JURNAL PENGABDIAN KEPADA MASYARAKAT
Vol 21, No 80 (2015)

The Role of Advertisements in English Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching

Farida Hanim Saragih (Unknown)
Citra Anggia Putri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2015

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing the use of advertisements (ads) in English Foreign Language (EFL) teachingand focuses on some of the appealing uses of language, visual elements, and culture in advertising, and onhow language teachers could exploit them in their classes. Advertisers have creative ways to use ads toattract people’s attention and to be memorable by exploiting the language code, paralanguage, illustrationand culture value. The ways of advertisers to use the language, illustration, code, and culture could beconsidered by the language teachers in teaching. Language teachers  appears to be very little exploitationof the fascinating uses of  language and visual elements in advertising, and this paper attempts to presentEFL practice by providing an overview of some of the interesting uses of language, culture, and visualelements in ads, and suggesting ways of exploiting them in classroom

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpkm

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (JPKM) diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Universitas Negeri Medan (LPPM UNIMED) adalah peer-reviewed journal yang memuat artikel-artikel ilmiah dari berbagai disiplin ilmu yang diadopsi dalam berbagai aktivitas pengabdian kepada ...