The Application of English Picture Books to English Teaching in Early Childhood

Tingting WANG

Abstract


The main purpose of this paper is to explore the application of picture books in children’s English teaching. In recent years, the implementation of Picture Book teaching in early childhood has attracted much attention, and picture book reading is very popular with children. This paper analyzes the current situation of the application of English Picture Books in the English teaching of early childhood, analyzes the existing problems and their causes in the current domestic Picture Book teaching, and then discusses the application significance of Picture Books in the English Teaching of early childhood from the aspects of cultivating children’s imagination, thinking and language ability, and finally puts forward the application strategies of English Picture Books in the English Teaching of early childhood.


Keywords


English picture book; Early childhood; English teaching application

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13425

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