UNIT 26: SELECTION AND USE OF TEACHING AIDS

I think learnes are visual therefore we must use flashcards, cardboards and videos in order to teach English.

The importance of using realia is based on the belief that it connects Language Acquisition to the real world. Please to read more check the following link out:

http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/50strats.PDF

Furthermore, teachers must consider that classroom equipment are use for different purposes such as:

-Board: It is used for writing up planned vocabulary, grammar examples and explanations.

-Language laboratory is used for grammar drills.

-Computer is used for grammar exercises.

Let me talk about interesting teaching aids such as: flascards, puppets, charts and the teacher.

-Flashcards are used for teaching individual words for practicing grammatical structures.

Puppets are used for introduce new language in dialogues between pair of puppets. Also, children can also make their own simple puppets.

The teacher can use hand gestures, facial expressions and mime to elicit vocabulary items and clarify meaning and create context.