introduction

The Curriculum Standards emphasize the development of English curriculum resources with educational orientation. Cheng Xiaotang proposed that language learning should be conducted in real contexts, and the integration of picture books and textbooks provides real contexts and rich discourse for language learning. Picture books are excellent educational carriers that help students develop their mental and language abilities, and enhance their humanistic literacy. Reading teaching should shift from cultivating abilities to improving literacy, in line with the transformation from comprehensive language proficiency to cultivating students' core competencies, and achieve comprehensive education.

The principle of effective integration of picture books and English textbooks

Explored strategies for integrating primary school English picture books with textbooks in the context of curriculum education. Teachers need to consider students' cognitive level, language ability, and life experience when selecting materials, ensuring consistency between picture books and textbooks in terms of thematic meaning, language knowledge, and educational methods. Four principles for selecting picture books have been proposed: 1 The principle of consistency in unit themes emphasizes the consistency between picture books and textbook unit themes to achieve the unity of theme context and meaning; 2. The principle of relevance in teaching content requires picture books to be closely related to textbook content, in order to enrich students' language knowledge and humanistic feelings; 3. The principle of equivalence of text difficulty coefficient, based on Krashen's "i+1" theory, selects picture books with moderate difficulty to stimulate students' reading interest; 4. The principle of interestingness in picture book content emphasizes the visual effect and interestingness of the content to meet the needs of students of different grades. Through these principles, teachers can effectively integrate picture books into English teaching and improve teaching quality.

Effective integration of picture books and English textbooks in classroom practice

Explored how to effectively integrate picture books with textbooks in primary school English teaching to enhance students' English learning experience and language proficiency. Through analyzing the learning situation, it was found that the content of English textbooks is moderately difficult for students and the class hours are relatively abundant. Therefore, the author selected a picture book as supplementary material in each unit and carried out regular integrated teaching activities. Taking Unit 4 "Where's the bird?" in the second semester of third grade as an example, the author chose Caterpillar's Home from the "Lisheng North Star Grading Picture Book (Level 1)" for an expanded fusion.

conclusion

The integration of picture books and textbooks is a key strategy for enhancing students' core competencies in primary school English teaching. Through planned and systematic integration, students' language ability, learning ability, thinking quality, and cultural awareness can be enhanced, achieving the educational goals of the curriculum and promoting their comprehensive development.