As an important teaching resource, English textbooks are a carrier for improving students’ English quality. Illustrations are an important part of English textbooks. With their vivid and interesting characteristics, illustrations deeply attract students’ attention. Good illustrations can enhance students’ interest in learning, promote students’ understanding, and ultimately achieve the effect of improving students’ learning. Therefore, attention must be paid to the selection of textbook illustrations. This article will take the PEP version of the junior high school English textbook Go for it as an example. First, understand the current situation of the selection of illustrations in the textbook, and think about the problems in the selection of illustrations, and then put forward corresponding suggestions for the problems, which is aimed to maximize the value of textbook illustrations.
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