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Integrating Visual Literacy Teaching Into The English For Specific Purposes Course

Table 2: Role cards for a “Reading Circles” strategy

Word Collector
Your task: To identify all the elements of the picture and name them. To think about objects, scenery, colors, shapes.
Sample questions: What elements can you see in the foreground/background, etc.?What are the colors used in the picture?
Narrator
Your task: To describe what is happening in the picture.
Sample questions: Who is the person in the picture? What is his job? What is he doing? What is he going to do?Where are the animals? What are the animals doing? What is going to happen with the animals?
Connector
Your task: To interpret the meaning of the elements of the picture. To think about the objects, colors, foreground, background, style, etc. To express your own opinion and ask the members of your group questions about the elements and their meaning.
Sample questions: What is the meaning of the elements?Which part of the picture is centrally focused?How do the elements create the meaning of the whole picture?
Summarizer
Your task: To summarize all the ideas from the group members and work out the caption to the picture and the message.
Sample questions: What is the title of the picture?What text can accompany the picture?What does the painter want to say?
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