A Study on the Usefulness of Audio-Visual Aids in EFL Classroom: Implications for Effective Instruction

An eclectic approach is desirable in English as a foreign language in classroom for a teacher. Actually for language teachers must be use variety of teaching aids to make classroom activities interesting and more interactive by using audio visual aids. At this time, we will focus on teacher instruction. As we know that one of roles as a teacher is an instructor. According to Ranasinghe and Leisher (2009), integrating technology into the classroom begins when a teacher prepare lessons that use technology in meaningful and relevant ways. Technology assist a teacher to support facilities and infrastructure in classroom such Electronics stuff like projector, laptop, android, etc. Whole of these things are only for creating a collaborative learning in the classroom. Capper says that some of teachers who have access to technologies do not use them properly. Its mean they leave the technology, for instance they have a laptop and a projector to use them in the class. Its happen cause of some problem like they do not have technical knowledge and they satisfied with their current approach to teach, then they have no sufficient time in teaching a lesson related to electronic aid, and other problems which make them lazy for use it.

Using have technologies also have technic. By using technic and not use the technic aids will affected to the classroom. In Korea, based on Park and Bae Son research, they argue that if quality of education does not depend on the use of technologies but depends exclusively on the quality of teachers. For those teachers who have positive attitude and continue to introduce innovative technologies and materials in the class will enhance effective learning language instruction. In other hands a study from India by Jada (2011), she found that many English teachers were unable to use audio-visual equipments and materials. These teachers were not fully aware of the various projected aids to be used in the classroom. So that there is difference basic for teachers who have technics and for those who have not in using technology aids.

In the end, using audio-visuals as a teaching method stimulates thinking and improves learning environment for students and teachers also in a classroom. Students will understand how useful and relevant in this method when it has some direct relation to the course content. So teachers have big responsible to guide and to give good instruction in the class. If the teacher know how to manage the class, it will be more interactive and more interesting.         

Reference :

Mathew.N.G & Alidmat.A.O.H (2013) International Journal of Higher Education  A Study on the Usefulness of Audio-Visual Aids in EFL Classroom: Implications for Effective Instruction