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ELT Journal 1991 45(3):237-244; doi:10.1093/elt/45.3.237
© 1991 by Oxford University Press
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The interpretation of illustrations in ELT materials

Martin Hewings

lecturer in English to overseas students at the University of Birmingham, England. He has taught EFL in Sweden, Italy, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. He has recently been involved in a research project investigating ways in which ESL courses might be improved for the large Vietnamese community in Birmingham.

While illustrations frequently form an important part of language teaching materials, either as a means of contextualizing language or stimulating language practice, a neglected area of study seems to be how learners from different cultures perceive such illustrations. The subjects in the research reported here, Vietnamese students of ESL in Britain, were shown illustrations taken from elementary-level course books and were asked simple questions about each. The findings showed that there was frequently a difference between how these illustrations were perceived through ‘Vietnamese eyes’ and ‘Western eyes’. Some implications for the use of illustrations in language-teaching materials are suggested.


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