I know this is an orthography one but I suspect the following sign would be difficult for ESL students.
https://mavspace.uta.edu/xythoswfs/webview/_xy-1159089_1
It might be an interesting puzzle for an ESL learner since the words involved are fairly simple. The puzzle being, what is this sign saying?
Also, this is one of Justin Timberlake that I saw on mtv.com today that reminded me of doing an ESL lesson over the camera where you reach you hand out to nowhere to pretend as though you are shaking the other persons hand when teaching "Hello, How are you?".
https://mavspace.uta.edu/xythoswfs/webview/_xy-1159090_1
That is what I did teaching EFL at NOVA in Japan.
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Those are really interesting photos. I'm glad you found them and shared with us. I think the one sign that says, "fREADom" could start a good discussion about the subtleties of advertising. You could talk about how sometimes things have more than one meaning, and you could bring in other advertisements that use similar methods. I think that you could get some good discussion about: what do you think this means?, what is the advertiser trying to get you to do?, etc. If you're in a more advanced class, you could even segue into how an author often tries to convey a deeper message than the surface meaning and then look at some literature examples of that. Or, in an intermediate class, you could just mention that and encourage them to think about it as they read.
ReplyDeleteAs for the other picture, that reminds me of the Rosetta Stone. I've only briefly had a glimpse of one of units before, but they have these pictures of people walking up to you, introducing themselves, etc. I guess if you can't have a real person in front of them, the next best thing is to have a picture of someone acting like they're introducing themselves.