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Functions Of Infographics In Teaching A Foreign Language In High School

Table 1:

Advantages Disadvantages
1. Helps attract students' attention, increases motivation 1. The need to spend a lot of time and effort at the first stage while mastering the program and creating an infoposter
2. Helps to maintain high attention level, increases the speed of information perception, adds variety to the "dry" theory and / or simplifies and facilitates the perception of a complex topic 2. Necessity to pay a fee for the use of advanced service functions;
3. Provides an opportunity to present information from a different angle and / or present the same information in different ways 3. Possible problems with copyright (when using images from the Internet)
4. Structures information better (due to limitations in format, number of words, etc.), facilitates students' perception and memorization 4. The need to master the methodology for using this tool while working in the classroom (lack of guidance and recommendations)
5. Highlights the key points, omitting unnecessary details ("information noise"), allowing to laconically state the essence of the issue
6. Develops analytical skills
7. Presents information in a bite-size form, which, in turn, facilitates and increases the speed of perception and understanding of the material
8. Allows to immediately apply the acquired knowledge in practice (exercises)
9. Provides a wide range of free programs and applications to create an infoposter
11. Gives a possibility of multiple use of the once created infoposter
12. Does not require special technical equipment and equipment in the classroom; can be used offline
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