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Teaching aids are an integral component in any classroom. The benefits of teaching aids include helping learners improve reading comprehension skills, illustrating or reinforcing a skill or concept, differentiating instruction and relieving boredom by presenting information in a new and exciting way. Teaching aids are improving the quality of education in today?s schools while also providing students with the sense of excitement they desire because they make the learning environment interesting and engaging. The equipment that is available in most of the schools is: a)OHP We would use an OHP to display overhead transparencies or as an alternative to a whiteboard or possibly even used as a television (depending on which sort of projector). An OHP would also be very useful if the students don?t have textbooks as they can read projected material. b)Visuals: pictures, photos, real objects. Visual aids could be used to help students comprehend the material and also encourage involvement because classes without visuals would be boring and repetitive. c)Worksheets Worksheets are essential to the study stage. Teachers can write their own worksheets according to the students needs. d)Cassette recorder or also a CD player Teachers use them a lot especially for practicing of the listening skills to get an information, comprehension or to practice techniques where the same statement is repeated until students can say it with the correct pronunciation. e)Video camera Our main use for a video camera would be to record role-play activities then play it back to the class or group involved in the role-play whilst highlighting their errors as it plays. f)Computer Computers have limitless functionality but teachers use them to access ESL material such as worksheets, exercises, lesson plans or to print documents and to store information such as notes of student progression or even wire one up to a projector or TV to play different media. Other uses would be for email (a great way to answer students? questions) and word processing. g)Dictionary We would use a dictionary to access phonemic pronunciation symbols, to check for correct spelling of difficult words and to obtain word definitions. h)Course book A great tool for proven material, we would use it for mainly for exercises or grammar and vocabulary work i)Resource book We would use a resource book to seek out ideas to be used in the classroom, such as games which are proven to engage the class. j)Photocopier The main use would be to photocopy class material.
