c A variety of tasks.
d A focus of interest for students.
2. Types of Picture
As Wright stated in his book, there are twenty types of picture can be used in teaching and learning process.
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1 Pictures of a single object 2 Pictures of one person
3 Pictures of famous people 4 Pictures of several people
5 Pictures of people in action 6 Pictures of places
7 Pictures from history 8 Picture with a lot of information
9 Pictures of the news 10 Pictures of fantasies
11 Pictures of maps and symbols 12 Pairs of pictures
13 Pictures and texts 14 Sequence of picture Picture Series
15 Related pictures 16 Single stimulating pictures
17 Ambiguous pictures 18 Bizarre pictures
19 Explanatory pictures 20 Student and teacher drawings
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Andrew Wright, Pictures for Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 193.
3. The Advantages of Picture
Picture is one of visual and printed media and it is widely used for educational purposes. Picture as one of media can be used by teacher in teaching
learning process has some advantages. Based on Gerlach and Ely, restated in research by Dwi Nur Indah, the advantages of picture are
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: a Picture is inexpensive and widely available.
b Provide common experiences for an entire group. c Visual details make it possible to study subject that would otherwise be
impossible. d Picture after stimulus to further study reading and research.
e Pictures help to focus attention and develop critical judgment. f Pictures are easily to manipulate.
In Wright’s book, Pictures for Language Learning, he wrote some advantages of pictures:
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a Easy to prepare. b Easy to organize.
c Interesting. d Meaningful and authentic.
e Sufficient amount of language. Besides the five advantages above, Wright also said that picture can be used
for teachers and students in whatever syllabus they are following. There are some suggestions for general strategies for teachers using any
picture in a classroom
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: a Whole-class discussion – it can lead to writing by giving any type of pictures.
b Changing information – it can lead to speaking by dividing 2 groups in a class. One group one picture, then they share and exchange their information about
the picture.
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Dwi Nur Indah, Improving Writing Recount Text by Using Photographs, Semarang: IKIP PGRI Semarang, 2010, p. 10.
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Andrew Wright, Op.cit., p. 3.
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Ann Raimes, Op.cit., p. 28.
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