using images critically and creatively
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A presentation I gave at UAB Idiomes Barcelona for Oxford University Press Spain on 27-05-11TRANSCRIPT
Using Images Critically and Creatively
Kieran Donaghy
“The soul never thinks without an image.”
Aristotle
“Numerous experiments have proven that subjects learn and remember material that is concrete (imagery-related) better than that which is abstract.”
Goldstein (2009)
“Whereas a text supplies the language, explicitly, an image implies it and thus creates a void to be filled in the classroom.”
Keddie (2008)
“It is because pictures say nothing in words that so much can be said in words about them.”
Maley, Duff & Grellet (1980)
Learning and remembering vocabulary
Learning and remembering grammar
Student projects and presentations
“Whiskey is liquid gold.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The light music of whiskey falling into a glass – an agreeable interlude.”
James Joyce
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”
Humphrey Bogart’s last words
Àngels Consuegra
...Welcome to My Experience
What is OrphanAid Africa?
• Non-profit organization headquartered in California
• Founded in Ghana in 2002
• Situated in West Africa • Over 23 million people • Official language is English
Where does OrphanAid Africa work?
Anyeyah
The Orphanage
What is OrphanAid Africa‘s aim?
• Support orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana
Ensure that children grow up in safe and permanent Ensure that children grow up in safe and permanent family settings with appropriate care and protectionfamily settings with appropriate care and protection
SourcesBooks
Goldstein, B, Using Images, Cambridge 2009Keddie, J, Images, Oxford University Press 2009Maley, A.,Duff, A. And Grellet, F. In the Mind’s Eye, Oxford1980
Websites
Adbusters: http://www.adbusters.com/Hero Movie: http://www.tackfilm2.se/Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/Foodscapes: http://www.carlwarner.com/Rolls off The Tongue: http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/The Visual Dictionary: http://www.thevisualdictionary.net/Wordia: http://www.wordia. com/Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/Worth 1,000: http://www.worth1000.com/