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New Horizons in Education, No. 53 May 2006 Exploring the use of color photographs in Chinese picture composition writings: An action research in Singapore schools WANG Qiyan LIM Kian Chye WOO Huay Lit National Institute of Education, Nanyang Techno- Edgefield Primary School, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Techno- logical Universary, Singapore Singpore logical Universary, Singapore Abstract: Writing picture compositions is part of the requirements for the mother tongue language learning in Singapore primary schools. For Chinese as a mother tongue, the prevailing materials used for learning picture composition are confined to only black-and-white drawn pictures. This has caused some problems: (1) not many good and suitable black-and-white drawn pictures are available for the teachers to prepare for their lessons; (2) even there is, the processes of preparing for a composition lesson with these pictures is quite time-consuming and (3) black-and-white drawn pictures are not necessarily realistic and interesting enough to motivate pupils. The aim of this study was to experiment the use of color digital photographs in Chinese picture composition lessons. It hoped to achieve two objectives: (1) to investigate the pupils’ preferences for the use of color photographs in composition lessons; and (2) to find out if the use of color photographs can help improve pupils’ performance. This study followed the action research approach and progressed through three cycles of school testing. At the end of the third cycle of school testing, a survey was administered to 194 pupils; an interview was carried o