2. The Types of Picture
There are several kinds 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;
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 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.
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Meanwhile, Marry Finnochiaro and Michael Bonomo broke down picture into three broad categories; pictures of individual person or object,
picture of situation, and a series of pictures six to ten as a number of related composite pictures;
a. Picture of individual person or individual object. In this kind of picture there is only single picture of object or
person. It can be in form of photo or real object or illustration. The example of this kind of picture is shown in the figure 2.1
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Grazyna Szyke, “Using Pictures as Teaching Aids”, in English Teaching Forum, No. 4, Volume XIX, October 1981, p.45.
b. Picture of situation in which person is doing something with object and in which relationship of objects andor people can be
seen. This kind of picture can be in form of photo of real object or
illustration. The example of this kind of picture can be seen in the figure 2.2
c. A series of pictures six to ten as a number of related composite pictures linked form a series or sequence.
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The example of this kind of picture can be found in a comic strip like shown in the figure 2.3
Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2
An English Dictionary A Girl Plays Footbal
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Figure 2.3
The Comic Strip “Peanuts”
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Mary Finocchiaro and Michael Bonomo, The Foreign Language Learner: A Guide For Teacher, New York: Regents Publishing Company, 1997, p. 164.
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