Week 9

"Seeing is worth a thousand times hearing."

A link between intelligence and second language learning has been reported by several researchers. Over the year, many studies using a variety of IQ tests and different methods of assessing language learning have been found that intelligence levels were a good means of predicting how successful a learner would be at language learning. Furthermore, some recent studies have shown that intelligence may be more strongly related to certain kinds of second language abilities than other.                                                                                    

Teaching aid and materials include any material, program or machine that can be used to help the teacher present or explain his/her lesson better. They are to help teacher save time effort and arouse interest on the part of the students.

Pictures and photographs can be used to stimulate the students to speak and as a basis of writing exercise. They are useful for teaching vocabulary and to familiarize the students with foreign culture. Posters include complex pictures or series of picture that can be displayed simply by sticking on the wall with the help of cork board or flannel board or by using multimedia and padlet wall. A good power point presentation worths a large lecture class. Over head projector can be used to present the drawn or typed materials to a large language class. Effective way of video can assist the teaching/learning of a language class. With the advent of internet, all aspects of education have been influenced. We can find any teaching aid here and use them in more effective way. Learners can view them even after the school, in their free time and in the time of studies at home. They can even search more effective and useful one and share to the class. These way students become more active than teachers and the learning becomes child centered.

This week I learned that we can use technology according to the student’s intelligence. The week was very much busy for me I read the comments given by my partner and followed what he said. I made the final draft of my project report and have submitted it. Now, we are at the end of the course, just one week is left.

Aparna