INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VISUAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY AT PRIMARY LEVEL

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 7, 117 - 121, 30.04.2017

Muhammad Safdar Bhatti Rafia Mukhtar Shumaila Mazhar Imrana Touqir

https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.309500

Abstract

This article is designed to make a review of
teaching methodology at primary level. The main purpose of this article is to
indicate effectiveness of visual materials for teaching vocabulary at Primary
level and to find out the problems faced by the teachers. A survey was
conducted and analyzed with the help of qualitative research. 200 primary level teachers were chosen
from District Bahawalpur. A questionnaire was provided to take teachers’ views
regarding the use of visual materials i.e. (pictures and charts) that provides
the teachers a full opportunity to rely on the application of direct method of
teaching. This article is a gate way for English Teachers in general and primary
teachers in particular to achieve their mainly focused goals and suggestions
for the solution of problems faced by them and the taught. Researchers’
conclusion with suggestions and recommendations was also summed up at the end
of the study.

Keywords

English, vocabulary, pictures, charts, visual materials

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