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Teaching Language Imagery
Ann Morrison, Ph.D.
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Static and Dynamic Imagery
• Concept Imagery – dynamic imagery – Like making a movie in one’s head
• Symbol Imagery – static imagery– Like visualizing a photograph in one’s head
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Indications of Weak Concept Imagery
• Difficulty with– Critical, logical, abstract thinking and problem solving– Written and oral language and comprehension– Expressing language orally and in writing– Following directions– Understanding humor– Interpreting social situations– Cause and effect– Mental mapping
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TEACHING CONCEPT IMAGERY
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Sensory Language
• Evoke sensory images when teaching language imagery by asking questions like:– What would those pine needles have felt like?– What does that make you picture?– Would that have tasted sweet or salty?– What can you hear when you read about the busy
city?– How would the donut smell?
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Error Response
• Note the student’s response• Find something in the response that was close
to accurate and point it out• Question to help the student analyze their
response• Question to help the student compare their
response to the stimulusBell, 2007
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Automaticity in Language Comprehension
• Practice and Pacing while teaching V/V– Lesson energy– Task levels– Overlapping of steps– Self-correction and automaticity
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Structure Words
1. What2. Size3. Color4. Number5. Shape6. Where
7. Movement8. Mood9. Background10. Perspective11. When12. Sound
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Picture to PictureLesson Summaries
Picture to Picture1. Student describes given picture2. Teacher questions with choice
and contrast3. Student touches and verbalizes
each structure word4. Teacher summarizes, saying,
“Your words made me picture…”5. Teacher looks at picture6. Teacher and student compare
teacher summary to the picture
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Imagery Practice After Picture Description1. Teacher and student look again at the
picture they have just described2. Teacher takes the picture away3. Student describes her imagery, saying,
“I pictured…”4. Teacher questions to direct her
imagery: “What did you picture for…?”5. Teacher may take a turn and tell the
student a part she imagined to prompt the student’s imagery
6. Teacher looks for signs that the student is imaging
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Word to Picture ImageryLesson Summary
1. Teacher says a word and then shows a picture of the word2. Student studies the picture, and then the teacher turns the
picture over3. Student verbalizes her imagery recall4. Teacher questions to extend the student’s imagery recall5. Student and teacher look at the picture as needed to image
and recall specific details6. When the student’s verbal description is complete, she
checks through the structure words7. Teacher and student summarize their collective imagery8. Teacher and student look at picture together to be sure they
included all of the detailsBell, 200710/13/13
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Known Noun ImagingLesson Summary
1. Teacher says a known noun and asks the student to picture it
2. Student verbalizes her imagery3. Teacher questions with choice and contrast to develop
and extend the student’s imagery, now using phrase, “What are you picturing for…?”
4. Student checks through the structure words for details5. Teacher summarizes, “Your words made me picture…”6. Teacher looks for signs the student is visualizing
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Single Sentence ImageryLesson Summary
1. Teacher creates a simple sentence using the known noun just visualized and verbalized in the Word Imaging step
2. Teacher questions with choice and contrast to help the student develop detailed, vivid imagery and verbalization – looking for signs the student is imaging
3. Student checks through the structure words for detailed imagery and reverbalizes
4. Teacher summarizes, “Your words made me picture…”5. Teacher notes signs of imagery
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Phrase ImageryLesson Summary
1. Teacher says a phrase using basic concepts such as up the chair, on the table, down your leg, etc.
2. Student pictures the phrase, gestures any action (such as running her hand up the chair), and verbalizes it
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Generalizing V/V to Reading and Writing
• Developing Visualizing and Verbalizing skills is a means to improving literacy skills, not an end in itself
• In order to generalize V/V skills to literacy, continue the lessons in Nanci Bell’s 2007 text and integrate the V/V strategies into age-appropriate books that feature rich language
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