Today, we had a group work activity to create fables and present them through comics. It was a fun and interesting activity, as we felt ourselves going back to our childhood days, when most of us would be preoccupied with our colour pencils and drawing.
The teaching implications that are found in this activity are fables and comics can be useful to produce attractive teaching materials. As we were taught in EDU 3209: Literature in English Teaching Materials, an effective, engaging teaching material must be attractive, authentic and has novelty. Next, since most fables end with moral of the stories, teachers can use them to teach moral values. In addition, fables can also be used to teach universal themes in literature classroom, i.e. good versus evil, the power of love, greediness, etc.
Using fables and comics in language classroom is one strategy that worth considering.
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