For ELT learners,press articles seem quite difficult to read,thanks partly to the complexity of text structure,mixed ways of presenting information,and learners' unfamiliarity with certain terms and metaphorical e...For ELT learners,press articles seem quite difficult to read,thanks partly to the complexity of text structure,mixed ways of presenting information,and learners' unfamiliarity with certain terms and metaphorical expressions.To lessen the level of difficulty in reading and to assist learning activities,teachers may use graphics as teaching aids.This paper presents the application of graphics to the teaching of press articles with regard to five aspects,namely,illustrating text organization,analyzing part of a text and presenting information,showing sequence of events,demonstrating relationship between words,and illustrating some metaphorical expressions.展开更多
文摘For ELT learners,press articles seem quite difficult to read,thanks partly to the complexity of text structure,mixed ways of presenting information,and learners' unfamiliarity with certain terms and metaphorical expressions.To lessen the level of difficulty in reading and to assist learning activities,teachers may use graphics as teaching aids.This paper presents the application of graphics to the teaching of press articles with regard to five aspects,namely,illustrating text organization,analyzing part of a text and presenting information,showing sequence of events,demonstrating relationship between words,and illustrating some metaphorical expressions.
