This document discusses how to use visual aids in different ways for teaching. It begins by defining teaching aids and their importance for motivation, clarification, and avoiding dullness. Visual aids are then defined as any object or picture that relates to the subject being taught, with examples including actual objects, models, pictures, charts, maps, and flashcards. The document explores how to use pictures in different ways for teaching vocabulary, spelling, describing, listening, speaking, grammar, and more. Specific examples are provided for using pictures of fruits, a family at the beach, and hobbies. The conclusion emphasizes reusing visual aids to save time and being creative in exploring their different uses for objectives, activities, and ability levels.

1. Topic:
How to use visual aids in different ways
Why I choose this topic?
 I want to explore the uses of visual
aids.
 I can reycle and reuse the materials
available in school.

2. INTRODUCTION

3. What are teaching aids?
Tool used by teacher to help learners
improve reading and other skills, illustrate or
reinforce skills, fact or idea and relieve
anxiety.
The importance of teaching aids:
Motivation
Clarification
Increase the vocabulary
Save time
Avoid dullness
Direct experience

4. BACKGROUND

5. What is visual aid?
A visual aid is any object or picture that
relates to the subject being taught.
Types of visual aids:
Actual objects/realia
Models
Pictures
Charts
Maps
Flash card
Overhead projector
Slides

6. Why visual aids are important?
Pupils learns differently according to their learning
styles.
Types of learners:
Auditory learners
Tactile learners
Kinaesthetic learners
Global learners
Analytical learners
Visual learners

7. RESEARCH
FINDINGS

8. How to use visual aids differently
Focus:
 Pictures
Why?
 Easy to prepare
 Easy to find
 Pictures speak a thousand words
 To recycle and to reuse the samples of pictures available
abundantly in school.
 cheaper

9. Sample 1 : Fruits

10. Can be used to teach:
i) Vocabulary (name of fruits)
Activity: Teacher show pictures one by one and ask
pupil to name fruits.
ii) Spelling and Reading
Activity: Ask pupils to write name of fruits and the
whole class read aloud
iii) Adjective/ describing
Activity: Ask pupils to describe fruits in terms of their
shape, test, colour, smell etc.

11. iv) Listening and speaking
Activity: Ask and respond to questions
Eg: (Q) What is this/What are these?
(A) That is a……./ Those are……..
v) Grammar (Plural and Singular nouns)
Activity: To identify and form plural and singular
nouns.

12. Sample 2: Hui Lin’s Family
Can be use to teach:
i) Ask and answer questions (listening and
speaking)
Activity: teacher ask questions regarding the picture.
Have you been to the beach?
Would you like to go to the beach with your family?
How many people are there at the beach?
How many people are sitting on the mat?
Is the beach clean/beautiful?
How many people are swimming in the sea?

13. ii) Reading
Activity: Teacher provides a text for reading “Hui Lin’s
Family’. Ask pupils to read individually/ in
group aloud. Teacher can use the picture to
help pupils understand the text.
iii) Grammar(Present cont. tense)
Activity: Teacher shows the sentences pattern.
Ask pupils to read the sentence for
familiarisation
Ask pupils to describe construct their own
sentence according to the picture using the
same sentence pattern.

14. iv) Writing (guided writing)
Activity: Fill in the blanks with the correct word in
brackets.
This is Hui Lin _______(friends/family). The are at the
___________(beach/mall). Hui Lin is swimming with
her _________( father/little brother). Her elder
brother is playing with ________(fire/sand). The
other boy, who is playing ball is her
________(grandfather/cousin).
v) Grammar (Introducing nouns)
Activity: Teacher guides pupils to identify nouns.
Ask them (in group) to list down nouns found
in the picture.

15. Sample 3: Hobby
Can be use to teach:
i) Speaking
Activity : Talk about one’s likes and dislikes.
Teacher provides example.
(Q)What does Sheila like/dislike to do?
(A) She likes /dislike baking
ii) Guided Writing/making sentences
a) Hui Lin – reading
b) Amin – keeping fish

16. iii) Write simple description
Eg: Soon Heng likes camping.
Raviek likes fishing.
Sheila likes baking.
iv) Reading/ comprehension
Teacher provides text for reading.
After the reading ask pupils to answer question
regarding the text.

17. CONCLUSION

18.  Reuse visual aids can save a lot of our
time.
Teacher should be more creative in
discovering and exploring the uses of
visual aids in different
purposes, objectives , activities, as well as
different levels.

19. How to keep materials?
• Laminating/ put it in a transparent plastic
• Provide source bank, put in place where
you can share it with everyone.
• Categorise them by themes

20. Thank you for your
attention