Integrated Linguistics (IGL) Art

In IGL Art goes beyond teaching artistic and stylistic approaches such as colouring and drawing, art grows to become a learning tool that can be applied in any language and to any subject as a layer and a language in an of itself.

At the introductory level there are only ten infographs children and older students are required to learn. These range from 0-9. An IGL programme consists of building layers through which students are expected to build or harness thought processes. In the same way that literacy is based on the ability to read numbers, where each numeric value represents a specific idea, children introduced to Art in IGL are expected to be able recognize basic colours and their numeric value.

Every layer in IGL that becomes a part of a learner's academic reading ability brings a new part of the brain in to participate in cognitive processes. Switching between layers to solve problems basically leads to different areas of the brain being engaged in intelligence.

In order to build this layer teachers have to ensure that children are not simply able to identify colours but read the information in colour sequences, much the same way they read using numerical values that represent unique ideas. Processing language in colour allows the brain to use colour to manipulate and process ideas. There may be some students who are able to recognise and recall colour sequences more readily than others. In order to recall something proving difficult to remember a student should be able to switch between a numeric and colour effortlessly. The same switch can be applied to a problem that proves difficult to solve.

In this way colour is not just appreciated for its artistic content but is integrated into the literal cognitive process that makes it an academic tool for learners.

Building and defining these many layers of conceptualization should begin in Kindergarten until each layer becomes second nature to learners. A learner should be able to read a book in colour as easily as they read book in numeric or phonetic language.

At the kindergarten stage recognizing colours and mapping them to numeric values, infographs and the ideas they repesent will consist of playing games and other fun activities where children are for the most part unaware that they are learning important building blocks that form an important part of the IGL reading culture.

The structure of the Art layer is derived from the electromagnetic spectrum (VIBGYOR) that is taught in science.

The table below shows the introductory learning map that provides the colour layer.