Abstract
Parallel with the invention of new media and devices, the problem of achieving and sustaining attention in the classrooms and during individual work of students, increases. Using comics is one approach to address this problem. In this paper the analysis of comics usage in learning materials for German language classes for fifth – eight grade of elementary school is given. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usage of comics in presentation and practising. Forty textbooks and workbooks from different authors and publishers have been analysed. The appearance of comics with a single picture and with several pictures has been counted. It was established that the authors recognized the possibility of using comics in German language teaching. Single picture comics have been used more often than comics with multiple pictures. It was also noticed that the authors recognized the usefulness of comics in practice tasks.
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