This document discusses teaching materials and aids. It begins by explaining that teaching involves communication between a sender, message, and receiver. It then notes an old Chinese proverb that people remember 10% of what they read, 50% of what they see and hear, and over 70% of what they see, hear and do. The document defines teaching materials and aids as tools that supplement classroom instruction to enhance student interest. It describes different types of teaching aids including visual, audio, and audiovisual aids. It provides criteria for choosing effective aids such as accessibility, visibility, practicality, interactivity, and usability. Finally, it discusses strategies for using aids appropriately and why teachers employ aids to stimulate learning and improve understanding.

1. TEACHING MATERIALS & TEACHING AIDS
By:- S. BHUPINDER SINGH
Resource Person ( English)
District Kathua

3. INTRODUCTION
 Teaching is to communicate an idea. There are three
important parts of a communication
Sender of
information
message/
information
receiver

4. HUMAN NATURE
 An old Chinese proverb explains that :-
 A normal human being remembers 10% of what
they read, 50% of what they saw and heard, above
70% of what they heard, seen and done.
I hear and forget. I see and remember
I do and I understand.

5. TEACHING MATERIALS & TEACHING AIDS
 Teaching aids are tool and equipment used in teaching as a
supplement in class room instruction to enhance the interest
of students.
 Teaching materials are important catalysts of effective
instructions. Besides the traditional teaching methods, there
are wide varieties of teaching aids available to the teacher.
They help students to improve reading and other skill.
 Effective materials become need of the time. To teach a
language using text book is regarded artificial because it
can not connect the students to the second language.

6. TYPE OF TEACHING AIDS
 Visual: Visual aids use sense of vision. It includes actual
objects, charts, maps, flash cards, pictures, flannel board,
white board, flip charts, models etc.
 Audio: Audio aids are common teaching tool which
include classroom stereo system, individual head sets,
radio etc.
 Audio Visual: It involves the sense of vision as well as
hearing. Audio Video aids are multi sensory materials.
They can be produced, distributed and used as planned
components of education program. Teachers can use
instructional or documentary video to enhance specific
subject or topic. It usually require television, digital video
player, projection, film strips etc.

7. SOME OTHER TEACHING AIDS
o Mobile Technology Language
games
o
Improvisation News Papers
Language Lab
Effective
Learning

8. CRITERIA TO CHOOSE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AIDS
o Accessibility :- Educational aids must be made available to all students within a
classroom.
 Visibility:- For educational aids to be effective, they must be clearly visible.eg.
Board, Dry erase board and electronic board
 Practicality:- Educational aids are most effective when they introduce students
to knowledge and skills that prepare them for the real world.
 Interactivity :- Educational aids become effective when they encourage
participation from learners. The greater the degree of interactivity, the greater the
benefit is to the student.
 Usability :- A large degree of any educational aid’s effectiveness lies in the
ability of the person using it. Both students and teachers must be familiar with
the aid’s operation and its intended purpose before it can be used effectively.

9. STRATEGIES OF USING TEACHING AIDS
 Teaching aids should be according to ability, back ground and class
room situations.
 Two or more teaching method should be integrated to bring variety,
attractive presentation and appealing content.
 Teaching aids should not be disclosed in beginning of the class.
 Teaching aids should be appropriate according to the topic.
 Teaching aids should develop curiosity among students to know more
about the topic.
 Teacher should ask students what they observe after having glance on
aids.
 Teacher can ask students to explain the aids and make interrelation to
the topic.
 Teaching aids should be attractive and from life related experiences

10. WHY DO YOU USE TEACHING AIDS?
 Teachers use aids consciously because they know that they
have a positive effect on learning outcomes, they claim that
learning aids improve methodology.
 Whenever teachers use some of the learning aids while
teaching, their students get more stimulated because the
learning aids help them (students) to become more
attentive.
 With aids, students participate in better in-class activities.
 Learners understand better when teachers use aids to
teach.
 Teachers also improvise for the teaching aids when needed.
 Teachers claim that they use teaching aids to explain the
various concepts that require explanation.

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12. GRATITUDE
Thanks to all