The purpose of this study is to design an effective and efficient English teaching by means of utilizing Eric Carle's works in elementary school. This study is aimed at presenting Eric Carle's works by subjects and levels which can be used by elementa...
The purpose of this study is to design an effective and efficient English teaching by means of utilizing Eric Carle's works in elementary school. This study is aimed at presenting Eric Carle's works by subjects and levels which can be used by elementary school teachers through the analysis of Eric Carle's works, and proposing an informative lesson plan and a variety of methods for English education. First, the researcher took a look at why Eric Carle's works are appropriate to children through the analysis of the illustrations, texts and subjects, which convey the many elements of his work.
To begin with, chapter Ⅱ attempts to explore the whole language approaching, the 7th curriculum of elementary English education, concerning the necessity of using storybooks as well as suggesting the standard of effective story books. Chapter Ⅲ covers Eric Carle's life that can give help to understand his works, and the researcher take into consideration the ways his works' features can be used in elementary English education. Chapter Ⅳ presents Eric Carle's works by subjects and levels which can be used by elementary school teachers through the analysis of Eric Carle's works, and proposes an informative lesson plan and a variety of methods for English education.
Eric Carle uses collage, which is a method of making pictures by sticking pieces of colored paper and cloth on paper. This method, which is equipped with multi-colored and intriguing illustrations, evokes young children's imagination, and develops their artistic senses. Eric Carle's works can serve as good learning materials for elementary English education because they contain multi-colored and intriguing illustrations, repeated sentence patterns, short sentences and easy vocabulary.
The characters in his work are all tiny insects that are interesting and familiar to children. Children mix themselves and these insects and animals together and interact with the subject matters in the text through a variety of experiences in the surrounding world. His works are also equipped with repeated sentence patterns, short sentences and easy vocabularies. These facts can direct children's attention, and they will serve as good teaching materials for teachers. This is made possible through his writing ability and painting. Most of his creations have an educational element as well as foundations in the natural world.
Eric Carle could possibly become one of the world's most beloved artists of children's books as he has created children's stories of love and hope with natural matters within a child's point of view. Eric Carle's creations, which show messages of love and hope constantly, have an educational element and provide courage and life wisdom to children. The researcher would like to suggest that teachers should make an analysis of the works of storybook authors that supercede Eric Carle, and to improve their teaching activities with the help of storytelling materials.