The Role of Picture Books in Raising Children's Understanding of English Literature and Life Science Concepts: Selected Stories by Eric Carle

Mayada Zuhair, Noor Abdulsahib, Ansam Yaroub
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Abstract The current study is a theoretical study that aims to underline the role of picture books as a serious genre of children's literature in raising children's understanding of English literature and life concepts; especially for non-English speakers. Unfortunately, most Iraqi people have developed a social phobia of learning English since childhood. This phobia is resulted from the heavy traditional reading and writing assignments as well as hard exams. Therefore, this study suggests incorporating more interesting literary material like picture books that would bring pleasure and help in raising children's love and cognition of English Language. More significantly, it calls to replace the old curriculum with a more vital one where children can interact with all their senses; visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK). To make this possible, two of Eric Carle's books The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Tiny Seed have been carefully selected according to the American and English elementary school teachers' standards for children aged 3-6 years old. Each story element was submitted to a literary analysis, including pictures, life concepts, and language that enhance children's understanding of literature. Based on Piaget's view about the importance of involving sensorimotor actions in learning to help in children's cognition development, some VAK lesson plans and activities were designed using the concept development model and Synectics strategy. The study has concluded that incorporating picture books into the school curriculum and sensorimotor activities like coloring, cutting paper, games, sounds, and music would help in raising children's understanding of English literature and life science more interactively.
绘本在提高儿童对英国文学和生命科学概念理解中的作用:埃里克·卡尔故事选集
摘要本研究是一项理论研究,旨在强调绘本作为一种严肃的儿童文学体裁在培养儿童对英国文学和生活观念的理解方面的作用;尤其是对非英语人士来说。不幸的是,大多数伊拉克人从小就有学习英语的社交恐惧症。这种恐惧症是由繁重的传统阅读和写作作业以及艰难的考试造成的。因此,本研究建议加入更多有趣的文学材料,如绘本,可以带来快乐,有助于培养孩子对英语的热爱和认知。更重要的是,它要求用更有活力的课程取代旧课程,让孩子们能够与他们所有的感官互动;视觉、听觉和动觉(VAK)。为了做到这一点,埃里克·卡尔的两本书《非常饥饿的毛毛虫》和《微小的种子》是根据美国和英国小学教师对3-6岁儿童的标准精心挑选的。每个故事元素都被提交给文学分析,包括图片、生活概念和语言,以增强儿童对文学的理解。根据皮亚杰关于感觉运动行为参与学习对儿童认知发展的重要性的观点,运用概念发展模型和综合策略设计了一些VAK课程计划和活动。该研究得出结论,将绘本纳入学校课程和感觉运动活动,如涂色、剪纸、游戏、声音和音乐,有助于以更互动的方式提高孩子对英国文学和生命科学的理解。
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