PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 8

Picture Discussion

1.  What do you think is going on in this picture? 

2.  What do you think the man who is looking away from the rest is saying?

3.  What do you think has happened ten minutes before this photograph was taken?

Oral Examinations 2010 - Picture Discussion - EXPLAIN AND INTERPRET

WHAT  DO WE MEAN BY EXPLAIN and INTERPRET:

To say something clearly and elaborate coherently and logically.  In this case, say what we see about the ACTIVITY in any given photograph clearly by linking what we CAN SEE and TALK ABOUT from the picture to what we CANNOT SEE and yet STILL CAN TALK ABOUT beyond the picture. 

We explain what we can see in the picture and interpret what is going on.  We stretch our COMMON SENSE to talk about what we can logically link with the picture even though what we say cannot be found in the picture.

Oral Examinations 2010 - What if you are staring at a POSED picture?

Fret not.  A posed photograph means that the people in it are staring into the camera lens of the photographer.  There are reasons why they were photographed.  Think about the range of possibilities - STAY POSITIVE. 

Apply:  IDENTITY - What are these people in the photograph? 

What do you think they are doing here? ACTIVITY
Why are they doing what they are doing?  PURPOSE
What can you say about their activity?  COMMON SENSE
Be POSITIVE - give Suggestions - doing it for charity / rehearsing for a performance / wanting to give their best / posing for a souvenir photograph / publicity / publication etc.