Of popular topics, concerns, and fashions The Internet, it is a widely accessible source As an art form that is kept current byĪctive publishing houses, newspapers, and Look at target language culture and soci-Įty. Sequential art also provides an up-to-date To read and re-read target expressions in comic Nence of the written page that allows students Technology that many classrooms around the And whileįilm is another important source of this lessįormal variety of spoken English, it requires Nor are they generally as accessible, in terms The visual support that sequential art offers, Tion successfully approximate the nature of Native speaker of English or when they watchĪ film in English.
Ing and confusion when students confront a Is a key contributing factor to misunderstand. Register from a students’ linguistic repertoire Tional material and in more formal authentic
In large part due to its absence in both educa. That is commonly overlooked in EFL classes Vernacular, a variety of the target language Sloppiness of spoken English” (Williams 1995,Ģ5). To “the ambiguity, vagueness and downright (uh-huh, humph, sheesh!), and other commonĪspects of spoken language, exposing students Tial art is rich in ellipses, blends, non-words Support of graphics also ensure learners canĪccess the authentic language with less trouble With the cartoon characters, means that stu-ĭents invest in the comics intellectually andĮmotionally (Cary 2004). The ability of the reader to connect visually The higher quality of the story, coupled with The benefit of a graded approach to language. Unlike manyĮFL resources, the plot is not sacrificed for Ity of the story, a distinguishing feature ofĪuthentic sources of language. Interplay of graphics and text and by the qual. Justify its use in the modern foreign languageĬlassroom. Satility, efficiency and power of message-also Lar commercial art form-visual appeal, ver. The reasons sequential art is such a popu. Praises the role comic books played in his To associate juvenile delinquency with comicīook reading should consider the example of (2004) points out that anyone still willing The increased use of comic books stimulates Than ordinary conversation and are thus anĮxcellent stepping stone to more difficult Research by Hayes andĪhrens (1988) highlights the fact that comicīooks contain a greater number of rare words # E N G L I S H T E A C H I N G F O R U M | N U M B E R 3 2 0 0 7 3 In the United States comic books are, unfortunately, still regarded by many parents and educators as aca- demically detrimental, despite the fact that a growing body of research Student Storytelling through Sequential Art Max Collins’ Road to Perdition, which was later turned into a Hollywood blockbuster, Jeff Smith’s Bone series, and Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer prize- winning Maus all play important roles in casting a more positive light on graphic novels.
Their meatier sibling, the graphic novel, has long been associated with the seedier end of the vast content spectrum sequential art covers and has only recently been rec- ognized as a serious literary medium. After widespread use throughout the first half of the 20th century, comic books in the United States came under attack in the 1950s when psy- chiatrist Frederic Wertham wrote, in his highly influential Seduction of the Innocent, that they are a “reinforcing factor in children’s reading disorders” (1954, 130). Despite its popularity, sequential art has long been misunderstood. These books can be found next to the rows of bound anthologies of American classics such as Spiderman, Archie, and the Fantas- tic Four, collections that go back over three generations. The Japanese have their own version of the art form, manga, which now covers sev- eral racks in most bookstores across the United States. Most French people can recall a scene from Tintin or Asterix most Turks are familiar with the adventures of Red Kit it is hard to find a South Ameri- can who does not adore Mafalda or is not an avid follower of the sharp wit and social commentary in Quino’s cartoons the Indian sub-continent has access to Chacha Chavdhary in 10 languages and Finns can actu- ally pronounce the name of one of their comic book heroes, Kapteeni Hyperventilanttorimies. # 2 2 0 0 7 N U M B E R 3 | E N G L I S H T E A C H I N G F O R U M M ost all of us are familiar with one form or another of sequential art, a term that the late illustrator Will Eisner (1985, 5) coined for an art form that has come to include cartoons, comic strips, comic books, and graphic nov- els.
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