Z. M. Bobur nomidagi andijon davlat universiteti chet tillar fakulteti ingliz tili va adabiyoti kafedrasi

Lecture 6


The system of exercises and the aids of TFL in continuous education.

Plan
1.Classification of teaching aids.

2.The role of exercises in teaching foreign languages.
3.Teaching methodical complex as a useful tool of increasing quality of TFL-s at educational establishments.
4.Modern textbook: the structure of the textbook and its principles.


Key words: teaching aids, teaching materials, audio equipment, textbook, computers, language exercises, methodical complex, audio-visual materials.


Teaching Aids and teaching Materials
To achieve effective classroom learning under the conditions of compulsory secondary education, the teacher must use all the accessories he has at his disposal in order to arouse the interest of his pupils and retain it throughout the lesson which is possible only if the pupils are actively involved in the very process of classroom learning.
To teach a foreign language effectively the teacher needs teaching aids and teaching materials. During the last few years important developments have taken place in this field. As a result there is a great variety of teaching aids and teaching materials at the teacher’s disposal.
Teaching aids.
By teaching aids we mean various devices which can help the foreign language teacher in presenting linguistic material to his/her pupils and fixing it in their memory, in testing pupils’ knowledge of words, phrases and grammar items, their habits and skills in using them. Teaching aids which are at teachers’ disposal contemporary schools may be grouped into:

1. 
   Non-mechanical aids
   
2. 
   Mechanical aids
   

Non-mechanical aids are: a blackboard is perhaps the most useful of visual aids and the majority of teachers would feel hammered in a classroom which did not have one. It is the oldest aid in classroom; the teacher turns to the blackboard whenever he needs to write something while explaining some new linguistic material to his pupils, correcting pupils’ mistakes, or arranging the class to work at some words and sentence patterns, etc.; the blackboard can also be used for quick drawing to supply pupils with “objects” to speak about; Unfortunately many teachers do not make full use of the blackboard or they use it badly. Some hints:

1. 
   Turn to the students as you are writing and turn round frequently to face them.
   
2. 
   Ask them what they think this word picture is going to be
   
3. 
   Get them to read things as you write them
   
4. 
   Ask them to spell the difficult words for you
   

When writing try standing on the right of the board as the students see it. rd drawing, saying that they can’t draw, often without ever having tried. However, simple stick figures are not beyond even the most hopeless artist, and with a little practice every teacher can learn enough to draw simple pictures for drills or picture compositions. The blackboard is probably the most useful visual aid available to use, but our lessons can be enlivened enormously if we have other aids at our disposal.
A flannel board (a board covered with flannel or other soft fabric for sticking pictures on its surface). It is used for creating vivid situations which would stimulate pupils' oral language; the teacher can have a flannel board made in a workshop or by one in a specialized shop; the use of a flannel board with cut­outs prepared by the teacher or by the pupils leads t active participation in the use of the target language as each pupil makes his/her own contribution to working out "a scene" on the flannel board;
A magnet board (a board which has the properties of a magnet, i.e., can attract special cards with letters, words, phrases, or pictures on it) used with the same purpose as a flannel board.
Mechanical aids are: the tape-recorder has come to be an invaluable aid to the language learner and teacher, and after the
blackboard, is probably one of the most commonly used pieces of equipment in the classroom The tape-recorder allows the pupil to play back the tape listening to the speaker's voice and recording his own on the second tack (twin-track).
The tape-recorder is considered to be the most important aid in learning a foreign language. The tape-recorder can obviously be used for all the listening activities. Listening is a skill which requires a great deal of concentration so it is a good idea to limit the time spent on continuous listening. A very motivating activity for students is to let them write and record dialogues. You could also record students' telling a story.
Positioning the tape-recorder is also an important matter. Try to use a speaker which directs the sound at the students; after all, you're not teaching the ceiling. Some criteria for choosing tuned material should be taken into consideration (see "A T raining Course for TEFL" by Peter Hubbard).
A gramophone or record-player is also an audio equipment available in every school; the record-player is an indispensable supplement to contemporary textbooks and other teaching materials.
An opaque projector or epidiascope used for projection of illustrations and photographs.