I HAVE BEEN TEACHING AND HELPING STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH FOR OVER A DECADE
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
-- Unknown
Picture Word Inductive Model
The (PWIM) uses an inductive process, in which students seek patterns and use
them to identify their broader meanings and significance. This process is
opposed to a deductive process where meanings or rules are given, and
students have to then apply them. PWIM takes advantage of the student's prior
knowledge and visual clues and builds on their key strength of inductive
learning. This process is the brain's natural desire to seek out and remember
certain patterns. Scholarly research has shown that this process is an effective
way for students to learn to develop vocabulary and to speak English. Students hear
the words pronounced correctly many times and the picture word chart, is an immediate reference as
they add these words to their sight
vocabulary. I can choose to emphasize almost any sound and symbol relationship.
You will hear and see letters, words, and symbols identified and written correctly many times.
Students hear the words spelled correctly many times and participate in spelling them correctly. For
most beginning readers and writers, the PWIM is a satisfying and pleasurable activity. You wil enjoy
finding objects and actions in the picture,
seeing the words and sentences they generate expressed in print and become part of the curriculum,
classifying words and sentences, and
discovering useful language concepts and generalizations. The PWIM motivates students because
most become successful learners.
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
-- Unknown
Picture Word Inductive Model
The (PWIM) uses an inductive process, in which students seek patterns and use
them to identify their broader meanings and significance. This process is
opposed to a deductive process where meanings or rules are given, and
students have to then apply them. PWIM takes advantage of the student's prior
knowledge and visual clues and builds on their key strength of inductive
learning. This process is the brain's natural desire to seek out and remember
certain patterns. Scholarly research has shown that this process is an effective
way for students to learn to develop vocabulary and to speak English. Students hear
the words pronounced correctly many times and the picture word chart, is an immediate reference as
they add these words to their sight
vocabulary. I can choose to emphasize almost any sound and symbol relationship.
You will hear and see letters, words, and symbols identified and written correctly many times.
Students hear the words spelled correctly many times and participate in spelling them correctly. For
most beginning readers and writers, the PWIM is a satisfying and pleasurable activity. You wil enjoy
finding objects and actions in the picture,
seeing the words and sentences they generate expressed in print and become part of the curriculum,
classifying words and sentences, and
discovering useful language concepts and generalizations. The PWIM motivates students because
most become successful learners.
