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This unit is about equipment and teaching aids. I can agree that we can not have lesson without any help. The main thing we should remember about equipment is that we it always should be ready. While using equipment we always shold be familiar with it. So let`s pay closer look to different types of equipment.
The first one is board/white bord or black board. During every lesson it`s enevitable to use a bord the board can be used for different aims. Personally I use boards for find and stick activity. Young students love this activity. The next one is Interactive whiteboard. This equipment is very contemporary. Recently interactive TV or touch screens are widely used. This kind of equipment is very useful for young children. As a rule children like to use these touch screens. The next one is OHP projector. I think that OHP is widely used for adult groups. As a rule installation and operation demand some skills. OHP can be used for different skills. Especillay OHP is useful for learning of grammar. And one more point the use of OHP demands some some additional space in the classroom. The next equipment is visual aids. The following means are used for these. These can be pictures, flashcards , communication prompts. All these means usually reduce teacher`s talking time. The next one are worksheets. As a rule worksheets are widely used for grammar especially during study phase. The next equipment is cassette recorder. I think that cassette recorder is not so widely used as before. One more point should be bear in mind before use of the cassette recorder you need to learn how to operate this equipment. All unexpected delays creating bad impession during the lesson. CD`s , video and DVD all these equipment is useful for teaching different skills. While we use all these equipment for improvement of student`s comprehension skills. As for the DVD or CD they are widely used in different course books. It ia also possible for the teacher to find some authentic materials on DVD or CD. As for the video camera it great for self control and self correction. This equipment is very creative they can be part of home work or creative work (interview , video clip). After the use of video camera we can look this clip again and give a feed back to our students. Now we need to pay attention to teaching equipment. The most important one are dictionaries. It does not matter is it a paper or computer form. The dictionary is very important. Teachers should advice different dictionaries for their students. Course books and resource books are vey important. While teaching students teacher always use resource books. They can be for grammar , vocabulary or writing skills. As for the printers , photocopiers and computers . Living in a contemporary world we doomed to use al, these equipment. We need to make copies ,print something or type. As rule students like to work with different contemporary equipment. Students can do homework or any task all by themselves. They can copy ot type their stories or interviews and etc. Alongside there`re a great variety of on line aid for teachers. Some of them are free , saome not. Nevertheless all of them can diversify our lessons, make them lively and interesting. This unit is great ! Thank you ITTT!
