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INTRODUCTION
Tool used by teacher to help learners improve reading and other skills, illustrate or reinforce skills, fact or idea and relieve anxiety.
The importance of teaching aids: Motivation Clarification Increase the vocabulary Save time Avoid dullness Direct experience
BACKGROUND
What is visual aid? A visual aid is any object or picture that relates to the subject being taught.
Types of learners:
Auditory learners Tactile learners Kinaesthetic learners Global learners Analytical learners Visual learners
RESEARCH FINDINGS
Why?
Easy to prepare Easy to find Pictures speak a thousand words To recycle and to reuse the samples of pictures available
abundantly in school.
cheaper
Sample 1 : Fruits
ii) Reading Activity: Teacher provides a text for reading Hui Lins Family. Ask pupils to read individually/ in group aloud. Teacher can use the picture to help pupils understand the text. iii) Grammar(Present cont. tense) Activity: Teacher shows the sentences pattern. Ask pupils to read the sentence for familiarisation Ask pupils to describe construct their own sentence according to the picture using the same sentence pattern.
iv) Writing (guided writing) Activity: Fill in the blanks with the correct word in brackets. This is Hui Lin _______(friends/family). The are at the ___________(beach/mall). Hui Lin is swimming with her _________( father/little brother). Her elder brother is playing with ________(fire/sand). The other boy, who is playing ball is her ________(grandfather/cousin).
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CONCLUSION
of our
time. Teacher should be more creative in discovering and exploring the uses of visual aids in different purposes, objectives , activities, as well as different levels.