A STUDY ON EFFICACIOUS USAGE OF TEACHING AIDS IN CHINESE GRAMMAR TEACHING IN SRI LANKA: WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

Abstract

Teaching aids engage in a salient part in the teaching-learning process. It presents information in a latest and helpful manner so that students get a better understanding of what they are taught. In regard to Chinese language learning in Sri Lanka, teaching aids found to be much effective since Chinese is taught as a foreign language. Particularly, Chinese grammar can be found as the most demanding area that students always get the influence of mother tongue and English. The main purpose of this study is to apprehend the most efficacious teaching aids that can be used to teach Chinese grammar in Sri Lankan classrooms. The literature study method has used to analyze the influence of different teaching aids while questionnaire analysis method has used to examine the manipulation of teaching aids in Chinese grammar teaching at Sabaragamuwa University in Sri Lanka. It illustrates that, along with multimedia, computer, mobile applications and organizing flashcard games were found as effective teaching aids for Chinese grammar teaching in Sri Lanka while depressing the usage of blackboard or whiteboard throughout the whole lesson. Further, it encourages teachers to utilize Adobe Flash or Adobe Animate to make video tutorials, make an effort on online digital content creation tools such as Edpuzzle, Kaltura and digital applications such as Kahoot to conduct audio-visual games in order to ensure interactivity and stimulate students enthusiasm for learning Chinese grammar.