Forgive me for the void content on this site. This is because my busyness is beyond my own expectations. Actually very much content that I need to enter here, however, it will spend a lot of time.
So for this opportunity, I will discuss about "instructional Media and its types". I hope this can help all those who need the teaching materials or for your assignment in the lecture. This I quote from some sites and some of my own suggestion. Also, below will I include a mini mind-map.
Definition of instructional media
The word media comes from the Latin “medius” which means “middle”. In general, all forms of media is the intermediary for the spread, carry or convey something to the recipient of messages and ideas. Teaching media can be broadly defined as follows: “Any person, materials, equipment or events that establish the condition of the students acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes (Achsin, 1986). In this sense, teachers, books, computers, image and environment is the media.
According to Azikiwe (2007), instructional media cover whatever the teacher uses to involve all the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste while presenting his/her lessons. In a similar vein Adegun (1997) says instructional media are things which are intended to help the teacher to teach more effectively and enable the students to learn more readily. Instructional media are information carriers designed specifically to fulfill objectives in a teaching-learning situation. They are very important in language teaching, especially the foreign language, because they facilitate the direct association between sounds and their symbols and also word sand the objects they represent. They help to vividly illustrate meanings of things because they are associated with materials used by the teacher to improve the quality of his teaching.
Types of Instructional Media
Instructional media according Mustapha et al. (2002) and Azikiwe (2007) are usually classified based on the characteristics they exhibit. There is a wide variety of instructional media which could be profitably and effectively used in the second language classroom learning situation. They could be broadly classified into four group namely visual aids, audio-visual aids, audio aids and resources (human and materials). Visual aids are resource materials and devices that appeal to the sense of sight and touch as well as sense of smell. They consist of:
• Non-projected aids which include chalkboard and adhesives.
• Pictorial aids which include charts and pictures.
• Mobile.
• Three-dimensional aids.
• Projected aids which include film-strips and slides, and slides projector.
• Laboratory equipment, chemical and apparatus.
• Books.
There may be numerous different kinds of learning media, as well as :
• Visual media: graphs, diagrams, charts, charts, posters, cartoons, comics
• Audial media: radio, tape recorders, language labs, and also the like
• Projected still media: slides; overhead projector (ohp), lcd projectors and also the like
• Projected motion media: movies, tv, video (vcd, dvd, vtr), computers and also the like.
• Study tour media: learning directly onto the object or study places like museums, temples, etc.
Above is the material I quoted from Nursitisadiah Websites and here I will also give an overview of my personal thoughts.
The types of instructional media in my own opinion is divided into 4 parts, while it is:
1. Visual
- White-Black Board
- Pictures
- Magazine
- Projector
- Real Object
- Newspaper
- Charts
- Books
- Slideshow
2. Electronics
- Projector
- Radio Computer
- Mobile
- CD-ROM
- Computer
3. Audio
- Language Lab
- Radio
- Sound Slide
- Cassette
- Tape Recorder
4. Audio Visual
- Mobile
- Television
- Film
- Youtube (Media)
- Video
As for the mini map with my version, please click the link below.
Eo: Ahmad Zaman Huri
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