More Visual Aids!

Early this month the students of Class C mobilized all of their talents and abilities in creating visual aids, resulting in various types of great visual aids to be used in the teaching of English as a foreign language. Amazingly, the students could finish making the visual aids only in about 20 minutes. Wow!

Here they are (in the order of the group number).

1. Picture series

They are basically a series of pictures which are used a prompt in a speaking task. The learners are asked to explain the process of cooking instant noodles orally.

2. Puppets

Simple yet lovely puppets were made of paper by my students in about 20 minutes. To use the puppets in the classroom, have a learner hold a puppet in front of the class and describe the physical look of the person in the puppet.

3. Objects and cards

Matching the objects and cards can be lots of fun for learning English. Each student holds a card containing words of colors (pink, black, green, etc.), then the teacher shows an object in front of the classroom. The student who is holding the card describing the color of the object should say "preekeetew" and tell the whole class about the color.

4. Photos
As a writing assignment, you could stick the a photo of a famous person on a piece of colorful paper, then ask the learners to write a descriptive text on the paper based on the photo.

5. Student ID cards
Student ID cards contain some information about the learners, such as the name, registration number, and the hometown. Use the cards as a prompt in a speaking task, by having a learner hold a friend's ID card and give information about him/her orally.

6. Puppet & plush toy

Make a simple puppet of Spongebob from a piece of paper and get a dolphin plush toy, then perform a mini conversation in which Spongebob greets the dolphin. It serves as a model for the students, who are asked to make a conversation about greeting like the model. When Yuly and Johan was performing a conversation about greetings in front of the class, Rezza came between these two, showing a heart-shaped paper. Funny, guys...

7. Cards


Jumbled sentences written in cards can be an effective tool to teach grammar. This is more suitable for a group work. The learners should form groups, then each group receives an envelope containing the cards. They should construct a grammatical sentence from the jumbled ones. Tanty said the above cards could be arranged into a sentence that read "The blackboard cleans Dony every morning." Ha ha ha....