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      Submitted by franiuska on 17 June, 2009 - 16:33

      Are visual materials as effective in teaching English adults as in teaching young learners?

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      seamuspuebla
      Visual materials are very effective
      Submitted on 19 June, 2009 - 16:03
      I would say that visual materials can be extremely effective for adult learners.  Obviously a lot depends on how you make use of the materials.  A good starting point for using images and photographs as part of an adult ESL  class would be to investigate tips and advice for making powerpoint presenatations.   The following links have some simple advice about this:

      http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/
      http://www.43folders.com/2007/08/23/better-presentations
      http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html

      the key point to remember is that for adult learners the use of visual matrerials is most effective when reinforcing/reviewing ideas concepts that have been previously studied or worked on in a course.
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      franiuska
      Thank You for those links !!
      Submitted on 23 June, 2009 - 16:10

      Thank You for those links!