Surely every person who studies a foreign language has repeatedly wondered: how to correctly describe a picture in English?
Are there any rules or certain requirements? Today we propose to consider the basic techniques of this exciting process, which will be very useful to you in the future. So let's get started?
1. First, focus on the main part of the drawing. Consider this picture carefully.
What do you see?
In this picture I see a young woman lying on the grass, smiling and listening to music with headphones. In this picture, I see a girl lying on the grass, smiling and listening to music with headphones.
- This picture shows… On this picture…
- There is/there are… Here there…
- In this picture I can see… In this picture I see...
2. Try to describe as much as possible.
She seems to be in her early twenties. She's got long blond hair and a charming smile. She’s wearing a white T-shirt… She looks to be in her early twenties. She has long blonde hair and a charming smile. She is wearing a white tee...
Use these phrases:
- In the foreground/in the background… Foreground/background...
- On the right/on the left… Right left…
3. Try to use your imagination when making assumptions.
She could be listening to some energetic rock music, because she looks happy and engaged. Maybe she is listening to the best album of her favorite singer and is singing along. By the way, it can be even not music at all. She could be listening to a humorous audiobook that makes her smile. She may be listening to an audiocourse, learning a foreign language and trying to repeat the phrase after the speaker. Perhaps the girl listens to energetic rock music because she looks happy and absorbed in the music. Maybe she listens to the best album of her favorite artist and sings along. By the way, she can not listen to music at all. Maybe she's listening to a humorous audiobook and that's why she's smiling. Perhaps she is listening to an audio course for learning a foreign language and is trying to repeat the phrase after the announcer.
Use these phrases:
- I think... Maybe/Perhaps... I think that... maybe/possibly...
- She must/can't/might be… She should/can't/may be...
- She looks (happy)/She looks like…(my little sister)… She looks like...(joyful)/She looks like...(my little sister).
4. You can also use stories from your life. Use your own stories and examples from life - this will give you the opportunity to speak more. People are much more comfortable talking about their own experiences, so talk about yourself! For example, when describing a girl with headphones, you could say:
I can see an engagement ring on her finger. Perhaps she has just got engaged and is trying to choose the song for the first dance with her fiancé during the wedding ceremony. I know how hard it can be because I'm getting married in August and I've been listening to various songs, trying to choose those to be played on my wedding day. I fall asleep with my headphones on and spend my working hours in a similar pair of headphones, not to irritate my fellow-workers with my music. She has an engagement ring on her finger. Perhaps she recently got engaged and chooses a song for the first dance of the newlyweds during the wedding ceremony. I know for myself how difficult it is, because I get married in August and listen to different songs, trying to choose the ones that will sound at my wedding. I fall asleep with my headphones on and wear them at work so I don't annoy my co-workers with my music.
Now do you understand what we mean? Using examples based on your own life experience, in the process of describing a picture, for example, of a young girl with headphones, you will feel more calm and comfortable.
It's best to think about Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? shown in each picture.
Think about the things in the picture, the environment, the time of day, the weather, the location, the culture... All of these will give you ideas for a more colorful description of the picture.
5. Practice describing pictures every day. If you learn to train your mental activity in this way, you will soon find that during the exam it will be quite easy for you to pick up ideas for describing any images. The most interesting ideas will come to your mind, quickly and without much effort.
Now you are familiar with the basic principles of describing any image. Applying new knowledge in practice, you will get excellent results. We wish you success in learning foreign languages!
When learning a foreign language, we all need to develop a minimum vocabulary. In order to start communicating at least somehow, you need to know well about 3,000 English words. How to quickly and effectively learn new English words? The best way to learn foreign words is not by cramming, but by a technique based on associations and context.
The simplest and most fascinating learning technique, which is built on the principle of an associative series, is the use of pictures. Most of the information (80%) is acquired by a person through visual images. You write down the word, its transcription and translation into a certain picture-story or download ready-made pictures from the Internet, divided by subject: plants, fruits, numbers, colors, animals, etc.
However, you will greatly facilitate the process of memorizing words if you make pictures yourself. Buy colored cardboard and special thick paper. Cut bright, interesting images from your favorite magazines and newspapers with scissors. Make small cards out of cardboard, stick pictures on them, write a word in English, its pronunciation, and translation is not needed in this case, since it is clear what is shown in the picture.
It is advisable to learn not just words, but phrases, that is, take into account the context and situation. Thus, in your head, along with the word, the association with which it is used is firmly fixed. For example, make a picture not just with an image of a pear and its name, try to find a picture where a girl eats this fruit, write a phrase in English, and a transcription on the back: 
The girl eats a pear - The girl eats a pear When studying English with pictures, you can learn 15-20 expressions per day, which is 400 - 600 words per month. That is, without much stress, in six months you will be armed with an active base for communicating in English. However, do not forget to constantly repeat the words and use them in all sorts of appropriate situations. Practice your communication regularly.
First priority
First of all, try to learn those words and phrases that are interesting to you, and not those that are useful but boring. But if you urgently need "difficult" expressions, then put pictures with them in a separate pile and sort through them more often than "favorite" phrases to remember them faster.
Always carry pictures with you and every free minute review them, repeat, pronounce how to pronounce. It is better, of course, to use other types of memory, that is, listen to a professional speaker, write down texts, etc. See also other best techniques for memorizing English words. english word cards
Don't forget that the best way to learn English quickly is to have fun learning. Spend more time studying, and then you will succeed!
Good start!
English alphabet with pictures
Any image made by hand with the help of graphic means of a contour line, stroke, spot. Various combinations of these means (combinations of strokes, a combination of spots and lines, etc.) in the figure achieve plastic ... ... Art Encyclopedia
picture- Image, arabesque, vignette, engraving, screensaver, illustration, caricature, polytype, drawing, figure. Wed… Synonym dictionary
PICTURE- DRAWING, drawing, husband. 1. A painted image, a reproduction of an object made in pencil, pen, watercolor or charcoal. Tree drawing. Pencil drawing. Pencil drawing, charcoal drawing, etc. || trans. Outline, contour. Drawing of mountains on ... ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov
PICTURE- PICTURE. The study and analysis of R. as an auxiliary method for understanding the content of psycho. spheres is used by psychiatry and psychology Ch. arr. in two directions. Firstly, with regard to the study of the drawings of the mentally ill as a product of stalemate. creativity in general... Big Medical Encyclopedia
Picture- Picture. A. Matisse. Female portrait. Ink, pen. 1944. Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin. DRAWING, image, outline on the plane; main graphic. It is done with a pencil, chalk, pen, charcoal, etc. with contour... Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary
PICTURE- image, outline on the plane, the main type of graphics. It is carried out (with a pencil, pen, brush, charcoal, etc.) using contour lines, strokes, black and white spots in one or more colors, mainly on paper. The main types ... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
PICTURE- DRAWING, nka, husband. 1. A painted image, a reproduction of which n. Pencil r. R. coal. 2. The totality of graphic elements in the picture, in contrast to coloring, paints (special). The artist is a master of drawing. 3. The art of drawing. Drawing lesson... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov
PICTURE- DRAWING, see drawing. Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary. IN AND. Dal. 1863 1866 ... Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary
picture- DRAWING, sketching ... Dictionary-thesaurus of synonyms of Russian speech
Figure 13- Figure 13 Rodent tracks237 tracks of a small field mouse in the snow (237a, 237b different versions of tracks); 255a paw prints of a gray hamster; 255b location of gray hamster tracks; 264 traces of a muskrat; 265 traces of a water rat; 306 traces of the common ... ... Animals of Russia. Directory
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Books
- Drawing, S. V. Tikhonov, V. G. Demyanov, V. B. Podrezkov. The technique of constructive-structural drawing, which occupies an important place in the training and education of an architect, is given. Structural and structural drawing is considered as the main part ... Buy for 1100 rubles
- Drawing, Tikhonov, Sergey Vasilyevich, Demyanov, Viktor Gavrilovich, Podrezkov, Vitaly Borisovich. The technique of constructive-structural drawing, which occupies an important place in the training and education of an architect, is given. Structural-structural drawing is considered as the main part ...
What do you think, what English classes will be more effective for children - serious or entertaining? The second option is 100% correct. It is important to remember that children are difficult to get to learn. They need to want it themselves. That is why, in order for English lessons to give results and not be in vain, it is necessary to develop a special methodology by which the child will learn. English in pictures for kids is a win-win solution when you are looking for the right way. Psychologists and methodologists have proven that the use of visual materials in the learning process increases the effectiveness of the result at times. And if such materials also have colorful pictures, then you can be completely sure that the children will remember the lesson. And for a long time.
Let's start with a simple question: what is English for children? First of all, you need to remember that English for children is different from English for adults. If the baby goes to first grade, then the load should be minimal. It will be difficult for a child to learn everything at once. Moreover, we recommend starting classes with the simplest topics, such as, for example, stationery, household items, vegetables, fruits, etc. Start with words that are used in everyday life, and attach an image to each of them. So. Here are English words with pictures and Russian translation:
Stationery
| A pen | Pen | |
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Paper | |
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Notebook | |
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Notebook | |
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Ruler | |
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Elastic | |
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Pencil |
Vegetables and greens
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Cabbage | |
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Carrot | |
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Potato | |
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Radish | |
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Broccoli | |
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A beetroot (a beet) | Beet |
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Parsley | |
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Dill | |
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Onion | |
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Cauliflower | |
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Tomato | |
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Cucumber | |
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A garlic | Garlic |
Fruits and berries
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Grape | |
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Apple | |
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Peach | |
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Quince | |
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Pear | |
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A grapefruit (pomelo) | Grapefruit |
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Apricot | |
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Lemon | |
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Lime | |
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Orange | |
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Plum | |
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Cherry | |
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Raspberry | |
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Strawberry | |
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Currant |
Note! There are fruits and vegetables that have several names, or rather, one name has several synonyms, for example:
- Grapefruit –> A grapefruit or a pomelo
- Beets –> A beetroot or simply a beet
- Sugar beet -> A sugar beet or a white beet.
Also note that one word can have several synonyms with pictures, for example, take the word grapes =>
- A grape -> directly one grape
- A bunch of grapes (a cluster of grapes) -> bunch of grapes
- A grapevine -> grapevine
- A sour grape -> sour grape (can be used as an adjective or as a grape variety).
Using marching from one word, you can significantly improve knowledge and expand the range of children's attention. When one comes out of the other, classes become easier and more effective, and most importantly - so much fun!
On a note! We recommend teaching children in groups of several people. 3-5 children in a group will be enough. When excitement overcomes one, it automatically passes to others. Guys will want to keep up with their friends, show that they know as well as others.
But! There is no need to take too many children into the group. This is especially a bad approach for beginners, because attention will be paid to two or three, and everyone else will be free listeners. Remember: attention should be paid to each baby!
Cutlery and crockery (section KITCHEN)
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Fork | |
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The spoon | |
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Plate | |
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Tray | |
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A pan | Pot |
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Teapot | |
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A tea set (a tea service) | Tea-set |
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Dish | |
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Knife |
Note! There are words from the KITCHEN section that have several synonyms. Let's consider some of them:
- A pan -> pan, but also a frying pan, a tray, a tray and even a baking sheet
- A cooker -> pan (any kind of metal utensil suitable for cooking) (not a person who cooks, a cook in English cook (as a verb to cook) or chef (chef)).
- A casserole -> saucepan
- A pot -> saucepan, but also a pot, a pot and even a kettle
- A stewpot -> saucepan (stewpot)
- A stewpan -> pan (stewpan)
- A saucepan -> saucepan.
Bonus lesson: why is the name of the pan exactly that? Draw the children's attention to the fact that one word can be marching from several others related to it. For example, stewpot = to stew + a pot. This means => stew (cook, cook) + pan.
Another interesting name for a saucepan is casserole. The word means ''casserole'', but at the same time also ''pan''. There is such an interesting fact in the English language that sometimes one concept replaces another, that is, the name of the dish in this case is the name of the dishes. Same thing with the word to stew. By itself stew(as a verb) means cook, stew, but the word can also be used as a subject - stew, stew. In this case, stew+pot = a stewpot. And there are many such examples.
To show the diversity of the English language and its richness in synonyms, let's give another example - the word teapot (a kettle) => a teapot, a teakettle or even just a pot, which can simultaneously mean ‘’pan’’, “cooking pot”.
Important! This or that name is used depending on the specific region, situation or customs. It is also important to take into account dialectical features. One language, many dialects. But we won't talk about that now. You just need to remember that when translating one word can have several meanings. You don't have to stick to one option. It is good to know a few. In this way, children will be able to learn to think on a larger scale and prepare themselves for a new, more difficult stage of learning English.
English verbs in pictures
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run | |
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To go | Go |
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Cry | |
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Scream | |
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Laugh | |
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Look | |
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Show | |
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Afraid | |
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Be happy | |
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Crawl | |
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Make faces (make faces) |
Verb pictures are very interesting, because theoretical classes can be supported by physical exercises. For example, to interest the children, you can ask one to show something, and the other to guess, that is, to name the verb. For example, one child laughs and another says - tolaugh, etc. So the children will be really interesting and exciting. In this case, the result will be remembered for a long time. You will see, children will go to such interesting English classes with pleasure!
English grammar can be fun! Moreover, you can vary the tasks: today we consider a verb in the picture, tomorrow - some kind of subject in order to use the article. Don't let the classes be the same. So they get bored quickly. Each new lesson should be more interesting than the previous one, then the result is guaranteed!
Animal cards
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A pig | Piglet |
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A dog | Dog |
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A cat | Cat |
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Rabbit | |
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A mouse | mouse |
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Crocodile | |
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A hare | Hare |
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a duck | Duck |
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Chick | |
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A camel | Camel |
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Chinchilla | |
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A frog | Frog |
To better learn the names of animals, you can make sentences with them or at least phrases, for example, a fluffy hare is a fluffy hare, a small chicken is a little chicken, a white duck is a white duck, a green crocodile is a green crocodile, a funny camel - funny camel, etc.
- Pictures should not be faded
Dull colors are uninteresting and barely noticeable. It is important that the pictures are colorful, bright, filled with rich colors.
- Images must be funny
Do you think the child will like to look at the scary and toothy crocodile? 100% no. Images should be funny, cartoonish, interesting and captivating. It is desirable that looking at the photo, the child smiled.
- Make your pictures glossy
Pictures can be laminated. Firstly, it attracts attention, and secondly, such photos are more durable. In addition, the child can examine the shining surface as much as he likes, playing with the photo: the picture will not be erased.
And now a few tips on how to increase the effectiveness of classes:
- Post pictures all over the house
Not with superglue, of course, but with tape. Attach the photo to the refrigerator, desktop, in front of the front door, by the mirror, by the bathroom, etc. places. Photos should always be in front of your eyes.
- Carry small cards in your pockets
Leaving the house, knowledge should stay with the kids! You can repeat the lesson on the way to school, walking in the park or standing in line at the store.
- Divide large pictures into several smaller ones
No need to force the child to learn everything at once. There will be no effect. Knowledge should be served in small portions, and preferably with a sauce of something sweet J This means that the child should be encouraged: for each studied card in English - candy. The result will not keep you waiting!
On a note! You may ask: what about pronunciation? This is also an important factor. Correct pronunciation can be learned through transcription. If the children do not yet know how to read it, you can use audio files. After listening, the child must repeat, preferably several times.
Summing up
Learning a foreign language is easy if you use visual materials, or rather pictures. Pictures can represent any word. Even English grammar for kids can be in pictures! In this case, studying it is easy, simple and very interesting! Working with children requires a special approach, and cards are a great solution! Learning English is fun!
