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Picturebooks
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How to teach ?
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Make sure children understand whether you are reading the picturebook aloud for pleasure or whether you are using it for a specific language learning objective
Explain to children how you are going to use the picturebook and how it will contribute to their English learning
After sharing the picturebook, ask children to give their personal response to it, and to review and evaluate their learning and participation
Children enjoy listening to stories several times, so do not be afraid to repeat the shared reading of the picturebook, as this increases opportunities for exposure to the language and gives children more time to work out the meaning and have it confirmed.
SELECTING PICTUREBOOKS
Decide whether you are going to use a picturebook as your main teaching resource or as a supplement to complement your existing teaching materials.
Decide what your main teaching and learning objectives are, how these link to what the children already know and what the main outcomes will be
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Does the peritext (front and back covers, endpapers, title pages etc.) allow for prediction of content
Is the language and content in the picturebook linguistically and cognitively accessible to your class
Does the picturebook offer children a broader view of the world and develop an awareness of global issues such as environmental and ecological issues; equality, diversity and inclusion; human rights; tolerance; intercultural understanding, etc?
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Do the illustrations provide visual support to understanding or do the verbal and visual texts tell different stories
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PREPARE
Once you have selected a picturebook, familiarize yourself with its covers, the endpapers, title page and other peritexual* parts, as well as the verbal and visual text
Rehearse reading the picturebook aloud several times, practice holding the book and turning the pages and how you will make reference to the peritext
Decide how you will seat the children in your class so they can all hear and see you and the picturebook illustrations
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Decide which language you will let the children use to make inferences with the support of the illustrations
Decide if you are sharing this picturebook with a specific language learning objective which might be picked up in follow-up activities, or whether you want children to sit back and enjoy the literary experience
