On application of pictorial method in teaching medical English vocabulary / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

In view of the present situation of medical English vocabulary teaching, we propose to apply the picture teaching method to the teaching of English vocabulary. Picture application process isteaching ideas - picture searching - picture introduction - question design - example sentence (implica-tions) introduction. We also analyze how to apply pictures related to Chinese and western culture, anecdotes and oddities, stars and celebrities, and common diseases to medical English vocabulary teaching according to the features and interest of the students, so as to activate the knowledge the students already acquired, to achieve good teaching effect through interaction between the teacher and students and to help the students have a solid command of medical English vocabulary taught in class.