Tag Archives: visual communication

New Comics – WAIJIAO: The Blackboard

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As a language teacher, I rely heavily on visual communication – flashcards, pictures, and, most of all, the blackboard. Trying to avoid direct translation and encourage my students to find other ways of understanding, I find myself constantly drawing as I teach, aiding my images with simple words, gestures, and sounds. The blackboard and chalk [...]

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Public Education Posters – Part 1

Note: I am very interested in visual communication and the use of comics and other images as educative tools. Around China, we have seen many posters meant to inform the public on issues from health to disaster response. These are quite distant from the propaganda posters of the past, with cartoons replacing the raised fists [...]

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