Prepared by Asmaa Shehata Hassan

[email protected] . Zeinab El Naggar

EFL Master Faculty of Education Ain Shams University

A cartoon is a graphical media that can either be in the form of a single picture or a series of pictures as in the form of a comic strip.cartoons can be used in a variety of ways, such as: 1.To demonstrate high-frequency vocabulary in context.2. To illustrate idioms and expressions.3. To teach verbs and other parts of speech as examples of connected speech.4. To simulate dialogues to inject humor into class sessions.5. To provide a basis for oral discourse and writing activities.6. To illustrate culture and values.

* The best way to introduce comics to students is to erase the speech in the speech bubbles .* Ask the students to write their own comments inside the bubbles .* Display their comments on the board and vote for the best comment.* Then you can reveal the original one in order to compare the ideas.* You can find a lot of famous comics in printed books, magazines, newspapers , and also online.* Here are some of the most famous comic strips , “ Garfield and the Peanuts “.Such an activity can improve creative writing and imaginative thinking.