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ELT Journal 2004 58(1):58-67; doi:10.1093/elt/58.1.58
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Using visual organizers to enhance EFL instruction

Shumin Kang1

1 The Department of Foreign Languages at Qufu Teachers University.Email: kangshumin{at}hotmail.com

Visual organizers are visual frameworks such as figures, diagrams, charts, etc. used to present structural knowledge spatially in a given area with the intention of enhancing comprehension and learning. Visual organizers are effective in terms of helping to elicit, explain, and communicate information because they can clarify complex concepts into simple, meaningful, display. They allow users to visualize the structural concepts of knowledge so that they can develop a holistic understanding of the content to be learnt. Teachers may use visual organizers before instruction (when making instructional plans) to conceptualize course structure, during instruction (while communicating ideas) to prepare students to approach new information and clarify complex ideas, and after instruction (when practice is being made) to assess and reinforce learning and instruction.

Received October 2002.


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