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TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH ART

Teaching English Through Art - Van Gogh
  • A reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom
  • 1 sheet of paper per student
  • Crayons or coloured pencils
  • Show students a reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom. Give them some time to look at and react to the painting.
  • Ask: What can you see? Is this bedroom similar or different from yours?
  • Pair students up and have them discuss the similarities and differences between the painting and their ownbedrooms. You can suggest that they create a Venn diagram to register what they discussed, comparing the pieces of furniture they can find in their bedrooms and in the painting.
  • Conduct a brief whole-class discussion on what students observed. You can suggest that they create a Venn diagram to register what they discussed, comparing the pieces of furniture they can find in their bedrooms and in the painting.
  • Ask: What pieces of furniture are there in this bedroom? Is this type of furniture common in bedrooms?
  • Ask: In your opinion, who sleeps in this bedroom?
  • Explain that this was a painter’s bedroom.
  • Ask: Do you think the bedroom would be different if it belonged to an athlete? Would it be different if it belonged to your grandmother?
  • Give students paper and crayons/coloured pencils. Ask them to think about a person and draw a bedroom for them.
  • Have students share what they created.
  • Organise students in small groups and ask them to describe the person who sleeps in the bedroom they created.

Conduct a class discussion:

  • Do you think our bedroom reflects our personality?
  • How can we express our personality?
About author

Renata Borges has a degree in Languages from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. She has been working with ELT for 20 years, as a teacher, academic coordinator and materials writer and editor. She currently works at Troika, where she works with materials development and teacher training.
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