Facilitating the Integration of Culture and Vocabulary Learning: The Categorization and Use of Pictures in the Classroom From: Foreign Language Annals | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Bush, Michael D | Copyright American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Winter 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Culture and vocabulary are widely accepted as important elements for language courses, and pictures (photographs, slides, drawings, pictures from magazines, etc.) have long been a favorite tool of language teachers at all levels. Although pictures provide an excellent means of integrating culture with vocabulary acquisition, their use is not only impractical at times but also can be more superficial than substantive. This article discusses these issues, which are both logisti...

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