The Advantages of Using Pictures in English Language Learning

摘要

Visuals play an important role in the language classroom.Teachers can explore the potentials of using pictures to the full.As we know,the four skills--listening,speaking,reading and writing are closely interrelated to one another,they are often better to be"approached in an integrated manner,so that work in one skill area will help work in another"（Wright and Haleem,1991）.As long as the teacher using pictures creatively,they can undoubtedly make language teaching and learning more enjoyable,communicative and effective.