After attending the course, participants will be able to:
1. Better understand the nature and the types of picturebooks from the perspective of picture-word relationship.
2. Select appropriate picturebooks for specific language learning objectives.
3. Ways to use picturebooks to develop different aspects of oral proficiency.
4. Adjust the language in the available picturebooks to highlight the oral skills.

The course covers the following contents:
1.The nature of picturebooks and the picture-word relationship.
2. How different elements of the picturebook can promote different aspects of oral production.
3. How to set learning objectives based on the selected picturebooks.
4. How to adjust the existing language in available picturebooks according to oral learning objectives of oral skills;
5. Different ways to use picturebooks to develop oral production.