Foreign language instruction should begin in kindergarten

Does it work?

If you are a “visual” thinker, it can be superb. If you look at a picture, you see far more details and these details will give you interesting language to use. More words, perhaps, than if you just look at a blank piece of paper. 

Any problems?

Not everyone likes it. It seems wrong to close your eyes in an exam. It also works best for experience type questions where you can see a memory. Some questions have no obvious picture that goes with them.

Example

See my lesson on Describing a house where you can listen to a sample part 2 based on a picture