1。3 Characteristics of Picture Books

The English Picture Books as an assist to understand characters could not only downsize the difficulty of the reading materials, but also cultivate their critical thinking。 Through analyzing English teaching practice, some educational authorities point out the characteristics of English Picture Books: 文献综述

a。 The books are well-illustrated。

b。 The themes, topics and story-lines in the books are suitable for students。

c。 The abundant contents and subjects such as interpersonal relationship, relationship between human and nature or life and death attract students’ interest。

d。 The main characters are close to the life。

e。 The target teaching knowledge is basic, simple and clear。

f。 The scene is well-integrated。

g。 The sentence patterns are often repeated。

h。 The chants and rhyme are more acceptable。 

All these characteristics demonstrate the reasons why English Picture Books are acceptable for primary school students。 To sum up, English Picture Books including the clear stories with simple contexts attract students’ attention, but are not overloaded to understand。 Additionally, well-illustrated pictures, as visual clues, enable students to understand new words and sentences easily。 It proves to be an effective method to apply English Picture Books to English teaching in primary schools, which is also worth deep researching and practicing。

1。4 Significance of the study

Considering the exposition above, the following issues will be addressed in this thesis:

a。 Validating the feasibility and effectiveness of application of Picture Books during English reading teaching process。

b。 Exploring approaches to make English Picture Books act as English text books and additional materials。

c。 Offering recommendations which could benefit teachers in Picture Books teaching as well as researchers in further studies。

On a whole, the results of this study are beneficial for both teachers and students in terms of teachers’ teaching effectiveness, students’ reading habits and reading efficiency。 Moreover, there has not been fruitful researches on applying Picture Book to English reading。 As a consequence, this study will supply more information in this field in order to draw more attention of related teachers, scholars and educational authorities to the application of Picture Books in English teaching。来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

What should be noticed is that the results of the study would also provide pedagogical implication for primary school English teaching, enrich the curriculum’s practicing of Picture Books and prompt new directions。

This study enriches the teaching contents of primary school and analyzes English teaching activities and instructional strategies according to the characteristics of pupils’ physical and mental to provide a theoretical basis and teaching reference for the application of Picture Books in primary school English teaching。