using images critically and creatively

Using Images Critically and Creatively

Kieran Donaghy

“The soul never thinks without an image.”

Aristotle

“Numerous experiments have proven that subjects learn and remember material that is concrete (imagery-related) better than that which is abstract.”

Goldstein (2009)

“Whereas a text supplies the language, explicitly, an image implies it and thus creates a void to be filled in the classroom.”

Keddie (2008)

“It is because pictures say nothing in words that so much can be said in words about them.”

Maley, Duff & Grellet (1980)

Learning and remembering vocabulary

Learning and remembering grammar

Student projects and presentations

“Whiskey is liquid gold.”

George Bernard Shaw

“The light music of whiskey falling into a glass – an agreeable interlude.”

James Joyce

“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”

Humphrey Bogart’s last words

Àngels Consuegra

...Welcome to My Experience

What is OrphanAid Africa?

• Non-profit organization headquartered in California

• Founded in Ghana in 2002

• Situated in West Africa • Over 23 million people • Official language is English

Where does OrphanAid Africa work?

Anyeyah

The Orphanage

What is OrphanAid Africa‘s aim?

• Support orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana

Ensure that children grow up in safe and permanent Ensure that children grow up in safe and permanent family settings with appropriate care and protectionfamily settings with appropriate care and protection

kieran.donaghy@uab.es

www.film-english.com

Kieran Donaghy

SourcesBooks

Goldstein, B, Using Images, Cambridge 2009Keddie, J, Images, Oxford University Press 2009Maley, A.,Duff, A. And Grellet, F. In the Mind’s Eye, Oxford1980

Websites

Adbusters: http://www.adbusters.com/Hero Movie: http://www.tackfilm2.se/Flicker: http://www.flickr.com/Foodscapes: http://www.carlwarner.com/Rolls off The Tongue: http://rollsoffthetongue.tumblr.com/Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/The Visual Dictionary: http://www.thevisualdictionary.net/Wordia: http://www.wordia. com/Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/Worth 1,000: http://www.worth1000.com/