This document discusses using art and visible thinking routines to foster communication and understanding in English language teaching. It introduces the concept of visible thinking, which makes thinking visible through questioning, listening, documenting, and thinking routines. Some thinking routines described are See-Think-Wonder, Beginning-Middle-End, and Color-Symbol-Image. Examples of art projects on topics like bullying, war/peace, and Asperger's are provided to illustrate how art can be used to strengthen thinking and learning. The overall message is that art and visible thinking routines can help engage students and develop important thinking skills and dispositions in English classes.

1. Artful Stimuli & Visible Thinking:
Fostering Communication of Thought in
ELT
Chrysa Papalazarou, eflteacher,
blogger
TheArt ofCommunication, TESOL Greece/ British Council, Athens14/12/2014

2. Art is the form of experience through which
humans most profoundly see and make
meaning.
(Dewey,1934)

3. A large part of the challenge is that…wedon't notice
how easily thinking can stay out of sight, because we
are used to it being that way.
(DavidPerkins,2003)

4. Visible Thinking
Engagement
UnderstandingIndependence
Learning Content
Thinking skills
& dispositions
http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/

5. Stronger thinking and learning through the
power of art

6. Questioning
Listening
Documenting

7. Visible Thinking
Thinking
Routines
http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/

8. Thinking Routines
• Set of questions/short sequenceof steps
• Individual, small-group, whole-group work

9. Listening/Sharing

10. Documenting

11. Art in the EnglishClass Project

12. Bullying
Hope
War/Peace
Asperger’s & Autism
School

13. War / Peace

14. Looking 10×2
Guernica, Pablo Picasso

18. See-Think-Wonder
What do you see?
What do you think about it?
What does it make you wonder?

22. Beginning-Middle-End
Chromophobia, Raul Servais

23. Beginning
End
Middle

25. Colour-Symbol-Image

30. Asperger’s & Autism

31. See-Think-Wonder
Blue Butterflies Tongue, Steven Coventry

32. See-Think-Wonder

38. I used to think…
Now,I think…

43. Haiku card
by RakeshBhanot& Magdolna Terray

45. Thank you!
http://artleast.blogspot.gr
http://1stchaidarienglish.blogspot.gr