About my thesis 3

This week I've read some books about "elementary shcool English activities" and "picture books". I will make some lists about them.
I will compare what is written on these books with the real classes in elementary schools if I can interview or do questionnaire to teachers who has used picture books in their classes.

What I learned from books

2.How to use picture books effectively
from 『イラストでわかる小学校の英語活動５０選』、kazuaki Tsuido, 2001

・A teacher make a chance to make students say something as a teacher go on reading.
(for example, teacher ask some question before turning over the page.
ex. T:Who will come next? S:dog! cat! )

・When same expression is used many times, a teacher make students say lines(せりふ）.
(for example, by groups, whole together, individually...)

・A teacher sometimes change the words and read untrue stories , if the students listen the story many times.
It is excellent if students can notice the mistake and correct it.

・Playing CD "mood musics" as reading picture books.
This mood music make students' attention concentrated on the picture book.


3.The effects of using picture books in elementary school English activities
from『こんなふうに始めてみては？小学校英語』, Yuri Kuno,1999

・Students can get used to listening to the story in English.

・To develop students' listening abilities.

・To develop students' abilities to express what they mean.

・To develop students' abilities to find the "key word"(the words they have already known),
and understand the story from the key word.

・To have confidence that they can listen to the story in English and understand gradually.

・Students can expect the story from looking at pictures.(pictures can be good hints)

About my thesis part②

This week I read some books and studied about picture book in elementary scool English activities. And I made some lists about this.

1. a list about how to choice the picture books

1.content
・to be fair
・universality
・to be compatible
・suitable for everyone
・correct information
・not a moral story
・not to have sex discrimination
・not to have racial discrimination
・to fit for children's growing stages

2.expression
・right length for children
・easy to read
・the sentences correspond with the pictures
・the same phrase are used many times
・easy phrase
・one picture, one sentence
・easy to imagine the story from the pictures
・beautiful picture


２．a list about how to use picture books

・teachers read picture books to children
・childen listen to the CD with looking at picture books
・make a story from the pictures (with ALT)
・make a picture book by themselves
・read in Japanese and put into English
・use 仕掛け絵本

3.unique points of using picture books

・children can imagine the story from the pictures
・get used to listening to English
・ability to listening to English
・ability to express what they think
・ability to guess from the words they have already knew
・enjoy English!!