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REVIEWS A Look at Books Nicola Martignoni Book Reviews Editor bookreview@e-tas.ch Working with Images: A resource book for the language classroom Ben Goldstein Cambridge University Press (2009) ISBN 978-0-521-71057-2 242 pages plus CD-ROM Using digital images has become second nature to most EFL educators as the visuals inspire and engage learners in activating and building on their language knowledge. Working with Images, one of the newest additions to The Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers series, provides over 75 practical teaching ideas for the language classroom. The author has collected a wide variety of useful training tasks, such as picture storytelling for fluency and odd one out for vocabulary training, which require one or more images. These can be related to a range of topics and used among learning groups of all ages. Each activity includes: a specific focus, level, time, materials and preparation, procedure, etc. Divided into two sections, the book offers numerous activities and tasks. The first section offers types of activities such as describing, interpreting, creating, and imagining. The second section deals with image types. While the topics addressed in this book focus on culture, business, and advertising, the activities deal with a wide range of tasks ranging from Google image searches to developing cultural awareness through the use of symbols. Accompanying the book is a CD-ROM of images, compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista, as well as Mac OS 10.4.6 and higher, carefully selected for each task. Due to the .pdf image format being somewhat awkward to edit and incorporate into a text document, as opposed to more commonly used JPEG files, teachers are encouraged to project the images through the computer. Furthermore, unlike many other pair and photocopiable books for speaking activities, materials are not quite ready-to-go, and require teachers to invest time in preparing the material for the lesson. On the other hand, what the resource book does offer in great measure are adaptable ideas, and the teacher saves time not having to troll through the internet searching for appropriate images to support the task. Overall, while the formats of the images may seem awkward, the book provides numerous possibilities for supplementing a curriculum which encompasses the skills of reading, writing, and speaking. Benjamin Haymond and JoAnn Salvisberg To find the complete list of our most recent Books to Review, visit the Book Review page of the ETAS website: http://www.e-tas.ch/services/books-to-review If you would like to write a review for the ETAS Journal and earn the review copy, please contact Nicola Martignoni at bookreview@e-tas.ch ETAS Journal 28/3 Summer 2011 55
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