GREATING AND USING

LOW TEC TEACHINGAIDS

THE Important of using Teaching

Aids
Teaching aids can help enliven your
teaching
and make it more
effective as well

Types of teaching aids

Visual
aids

pictures

Wall
charts

maps

Book
making

Flash
cards

realia

drawing
s

diagram
s

Graphic
organiz
ers

Cut-outs

posters

Pocket
charts

Words
family
strip

Audio aids
Audiocassette tapes audio cds
Commercial language tapes \cds
Vocal music tapes \ cd
Tapes from radio or tv
Authentic tapes of native- like
speakers
Tapes ofstories . Articles

radio
English language broadcast radio
intendedfor language teaching
Sort selections from radio broadcast
for English language speakers

Sample teaching aids and activities

using aids
word family strip- 1

A word family strip is an instructional

aid that helps children to discover
and remember common spelling and
pronunciation pattern in words
Words which have the same ending
pattern are called word families for
example hat , cat . Rat are
members of the at family

Steps to make the word

family strip
prepare letter strips and word- 1
family strips
cut along thedotted linesto make- 2
two slite (holes) on the word family
stip
insert the letter slip in the holes- 3
before the word family . Pull the
letter slip down to change the letter
before the word famiy

pictures
Teachers can use pictures for many
purposes : to give instructions , to
show the organization of the text ,
and to illustrate the meaning of a
word phrase new to the pupil

Pictures as answers
Pictures of fruits provide information
for answers in an activity
The teacher has modeled and
prepared students to ask one
another questions about likes and
dislikes
Students have pictures of a variety of
foods and use the pictures for
discussion

Pictures as answers
Teachers can also use pictures as
answers by having students draw
pictures and hold them up in answer
to questions
The teacher asks which fruit is long
and yellow? The students respond by
holding up the correct picture

Continue to pictures as
answers
Informain Gap
the teacher creates two or three
pictures which are the same except
for several details
The students have to fill the gab
without looking (write a componot of
pictures )
Or try to determine hoe the pictures
are different

Continue to: pictures as

answers
Stimulus for discussion or
composition
Use pictures as a stimulus for spoken
and written composition
Choose or create a single or a
sequence of pictures without text
and ask your student to speak or
write about the pictures. You canuse
some of the illustrations in the book

Continue to: pictures as

answers
Pictures in your lesson plane
you can use pictures at all three
stages of the lesson plane in
presentation , practice , production
Showing pictures of a football player to
depict action verb

chalk talks- 3
Teachers draw on the chalkboard or
stick figures or symbol that tell a
story
This activities allow a classroom
conversation to develop and
continue
Start a conversation with a pupil
about something he or she had done
and draw each sentence as a group
and with partners until each one can

Steps in chalk talk activities

Use a conversation with a pupil to create a story
Draw simple pictures to illustrate events in the story
As you draw the story , introduce the language that
goes with it

Read the story to the pupils several times

Encourage pupils to retell the story

Use the story for reading and writing activities and
encourage students to re create the drawings and
tell the story to one another
Then encourage students to draw and tell their own
stories

real objects (realia)- 4

You can use real object in the
classroom such as food , clothing,
containers ,household objects to
convey meaning and introduce
vocabulary
Show the students the objects as
introduce the new language
You can use object during both the
practice and production parts of the
lesson

Examples

chalkboard
The chalkboard is one of the most
useful visual aids
It is available and can be used for
various purpose such as presenting
new words, showing spelling , giving
model for handwriting , and writing
prompts fo rpractice

Instructions in using
chalkboard
Dont hide the board
When you use the chalkboard , be
.careful not to hide the board
Stand sideways as you gesture to the
board in order to give your students
a chance to see what the writing on
the board clearly

Write neatly and clearly

Your handwriting serves as a model for
the class
Walk to the back and check to see that
your writing is legible
Write in a straight line by writing across a
section of the board ,not across the
whole board , half facing the board and
half facing the class with the arm fully
extended

Partition the board

Many teachers find that it useful
topartition the board showing new
word in a section on one side , the
lesson content in the middle , and
the assignment in a section on the
other side
Below is example of a partitioned the
blackboard

flashcards
You can use flashcards for presenting
and practicing new words and
structures as well as for revision
The flashcards can have words \
phrase on one side and pictures on
the other side ,or word and definition
.,or word and translations

A first present the vocabulary using

the cards
B- in the practice stage ,distribute
the cards among the students

the teacher as visual aid- 7

AS A TEACHER you can use your own
gestures ,facial expressions ,and
actions to show the meaning of
words and to illustrate situations

cutout
You can cut out pictures from
magazine and news papers to use as
teaching aids
Use them for warming up at the
beginning of a lesson or during the
presentation , as well as in practice
and production stages

Posters