Nowadays, the teaching process has become more difficult than before. One of the main reason for this situation is that students, especially teenagers, has become demanding in term of technology as they are using technology tools in daily activities, reason why we need to modify the traditional method in which most of teachers turn the class. One of the important thing about the use of different methods is why we, as prospective teachers, can use this situation in order to explore and support student´s abilities in relation to technology.
It is known that most students enjoy
reading comics and graphic novels, this is also demonstrated because of the
sales of this type of books , “Las ventas de comics (grapas y tomos) en 2015
ha aumentado un 8% respecto a 2014, lo que marca el quinto año
consecutivo de crecimiento del sector” (IGVERNI,
2016) .
Thanks to the popularity of super heroes
movies and anime series has become consumed this type of
literature,
reason why we should use this factor as a way to
attract student attention in the class.
A great idea for second language learners
can be practice them writing skills through comic creation. In this way,
students can use this imagination and creativity. “El creador
de comics puede ser usado tanto por diversión que como parte de una actividad
de aprendizaje más estructurada: planear actividades escritas, actividades pre
y post lectura y responder a libros” (Read write think, s.f.)
Readwritethink is a resource in which learners
and student can create their own comics using certain characters and adding
dialogs in different sceneries.
As I mentioned before, this resource
can be display as a way to practice English, use imagination and creativity
turning the class focusing on students.
This tool can be used with learners of
all ages, especially those one who enjoy with these activities but in general,
we can use it with everybody.
Using this resource the only
limitation that I identify is that we need access to internet and believe it or
not, this situation still affect some schools and educational facilities.
REFERENCES.
IGVERNI.
(28 de Noviembre de 2016). Obtenido de Starsmydestination: https://starsmydestination.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/las-ventas-de-comics-en-2015-suben-por-quinto-ano-consecutivo/
Read write think. (28 de Noviembre de 2016). Read
write think. Obtenido de Comic creator:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
