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TEACHING VOCABULARY TO ELEMENTARY LEVEL LEARNERS WITH AUDIO MATERIALS Sheralieva Sh.A. Email: [email protected]
Sheralieva Shirin Abdisalomovna - Teacher, DEPARTMENT OF METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH, UZBEK STATE WORLD LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY, TASHKENT, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
Abstract: this article discusses the effectiveness of audio-visual materials in enhancing pupils' vocabulary acquisition to elementary level learners. Several works of scientists on this subject have been investigated. Different views of the technique (by scientists) were shown as examples. The researcher investigates the implementation of audio materials in teaching vocabulary to elementary level students by a few methods. Besides that, author tries to show the usage of it in the classroom, as well as, advantages and disadvantages of the technique. The author provided the technique used in her work processes.
Keywords: learning process, vocabulary, audio visual aids, skill, technology, elementary level.
ПРЕПОДАВАНИЕ СЛОВАРНОГО ЗАПАСА УЧЕНИКАМ НАЧАЛЬНОГО УРОВНЯ С АУДИОМАТЕРИАЛАМИ Шералиева Ш.А.
Шералиева Ширин Абдисаломовна - преподаватель, кафедра методики преподавания английского языка, Узбекский государственный университет мировых языков, г. Ташкент, Республика Узбекистан
Аннотация: в этой статье обсуждается эффективность аудиовизуальных материалов в расширении словарного запаса учеников для учащихся начальных классов. Несколько работ ученых на эту тему были исследованы. Различные взгляды на методику (учеными) были показаны в качестве примеров. Исследователь исследует применение аудиоматериалов в обучении лексике учащихся начальных классов несколькими методами. Кроме того, автор старается показать использование его в классе, а также преимущества и недостатки методики. Автор предоставила методику, использованную в ее рабочих процессах. Ключевые слова: учебный процесс, словарный запас, аудиовизуальные средства, навыки, технологии, начальный уровень.
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At elementary school, English can be started by introducing vocabulary because it is the most important aspect that will become the basic competence such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary is important for language and of typical language learner. Without a sufficient vocabulary, students cannot communicate effectively or express their both oral and written skills. Having limited vocabulary is a barrier to prevent learners from a learning foreign language. For example, sometimes the students want to say something but they do not know how to say it appropriately. Student's vocabulary is one of the most important tasks for English teachers. However, teachers often face problems to get new vocabulary easily or especially for the teacher how to teach his or her student to study new words easily and can not be easily forgotten.
As many scholars mentioned, using audio and video materials are used widely in teaching all the aspects not only vocabulary, but also reading, writing, listening and writing.
Elementary learners obviously have a shorter attention span, because they are only in the introduction to the language learning. They consider it is very boring to remember English vocabulary words if they are presented as a list reinforced by repetitious drill. Activities play an important role in learning the meanings of vocabulary words, and these teaching tasks are important to make connections among words, concepts and learning strategies to make word-learners be more participative in the class. Teachers should try to design various teaching activities in class that allow for the use of physical action, phonological interest, and excitement of the imagination.
In the class, teachers can divide the whole class into several groups; each group is required to participate in the chorus so that they can master more and more vocabulary words in the activity of collaborative learning for very young students. Students can connect certain vocabulary words with the music, hence raising students' interest in reviewing some English words. For example, when the students are reviewing vocabulary words about the different parts of one's body, the teacher can
connect these words with the popular song titled "The Song of Health" whose words are as follows: "Please get up early, shaking hands, kicking legs, bending arms, clapping shoulders, so that you will be healthy." The brisk rhythm, melody, and different tones and cadence will attract the attention of primary pupils. They can dance together while singing this popular song. These series of activities will make students remember the vocabulary words automatically.
To take into consideration all the ideas, audio and video materials are very effective in teaching vocabulary to elementary level learners. They provide and help to interact all the skills in one time.
The usage of audio materials in teaching gives following advantages:
1) Effective and interest aid: Audio visual aids help teachers to make teaching and learning process more effective and interesting. The use of different audio visual aids reduces the passiveness of the classroom interaction and makes it lively and interesting; It supports the concepts that the speakers are trying to convey instead to communicate in words.
2) Encourage creativity: Audio visual aids help teachers to develop creative power of the learners. By providing the different types of equipments, the learners involve their all faculties in order to create or develop something new (Malik & Pandith, 2011).
3) Permanent and meaningful learning: With the proper use of audio and video materials, students learn more rapidly and remember the facts, thus learned, for longer time. It breaks the monotony of the formal type of teaching and makes learning more natural and easy (Singh, 2007).
4) Freedom: Uses of audio-visual aids provide freedom to the students. They can discuss, comment and express their opinion which they cannot while a typical teacher lecture wants them to work, it provides immense opportunities to the pupils to see handle and manipulate things.
5) Best Motivators: Audio visual aids are the best motivator tools. Students work more interest and excited since they expand real experience compared to the traditional classroom (Akram, 2012).
6) Fundamental to Verbal Instructions: They help to reduce verbalism which is a major weakness of schools. They convey the same meaning as words mean. They give clear concepts and thus help to bring accuracy in learning. (JoomlArt.com, 2015).
7) Variety of equipment: Varieties of audio-Visual aids provide variety and provide different tools in the hands of the teacher to create an attractive, interested classroom (JoomlArt.com, 2015).
8) Clear Images: Clear images are formed when individual see, hear, touch, taste and smell as human experiences are direct, concrete and more or less permanent. Learning through the senses becomes the most natural and consequently the easiest (JoomlArt.com, 2015).
Using audio visual aids can be helpful for making teaching and learning easy and attractive, effective and permanent, but there are certain challenges and disadvantages can affect negatively the process of teaching and learning.
According to Awasthi (2014), Using Audio Visual aids can be useful for making learning easy, effective and permanent. But there are certain problems hinder the uses of them are:
Teachers' inability to use Audio Visual aids properly has emerged as biggest hurdle in utilizing these materials to promote learning and teaching students. This problem is because they lack of the required dedication to learn new ideas of teaching. They are hesitant about bringing new experiments and innovations in their teaching and are far behind in making use of new technology.
Financial hurdles: Luck of funds in providing money in arranging and maintaining the costly audio visual aids. Where many schools are failed to manage and obtain appropriate materials.
Need for training: inappropriate teacher trainer programs are seems another problem prevent the use of technological assistance such as audio visual aids. Those existing teacher training programs are not framed properly to train them about how to use the teaching aids effectively in and outside classroom.
Time: Another drawback is that audio visual aids are time consuming in preparation; it takes time to produce one"s own video or slides. Films may be difficult to obtain, creating a PowerPoint presentation can also be time consuming. (Park, 1999). In addition to those facts, Thornbury described the following challenges that a learner of a second language has to face while learning vocabulary through songs:
- "making the correct connections, when understanding the second language, between the form and the meaning of words (e.g. mouth, feel and grippy), including discriminating the meaning of closely related words (e.g. lush and plush)
- when producing language, using the correct form of a word for the meaning intended (i.e. nose not noise)" (2002:2).
To conclude, learners will have to be acquired vocabulary through simple exposure to the language. Using technology is the only way to bring target language itself in classroom. By using
audio visual aids successfully, learners' skills will develop as well they will achieve acceptable vocabulary mastery in particular.
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