In my opinion, photography is one of the most important inventions of the last century. The ability to record our past, slices of life, memories. Its impact on history and culture is so vast, it goes way beyond our little discussion circle.
ESL with pictures is probably one of my most powerful lessons. It doesn’t matter what level you students are at, a picture is bound to conjure some vocabulary
National Geographic is one of my “go to’s” when it comes to esl picture prompts. So many of their pictures give me pause. Either because of their beauty or what they tell.
Let’s dive right into this lesson and visit National Geographic’s Photo of the Day Archive…
- Let the students pick a photo that they find interesting.
- Have them describe it
- Have the other student do a Power Listing exercise and ask the speaker at least one question or provide one comment about what was said.
- You could also do a Q&A exercise where the student pick a picture in their minds and the others ask questions to try to discover which picture it is.
Let me know how it goes…