A Study On The Current Situation Of The Use Of Illustrations In The Life-Orientated Chinese

In 2017,the Ministry edition of Life-orientated Chinese was published and widely used.Textbook illustrations are a major component of the textbook and an essential resource for teaching.Compared to the text,textbook illustrations excite students’ motivation to learn and promote their visual understanding of the text.In order to promote teachers’ understanding of textbook illustrations and to improve their effective use of them,it is necessary to conduct a study on the current situation of the use of textbook illustrations,to understand the specific situation of the use of textbook illustrations in living languages,and to make recommendations for frontline teachers on their use,so as to improve the value of the use of textbook illustrations.This study is divided into two parts.The first part uses the self-administered Questionnaire on the Current Use of Illustrations in Life-orientated Chinese to survey211 teachers who have used the textbooks to understand their attitudes,behavior and effectiveness in using the illustrations,and to explore the characteristics of teachers’ use of the illustrations in different Academic qualifications and titles.The second part of the study uses the self-prepared "Outline of Interviews" as a research tool to interview nine teachers who have used the textbook to gain an in-depth understanding of the specific circumstances,causes and problems and needs of the use of textbook illustrations,and to verify and supplement the results of the questionnaire.The following conclusions were drawn from this study:(1)Teachers’ overall performance in using the illustrations was good.Among them,in terms of attitude towards using,teachers showed positive attitudes towards the use of textbook illustrations.In terms of using behavior,teachers interpret textbook illustrations in terms of scientificity and appropriateness,but there are differences in the depth of their interpretation of textbook illustrations.Teachers use textbook illustrations mainly in a reference mode,adapting them to teaching needs and designing teaching activities about them in a hierarchical way.Teachers will make extensive use of textbook illustrations for teaching,presenting and guiding textbook illustrations to suit students’ learning characteristics.Teachers neglect to reflect on the use of textbook illustrations.In terms of the effectiveness of the use of textbook illustrations,teachers believe that the use of textbook illustrations can promote students’ participation in class and facilitate the achievement of teaching objectives,but there are certain differences among students of different ability levels.(2)There are significant differences in the use of illustrations in the Life-orientated Chinese in terms of education,job title,subject background and teaching experience,and there are no significant differences in the proportion of students with severe intellectual disabilities in the class.(3)The factors that influence the use of illustrations are mainly in terms of the textbook illustrations themselves,social culture,teachers,students and the textbook text.Specifically,the textbook illustration factors include graphic relevance,type,information content,liveliness,and physical characteristics.The socio-cultural factors include teaching and research training,teachers’ public class assessment or observation,and diversity of teaching resources.The teacher factors include information technology teaching ability and dedication.The student factors include students’ cognitive level and type of obstacles.And the textbook text factors include the amount of information in the text and the degree of abstraction.In summary,this study makes the following recommendations:(1)Increasing support from schools to improve teachers’ ability to use diagrams.(2)Promoting the digitization of textbook illustrations and improving teachers’ ability to apply information technology.(3)Promoting the appropriateness of textbook illustrations and improving the effectiveness of their use.(4)Emphasizing the aesthetic value of diagrams and enhancing the emotional experience of them.