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v) Cut out pictures
Colourful pictures from different magazines and newspapers can be collected and the
pictures can be attached to the classroom walls, or small pieces of sand paper can be
glued to their backs and they can be displayed on the flannel board. The use of colour
pictures is given below:
a. Cut out figures are important in teaching vocabulary: It is said that a picture is worth
ten thousand words. Therefore, if the meanings of concrete objects are taught, it is
far better to use their pictures rather than to give their definition or explanation.
b. Cut-outs are used for written compositions: pictures and cut outs can be used in
similar ways of displaying pictures on flannel board. The cut outs can be displayed
and the students are asked to describe them. If the description is made orally, it is
composition.
c. The cut outs are used for situational use of language. With the help of cut-outs,
figures illustrate the situations in which particular types of expressions are
associated.
vi) Matchstick figures
The matchstick pictures are easy to draw because they lack smaller details. These figures
are mainly drawn with sticks/lines, square, triangle, circle etc. They do not need an artist.
Every teacher with a little practice can draw these figures. They can easily be drawn on
the board. They can be used for the following purposes in language teaching.
a) Teaching action verbs. e.g. dancing, eating.
b) Teaching adjectives e.g. sad, happy.
c) Practising structure : present continuous
d) Teaching vocabularies
e) Teaching prepositions
f) Telling stories etc.
vii) Wall pictures
Large pictures showing street scene, a market place, a playing field, a garden, a building
complex etc. can be very effective for oral practice as well as for writing connected
sentences. In this a series of such pictures can also be used to narrate a story in the
manner of the popular comics. The readymade wall pictures can also be brought from
the market or prepared by the teacher oneself. Even large magazines cut outs can be
pictured on the large sheet of paper to make an interesting wall picture. In making wall
pictures attractive, colour plays vital role.
The use of wall pictures can be very much fruitful in the following areas:
a. Listening and reading comprehension.
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