Picturebooks in ELT: What can pictures do?

Picturebooks in ELT

Passionate about picturebooks

Welcome to my blog about picturebooks in ELT.

“A picturebook is text, illustrations, total design; an item of manufacture and a commercial product; a social, cultural, historic document; and foremost, an experience for a child. As an art form it hinges on the interdependence of pictures and words, on the simultaneous display of two facing pages, and on the drama of the turning page.” (Barbara Bader 1976:1)

My intention is to discuss picturebooks, in particular the pictures in them! Why? Because, in ELT we tend to select picturebooks because they contain words our students might know. I plan to write something a couple of times a month, sharing what I discover in my readings; describe new titles I come across; discuss particular illustrators and their styles and generally promote the picture in picturebooks.

From January 2008 to December 2011 I benefitted from a PhD research grant from FCT, in Portugal.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

What can pictures do?

Technical problems - back with you soon!

12 comments:

Simon said...: Hello Sandie

This is really interesting, and I'm really looking forward to learning so much from you.

Good luck with the blog. I so admire you.

Simon; 20 June 2010 12:20
Sandie Mourão said...: Simon!

You get the prize for being the first to send a message! Thank you! I look forward to reading your comments as things progress.

Sandie; 20 June 2010 12:43
carolread said...: Hi Sandie

Great to see you've taken the plunge! Welcome to the blogosphere! Very much look forward to sharing the passion. Will definitely add you to my blog roll too.

Carol; 20 June 2010 13:44
Sandie Mourão said...: Thanks Carol!

Blog rolls ... that's something else I need to learn about!

Sandie; 20 June 2010 13:57
BookFairy said...: Hi there Sandie,

I´m very excited about your blog...as I´m a huge fan of your work and also of children's books!

Thanks for starting a blog like this...just fantastic idea!

Kisses and looking forward to your new post...

Bookfairy; 20 June 2010 19:47
Sandie Mourão said...: Hello 'book fairy'! (Great name!)

Thanks for your enthusiasm! I'm glad we can meet on the blog and share that passion!

I look forward to reading your comments in the future.

Sandie; 21 June 2010 01:08
dinadani said...: Wow, your blog is very useful and inspiring, I like picture books, too!
Daniela from Venice; 21 June 2010 05:13
Sandie Mourão said...: Thank you Daniela!
Looking forward to reading your comments as we progress.
Sandie; 21 June 2010 06:28
Sam said...: Hi Sandie,

just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed reading your first two posts and am looking forward to more!
I hope to use many picture books in my English lessons when I start the practical part of teacher training here in Germany in August - I will be very interested in trying out some ideas gathered here concerning choice of picture books and using the illustrations to their full potential.

Thank you for taking the plunge and sharing your passion with us, it is a big help and inspiration!

Sam from Berlin; 21 June 2010 09:31
Sandie Mourão said...: Thanks Sam!
Good luck with your practical sessions - nothing better than being in the classroom. If you try out any picture books let us all know how they went.
Look forward to seeing you here more often!
Sandie; 21 June 2010 09:50
Beverly said...: Hi Sandie!

I attended your session at APPI Guimarães on the other bits of the picture book and came away even more passionate about them!

Thanks for starting this blog and I'll be back to read more and share ideas.

Beverly; 22 June 2010 07:51
Sandie Mourão said...: Thanks Beverly!
Good to see you here and do come back and post more comments once I get going - I'm glad you want to share your experience with picture books too.
Sandie; 22 June 2010 10:04