Dora M Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I remember when I first started learning to read and write I could only memorise the alphabet in pictures at first. A for apple, B for bread, and so on. To this day I have that pictorial alphabet in my mind. When I started learning English in school, I remembered new vocabulary words if I created a mental picture of them, even better, when I doodled an associating image next to the word. I figured that I could almost tell an entire story word for word if there were pictures to underline it.In college, when I took up French, the teaching methods seemed very "dry" and boring to me. There was nothing creative or challenging about it. I was urged to just learn everything by heart and pass the exam, that's it. As a result of this soulless type of teaching, many students didn't pass their tests. I myself, had to look for other ways and means to keep myself interested and motivated in learning French by reading children's books and short stories for teenagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidney Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 In general, pictures will appeal more to kids as compared to words, but when they grow up, words will appeal just as much pictures. I think in your case, you are more of a visual type of learner. As for me I don't think I depended on pictures when I was trying to learn the alphabet until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSword Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Pictures definitely help when it comes to learning a new language.I'm recently learning Spanish on Duolingo, which provides you with an image for every new word. It's much less boring this way. Of course, different people prefer different teaching methods, and it doesn't really matter which one you choose as long as you work hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justusforus Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I think many people are "visual" learners. I too grew up with an alphabet board and a chalk board and all of my siblings and I were early talkers and writers. If a picture helps you with the concept as opposed to just looking at the characters of the word, by all means use it. I believe people can learn from imprinting a visual especially in learning a complex system like a language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g2narat Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 On 3/10/2014 at 5:04 AM, Dora M said: In college, when I took up French, the teaching methods seemed very "dry" and boring to me. There was nothing creative or challenging about it. I was urged to just learn everything by heart and pass the exam, that's it. As a result of this soulless type of teaching, many students didn't pass their tests. I myself, had to look for other ways and means to keep myself interested and motivated in learning French by reading children's books and short stories for teenagers.I agree that motivation to learn a language is affected greatly in part by how you are taught. Different methods work for different people and if a certain class only teaches one way then there are some students who are bound to not enjoy the class. You have a good method there by reading books. Even if it's children's books. They're much easier to follow and the pictures do help. I actually learned English by beginning with Dr.Seuss books! :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diprod Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes you can learn with pictures. I have learned some of the words in foreign languages through flash cards! This is effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peninha Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Any visual stimulation is always more friendly that just text text text, but everything considered a letter can be considered an image, just after we learn that letter it's no longer an image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfab Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 It's easy for me to learn a new language with pictures. I mean even for kids it was taught to them in kinder school. So it works for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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