Teaching Aids

Presenter By
Muhammad Rashedul Huq Shamim
Associate Professor
Department of TVE
IUT
Why Do You Use Teaching Aids?
• Teachers use aids consciously because they know that they have a
positive effect on learning outcomes, they claim that learning aids
improve methodology.
• Whenever teachers use some of the learning aids while teaching, their
students get more stimulated because the learning aids help them
(students) to become more attentive.
• With aids, students participate in better in-class activities.
• Learners understand better when teachers use aids to teach.
• Teachers also improvise for the teaching aids when needed.
• Teachers claim that they use teaching aids to explain the various
concepts that require explanation.
What is the Importance of Teaching Aids?

• Support lesson.
• Assist learning.
• Explain concepts and illustrate meanings.
• Facilitate teachers‘ work by promoting conversation in groups.
• Save time and effort.
• Make use of five senses.
• Arouse interest in the current topic.
Characteristics of Good Teaching Aids:

• Suitable for the teaching objectives.

• Correlate with text material and classwork.
• Simplify the learning process.
• Be of appropriate size and attractive.
• Provide language experience to improve communicative
competence·
• Motivate pupils to practice language individually, in pairs or groups.
• Clear and easy to use, available in classroom or school.
The Five Main Criteria to Choose Effective Teaching Aids
for the Classroom
Teachers commonly use aids in the classroom to supplement their instruction.
The effectiveness of these teaching aids depends on certain qualities. These
qualities enable students to benefit from aids.
1. Accessibility
The most important factor of any educational aid’s effectiveness is its
accessibility to students. Educational aids must be made available to all
students within a classroom.
2. Visibility
For educational aids to be effective, they must be clearly visible. Boards
provide convenient visual platforms from which students observe and copy
information. Dry-erase boards use markers, which can easily be wiped away.
Electronic boards, or “whiteboards,” can link directly to a teacher’s computer
to display information that can be altered directly or remotely.
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3. Practicality
Educational aids are most effective when they introduce students to knowledge
and skills that prepare them for the real world. Desktop and laptop computers are
useful for this purpose. They can be used to access educational and creative
material while familiarizing students with technology.
4. Interactivity
Educational aids become effective when they encourage participation from
learners. The greater the degree of interactivity, the greater the benefit is to the
student.
5. Usability
A large degree of any educational aid’s effectiveness lies in the ability of the person
using it. Both students and teachers must be familiar with the aid’s operation and
its intended purpose before it can be used effectively. For example, an art teacher
who wishes to use a slide projector should be aware that such a device requires
periodic maintenance and is ideally placed some distance from the screen.
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As a teacher, your first goal is to maximize learning and to use time

efficiently. This may mean that you take a different approach to
teaching. This is how teaching aids are beneficial.
• Keep the learning relevant to your students’ lives.
• If the material is not relevant, students are less likely to care for it.
• Remain enthusiastic and implement different methods in your teaching
approach. It makes for a more engaging classroom.