UNIT 26 SELECTION AND USE OF TEACHING AIDS

The main question right here would be, how do we select and use teaching aids?. Well the answer is very simple but first of all we have to know what teaching aids are.
Teaching aids are the resources and all the equipment available that we can use in the classroom, these are not only referring to technological resources if not to all the resources that we can bring to the classroom these can be: Whiteboards, computers, dvd players, cd players, overhead projectors, visual aids, realia, all these resources can help us to do a more didactic class which is going to help us to develop lots of fun activities.

Realia: Are real objects that we as teachers we can bring into the classroom.

Flashcards: Can be used to teach individual words, these are pictures of objects as prompts for practicing grammatical structures.

Puppets: Are an excellent resource for teaching young learners. These are toys made of cloth which helps students to get into a speaking interaction. These instruments are good for shy students which can verily talk among their partners.

Charts: are posters that we can stick around the class as extra information on vocabulary, lexicon or other information related to our class.

The teacher: can use hand gestures, facial expressions, and mime, she or him can use this strategy to show and teach vocabulary to their students.

Source: Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The Teachink Knowledge Tests Course . United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.