Material teaching aids in teaching English to young learners

Abstract

This thesis deals with material teaching aids which can be used in teaching English to young learners in primary schools. The theoretical part introduces the term "young learners" and describes basic characteristics of young learners. The htesis aims at finding out what teaching aids may be used with young learners and how they contribute to the development of their communication competency. The term "communication competency" is explained in the tehoretical part. The practical part describes the research, its process and outcomes. The aim of the research was to find out what teaching aids are used in the English classrooms, the freyuency of their use, how they are appreciated by the pupils and how they develop the communication competency. The research gained qualitative and quantitative data which were analysed statistically and interpretatively. Two teachers were involved in the research and the aim was to find out how they can benefit from using particular teaching aids. The research instruments were designed to gain the data for the purpose of this research. The outcomes were described in connection with the overall aim of the thesis.