Author: Jade Blue

Jade Blue is an English language teacher, trainer, and educational consultant whose primary research interests focus on learner-generated visuals in ELT, learner autonomy, and integrating life skills into classroom practice. Jade has authored a wide range of ELT articles, Teacher Guides and Research Guides, delivers training courses around the world, and regularly creates training content for major ELT publishers. Jade is the lead consultant on Visual Literacy content in National Geographic Learning’s Life Third Edition, and Multiple Literacies content in Trailblazer.

Developing Students’ Visual Literacy Skills

18 June 2024 Jade Blue Teaching Adults, Teaching Teens Leave a comment

“Worldwide visual culture has never been so rich and varied” (Riechers, 2024). Visual Literacy, the ability to interpret and understand the ideas and meanings in what we see, and to communicate our ideas in visual form, is an essential life skill. To understand more about what visual literacy involves, and