Alexander Sheffrin

Osaka Seikei University


Sessions

Comics and EFL: Using Visual Culture in Classrooms

College & University Education
Sat, Nov 21, 17:55-18:20 JST

The comic book industry is popular worldwide. This presentation looks at the usefulness of comics as an important learning resource in the EFL classroom, as well as giving an overview of the comic book industry, and the different uses of visual culture in language learning. This presentation introduces different classroom activities involving the use of comics. Finally, these classroom activities are followed by reflection concerning the utility of comics in EFL classrooms.