IMPLEMENTATION OF VISUAL MATERIALS IN TEACHING SECOND LANGUAGE
Keywords:
visual materials, multimedia technologies, teaching and learning process, language classroom, communicationAbstract
Visual aids are powerful tools that can be used to assist the teachers in teaching a foreign language. They can be utilized to add diversity to the classroom activities and effectively display complex teaching material. There are several advantages to employing visuals in the classroom, ranging from capturing and maintaining students' attention to encouraging them to participate actively during the lessons, engage with the topic and assisting them in learning the material. Experts and educators alike concur that visuals play a crucial role in improving students' learning, particularly those belong to a generation accustomed to the visual interface of internet and multimedia technologies. This paper analyses some of the theoretical and practical facets of using visual aids in the English language classrooms.
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