Type: Visual Teaching Aids pocket chart Resources: hard cardboard, transparent papers, cellophane tape, colour papers

Year: 1-6 Purposes : 1. To illustrate how the language structure is formed and what it means, as well as how it is used Different types of discourse such as words, phrases, sentences, dialogues and paragraphs can be used to teach grammatical forms and meanings 2. To lead students to use structure to talk about themselves/ things learned (blank-filling/ pictures) 3. To check students understanding (rearranging the sentence strips for the story heard)

4. To deliver meaning in a different context 5. Pictures (teaching materials)in the pocket chart can provide context for presenting new language

Strengths and weaknesses Strengths Pocket chart able to 1. 2. 3. 4. Arouse interest clear and interesting Stimulate interaction / have a social function Use to locate picture cards or word/phrase cards and sentence strips To teach language (grammar, vocabulary, sentence forms/ structures-simple, complex) Activities for Language games/ practice/ drilling- rearranging sentence strips according to the story heard - substitution drill - blank-filling/text completion - Communicative oral activities- retell the story - Answer comprehension question - oral presentation (read and act)

5. Able to get the pupils to focus attention on the new language 6. ensure accurate production error can be immediately corrected/ immediate correction by teachers/ peers 7. Reinforcements/ remedials constructive 8. portable- easy to bring along 9. enable various interaction

-teacher class/ groups -teacher individuals -students class/ groups 10. encourage active participation 11. purposeful involve students in doing things with language -give them some challenge - catch their attention and interest Visual stimulation

Weaknesses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. lack of space especially for longer story or text visibility (wording may be too small for people sitting at the back of the class) difficulty to hang it in the classroom/ need to find and use special object (hook) to hang it up difficulty to find special location in the classroom for display fragile-easily to get damaged

Extra: Theory : Constructivism/ Cognitivism/ Behaviorism Teaching Approaches related : Language Communicative Approach Audiolingual Approach

Factors in Selection and Adaptation 1. Level - can be used for students of different level of proficiency and ability - Language/ grammatical forms used can be altered for different types of students (weak, intermediate/ advance) (simple complex) Simple, compound and complex sentences can be used

2. Knowledge/ Content-cultural - content for language teaching can be manipulated to suit students background, cultural and individual differences -pictures or illustration can be used to deliver clear meaning and understanding

3. Clarity - meaning can be made or delivered clearly as it focuses on teaching simple words, phrases, sentences - focus pupils attention directly on the grammatical structures/ forms learned

4. Accessability -can be made by ourselves easily through the use of simple materials (black board, transparent covers, glues, strings, cellophane tape, and etc.) -word cards, phrases cards and sentence strips can be made through variety of colour papers or hard board 5. practicality/ versatility -can provide variety of practices/ drills -blank-filling, rearranging sentence strips, oral activities -can be reused for other topics

6. Cost effective

-teacher can control the level of expenses for the materials chosen to make pocket chart 7. Durability -can last for a long time -reusable

8. Impact -create and provide context for learning to occur -improve pupils language understanding and comprehension as well as sharping their reading and speaking skills -save teachers effort and time to write on the board and provide extra time for teaching and learning process

9. Authenticity -level of authenticity is high since it is self-made/ self-constructed -can ensure authenticity by using our own creativity in creating text/ discourse used for the pocket chart