UNIT 26

SELECTION AND USE OF TEACHING AIDS

Teachers have to select visual aids that are appropriate for students because they will help them in learning the language. teaching aids are the resources and equipment available to us in the classroom as well as the resources we can bring into the classroom.

These are the principal visual aids that teachers use:

Realia

Real objects that we can easily bring to the classroom in order to practice grammatical structures or as prompts.

Flashcards

The flashcards can be used as realia to prompt and practice grammatical prompts

Puppets

These are an excellent resource fro teaching young learners

Teacher

The teacher can use hand gestures, facial expressions and mime to elicit vocabulary