Most students held favorable attitudes toward pictorial-aids instruction¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? 75% of students liked the pictorial-aids lesson plans and about 80% found teachers should use pictorial aids, though a minority preferred traditional methods. → Afraz 2018

Evidence¶

Afraz 2018¶

Afraz, S., Taghizade, L., & Taghinezhad, A. (2018). The Usefulness of Pictorial Aids in Developing Female Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Speaking Proficiency. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.1p.38

q1 · i? · causal · r2

Ten-item questionnaire (three closed-ended) on student perceptions; Table 6 reports 75% liked the technique, 80% saw a need for teachers to use pictorial aids, and only 35% said pictorial aids were used frequently in their classrooms.

"Table 5 shows that most of the students like the technique used in the class during these three weeks of intervention. However, 25% did not like the technique. They were in fa -vor of traditional methods of teaching."

Discussion¶

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