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