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Name : Yoesis Ika Pratiwi

SRN : 1213042083
Course: Advanced Writing
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In teaching learning process, visual aids are usually used to help the

teachers transferring the idea. Picture is one of the visual aids and this essay will

tell about the definition and the function of it. There are three definitions with the

function of picture according to experts.

The first is the definition of picture according to Hornby (2007:1138).

Picture is a media which contains descriptions that gives an idea in human’s mind

of what something is like. The word media is the main ways that large numbers of

people receive information and entertainment. In teaching process, media is a tool

that can be used to show some objects to makes the students easy to know and to

understand. The facilities or media is very important in learning process,

especially in foreign language learning for the students. The picture is one of the

elements in media that is considered as an easy way to teach vocabulary to

students who are in their infancy at the beginner level to learn about foreign

language. By looking at the picture, the students will be easily aroused to

remember. At this time, the students’ brain development is the still that is very

good enough, so it must be utilized to the maximum in learning vocabulary,

especially in learning the foreign language. In brief, picture is a media that holds

description which gives an idea in human’s mind of what something is like; in

addition, it helps students to learn foreign language easily.

The second is the definition of picture according to Stevick (1989). Picture

is one of the visual aids or anything visible that brings human to understand the

object that is painted. It gives imagination for human to keep a piece of

information to her or his memory. As a technique, picture can help students to

learn a language more quickly and accurately. Teachers can use picture to help
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Name : Yoesis Ika Pratiwi
SRN : 1213042083
Course: Advanced Writing
Task 5 draft 2

students memorize vocabulary. The picture must be little so that the students can

bring it everywhere. The students are suggested to write a full sentence with the

word in other side of the picture. The picture that shows the meaning of the word

is in one side and the sentence using the word is in other side. If language were

only a series of vocabulary words strung together, it should do fine. In short,

picture is one of the visual aids that brings human to understand the object that is

painted; moreover, it helps students to memorize vocabulary.

The third is the definition of picture according to Webster (1986:171). He

states that picture is a media that can be a representation (as a person, landscape,

and building) on canvas, paper, or surface produced by painting, drawing or

photograph. This kind of aid can be used in teaching to encourage the students’

motivation because the students are able to see the object concretely. Teachers can

use picture to help students understand about preposition. After introducing

material that will be discussed, the teacher shows one picture to the students to

make sure they know the object. The picture is a ball in a box. When the teacher

says that there is a ball in the box, the students can concretely see the picture and

it makes them easy to understand. This encourages students to learn more. To

conclude, picture is a media that can be a representation in paper and it is used in

teaching; furthermore, it can be a mean to teach preposition.

In conclusion, those are the definitions of picture according to Hornby,

Stevick, and Webster. By the experts’ opinion, it can be concluded that picture is a

representation on paper or surface that contains description which gives an idea in

human’s mind about what something is like. Moreover, it helps students to learn a

language easily and quickly and it motivates students to learn.

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Name : Yoesis Ika Pratiwi
SRN : 1213042083
Course: Advanced Writing
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References

Hornby. 2007. http://ayudewiputri.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-vocabulary-

using-picture.html.

Stevick, W. Earl. 1989. Cambridge: Prentice Hall International. Success with

Foreign Languages.

Mayasari. 2012. Increasing Students’ Ability in Using Preposition of Place

through Picture at The Seventh Year of SMP Negeri 2 Banjar Agung

Tulang Bawang.