Use of audio visual aids in EFL classrooms

Abstract

The present study entitled ‘Use of Audio Visual Aids in EFL Classrooms’ was carried to investigate the perceptions of EFL teachers regarding the use of audio visual aids in language classrooms and to observe how audio visual aids are actually used in EFL classrooms. The population of this study were secondary level teachers teaching in public schools in Kirtipur Municipality, however, I selected forty teachers by using purposive sampling strategy. Semi structured interview and observation were used as the tool for data collection. The findings of the study showed that 55% teachers used the audio visual aids often, 37.50% of the teachers used such tools during listening and speaking classes while 7.50% of the teachers used such tools rarely. A clear majority i.e. 62.5% of the participants had the access of audio visual contents from educational websites. In the similar way, the expertise of teacher in handling audio visual tools was satisfactory as 85 % reported as the satisfactory performer. The results showed that the use of audio visual aids is considered as an unavoidable approach in language learning as all the teachers reported that there is need for the English teachers to use audio-visual aids in the classroom. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of the thesis along with background and context of the study, purposes of doing the research, significance of the research, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Whereas, the second chapter contains the relevant literature review, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. It shows how other researchers found audio-visual aids significant for teaching and learning language in their studies. On the other hand, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures followed to collect data for this study and instruments used to collect the data. Similarly, the fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of the data. It presents the responses of the participants about the issues of the research. Finally, the fifth chapter provides the discussion on the result of the study that was analyzed in Chapter Four. It also contains recommendations for the policy level, practice level and further research level. Finally, in the final section, references and appendices are included.