Comics and graphic novels have been in wide use in foreign language teaching, which has brought more loveliness to classroom and improved learning efficiency.
Based on actual teaching cases and works of both teachers and students, the paper analyzes how to integrate comics and graphic novels into foreign language teaching. In particular, the author presents ways of using comics and graphic designs in teaching vocabulary, sentences, paragraphs and passages, as well as improving students’ language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, free powerful online comics generator websites and software (for pc/mac/iphone/ipad) are introduced in order to help every teacher and student to easily create their own comics.
7. Tsai Chih Chung (Chinese:
; pinyin: Cài
Zhìzhōng; born 1948) is a famous cartoonist born in
Huatan, Changhua County, Taiwan of Taiwanese
origins.[1] He is best known for his graphical works on
Chinese philosophy and history, most notably the
philosophers Laozi, Liezi, and Zhuangzi, which he
made accessible and popularised through the use of
plain language and visual aid of cartoon graphics
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10. Actor’s lines
Photographic is a misnomer. I have an
eidetic memory as I’ve told you many times,
most recently last year at lunch on the
afternoon of May 7th. You had turkey and
complained it was dry.
Who is he?
“图像式”用词不当。应该是高清图像式记忆，我说过好几遍了，最
近一次是去年5月7日中午午餐期间，你吃了火鸡还抱怨太干了。
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12. Some researchers divide learners into three basic types:
visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners,
therefore, the learning strategies will vary from person to
person. But actually people process the information in a more
complicated way. Sometimes one strategy works better than
the other, sometimes the three strategies need combining.
Sony walker
Google_image
Tillamook
14. Are digital comics far away from us?
Edited by Moman Camera, an App software by QQ – Kind of Chinese face book or MSN
15. II. Examples and selected Online cartoon makers
ACM-Activity Planing Method
16. free and paid stand-alone software
and online cartoon makers
professional image and animation
generate and edit software.
17. What kind of comic online makers or software
do teachers and students need?
18. People will say
Even if I only know how to type on computer, I can
draw wonderful comics and graphic novels;
sometimes I even don’t need an instructor to teach
me.
I don’t need to be a specialist on information
technology.
I don’t need to good at drawing.
I don’t need to pay.
I don’t need to take a long time to sign in or I
don’t need to register.
I don’t need to set up or install, I can use it
directly.
19. Are there such free and easy- to- learn comic generators?
21. This PPT document
includes more than
10 online cartoon
makers
There are 26 websites I
selected and analyzed in the
orange paper
22. Comic#1.1
1. My tooth hurts so badly.
I have to ask for a leave
and go to the hospital.
2. I have been waiting for
such a long time.
Please go to have a
medical exam. See you a
little bit.
3. Please get the medicine
in the pharmacy in the
hospital.
4. The medicine is a little
bit expensive, but it’s ok.
Mr. Wang saw the doctor in China
23. 【Comic#1.2】 Mr. Wang saw the doctor in US
1. (Making a telephone call)
When can I see the doctor
tomorrow?
2. (Ten minutes later) Mr. Wang?
This way, please.
3.-Finally I see my family doctor
for the first time.
-You need to see the specialist
4. We are going bankrupt.
Is that the insurance company?
Why do I have to pay so much?
Is that the hospital billing office?
Could I get some discount,
please?
30. Need to know:
1. Some websites need you to sign up. Luckily, most of the
website sign-up process takes only a few steps.
2. Some websites are incompatible with Internet explorer; you can
use Chrome, Safari or Firefox instead of it.
31. 3. You cannot log in some websites because of school district
policy sometimes. You can ask the IT in your school district for help.
4. On some websites, Screenshot is not allowed. Using your smart
phone to take a photo is the easiest way to solve the problem.
Need to know:
34. I Had a Bad Tooth
Teacher: Marion, why weren’t you in school
yesterday?
Marion: I had a bad tooth, Miss.
Teacher: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is it better now?
Marion: I don’t know, Miss. I left it with the dentist.
45. He asked the same person at the same place.
What a coincidence!
同一个地点，遇到了同一个人，再次问路
46. 一个星期以后，同样的事情再次发生了。
I try to find someone
to ask again.
Hi, How are you? The
same question again,
Where is the International
Hotel?
Oh, my God.
Have you been looking
for a week?
我还要找人问路
你好，小朋友。
&*`国际饭店%%$#……
天啊！
叔叔，你找了一个星期吗？？？
47. In the city of Shanghai which has 25
million of population, different story
happens each and every day.
在上海这个拥有2500万人口的城市里，每天发生着不同的故事。
48. Include what we know and what we don’t know.
Fun, boring, romantic, common……
有我们知道的和不知道的，有趣的，无聊的；浪漫的，平常的……
49. 25 million story, which are exact the same or maybe
totally different is happening in the city which has 25
million of population……
2500万人口的城市里正怎样上演着2500万个一样的和不一样的……
The story of yours or mine,
or ours
你和我的故事
60. 【Comic#6】Happy April Fools’ Day
I have a letter to
send. I will go to
ask my deskmate,
“Where is the post
office?”
61. Do you know
how to get to
the post
office?
Of course!
Is there
anything I
don’t know?
62. You walk straight
towards east. You
see a stoplight and
turn north, after
2blocks turn west,
after walking
100meters turn
south, after 2
minutes you arrive
at the post office.
67. 【Comic#7】David learned Mandarin
David has not been learning
Mandarin for very long, but he likes
speaking Chinese.
One day, he went to China for
business trip.
At the supermarket, he wanted to
buy one type of fruit, but he doesn’t
know how to say it.
Smart David came up with an idea,
he asked the salesman in English,
“What’s this?”
The salesman didn’t know any
English and couldn’t understand, so he
replied in Chinese, “I can’t understand”
And then David said, “yes, I want to
buy I can’t understand.”
69. Tell the story by yourself
A certain man made an appointment
to see a psychologist. He arrived at the
psychologist's office and said to him,
"Doctor, I always feel depressed. No
matter what I do I still feel depressed. I
just don't know what to do."
The psychologist looked at him and
said, "Come with me to the window."
The man followed and then the
psychologist pointed outside and said,
"Do you see that tent over there in the
distance? Well, there is a circus in town
and it is really good. There are lots of
acts to watch, specially the clown acts.
And there is one clown in particular who
is extremely funny. He will make you
rock with laughter over and over again.
Go and see that clown and I guarantee
that you will not have reason to be
depressed again!"
The man turned to the psychologist
with sad eyes and said, "Doctor, I am
that clown!"
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71. 【Comic#9】Your Mandarin will be better and better.
A dumpling in Mandarin is shuijiao. Sleep in Mandarin is
Shuijiao. They have different tones, so the pronunciations are
similar but different.
Customer: I want a sleep.
Waiter: Are you very tired? You want to
go to sleep?
Customer: I am not tired, I
want to eat sleep.
Waiter: oh, I see.
Waiter: You want dumplings.
Customer: Yes, Thank you!
74. 【Comic#10】Halloween
Teacher: I like Halloween, They are so creative this year!
Teacher: Brandon, What are you dresses up as today?
Brandon: Mr. Wang, I am just dressed up as Brandon, I am myself.
Teacher: This year’s best Halloween costume is … Brandon! Here is your reward.
Brandon: Yeah! Great!
80. 【Comic#12】How do you go to school?
交通方式
vs
交通方式
11
Boy: How do you go to school every day?
Girl: I ride the route 11bus, but you know what, I never buy a
ticket. Guess why?
81. 交通方式
11
交通方式
Boy: Are you serious?
Girl: It means I walk.
Boy: Interesting, so you walk to school every day.
98. To integrate comics in and out of the classroom
【 For teachers】 Display vividly characters,
phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and articles;
Introduce customs, festivals and culture.
【 For Students 】 The teacher assigns the topic,
students finish the projects or take part in a
competition.
【 For either or both 】 decorate the classroom,
publish announcement, Chinese papers and
magazines, forums, blogs and other websites. It
might be widely used in different kinds of media.
99. Give me whereon to stand”,
said Archimedes, “and I will
move the earth
Digital comics will peak the interest of students and
improve the quality and efficiency of teaching.
It will be our awesome tool.
130. What the students said:
1. Clear instructions needed!
2. Video maker will maybe be better!
3. Teacher should offer more cartoon stories, or when we
are learning some Chinese idioms, expressions or some
difficult sentence structures.
4. Some students like it, some students don’t. Few of them
think it difficult.
131. What I learned:
1. Do not grade it! Do it Just for FUN;
2. Topics are very important!
3. Let the students get more options when they are
doing a project;
4. Some students like it very much. Teachers can
have them to work on it, eg, Classroom
decoration, competition, poster for party or club,
etc.
5. Mandarin newspapers or magazines will work with
that.
