object or an action
5. Work card, including visual as well as text magazine picture, drawing, maps and diagram, can be important par or work card at all levels, used for variety of
purpose.
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Mery Finnochario said in her book that pictures are divided into three kinds as follows, they are:
a. Pictures of person and single object b. Pictures of people engaged in activities presenting the relationship
between individuals objects. c. A series of six to ten pictures mounted on one charts of count noun as
piece of furniture or mass nouns as food or of support of work activities.
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As stated above that the pictures help the teacher to present the materials more easily especially for concrete materials. There are some kinds of pictures which are
useful as teaching aids. In this case, the teacher does not hesitate to use many kinds of pictures.
3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Picture
