AN INVESTIGATION INTO PERCEPTIONS AND USE OF VISUAL AIDS BY ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN CAN THO CITY, VIETNAM

Authors

  • Luong Hoan Hoa Researcher, Can Tho City, Vietnam
  • Thai Cong Dan Dr./Senior English Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam
  • Thai Phan Bao Han English Lecturer, Can Tho University of Technology, Can Tho City, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i2.394

Keywords:

high school students, perceptions, visual aids, senior high schools, Can Tho City

Abstract

In the teaching process, as a teacher, we need to pay attention to many factors to create an effective lesson plan such as: target, objective, and environment and nowadays Visual Aids (VS) is one of the most popular tools and dealing with a direct effect on students learning process. Visual Aids can improve students’ long-term memory process. Besides, we do not have a deep understanding of how to use VS in the right way and at which level VS can engage students learning process. In this paper, the researchers focused on summarizing teachers’ perceptions of how to use VS effectively and the hypothesis of these teachers’ experiences to gain a result on how teachers could use VS to engage students in their learning process. The researchers collected the data by using a questionnaire on 44 senior high school teachers, including 20 male teachers and 24 female teachers and 150 students (70 males and 80 females) from Grade 12 and semi-structured interviews (6 teachers and 6 students) were also conducted then. These teachers chose the most suitable answers for seven questions on how they understood VS definitions and what style of VS they used to; which VS device they thought did the most effective on engaging students in the learning process. A total of 44 senior high school teachers came from high schools in Can Tho City, in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. After data analysis and finding results, the study exposed that a large part of high school teachers only focused on using PowerPoint (PP) to support the teaching process and using pictures, and images which were the most popular styles in using VS in teaching English. And the results showed that the effects of this style were increasing after each time it was used.

Author Biographies

  • Luong Hoan Hoa, Researcher, Can Tho City, Vietnam

    Mr. Luong Hoan Hoa is an MA graduate from Can Tho University in Principles and Methods of English Language Education Program. His main research interests are English teaching and learning. He can be reached at vip76061@gmail.com.

  • Thai Cong Dan, Dr./Senior English Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam

    Mr. Thai Cong Dan, former Dean of School of Social Sciences & Humanities (SSSH), Can Tho University (CTU), Vietnam, is currently a senior lecturer of English at School of Foreign Languages, CTU, Vietnam. He has held his PhD at Naresuan University, Thailand since 2010 in Educational Administration- English program. His main research interests are TEF/TESOL issues, intercultural communication, high school English learning and teaching, English program management, curriculum design, testing and evaluation, and professional development. He can be contacted at tcdan@ctu.edu.vn.

  • Thai Phan Bao Han, English Lecturer, Can Tho University of Technology, Can Tho City, Vietnam

    Miss Thai Phan Bao Han is currently an English lecturer at Can Tho University of Technology in Can Tho City, Vietnam. Her main research issues are English teaching and learning at any level, young English learners’ motivation, professional development, and intercultural communication. She can be reached at thaiphanbaohan@gmail.com.

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2022-12-14

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