IV. USING CLUMSY PICTURES(CPs)

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF CLUMSY PICTURES (CPs)?

• Enabling the meaningful learning,• Concretizing the words to make it more

understandable, • Enabling to remind and to use more

complicated and confusing patterns and structures,

• Creating an enjoyable classroom atmosphere,

• Activating the learners’ creativity,• Enabling the mental alertness through

guessing words and topics like solving the puzzles,

• Enabling to lengthen the time of attention for learning,

• Activating the two parts of the brain• Supporting the concrete and abstract

learning,• Providing the analytical thinking in

target language. • Enabling the acquisition of language

through reflecting the real world• …….????

The steps of applying Clumsy Pictures (CPs):

• First make the students guess the word while drawing the CPs on the board so they can get used to CPs and be familiar with them.

• After guessing the whole page the learners can write the CPs text from the board and by this way they can internalize the text easily.

• Begin to present the text by the help of CPs one by one with acting and using gestures.

• The learners can draw after finishing the subject using drama and CPs.

• The responsible student of the day write the transcription of the new word and while guessing you can write the new word with shaky letters to arouse curiosity.

• Make students repeat the page and do not forget to make the students ´work in pairs´ at the end of each lesson.

• Want the learners to redraw the CPs at home to prevent to copy the pages.