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- Dil ve Edebiyat Eğitimi Dergisi
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Prepositions are used all time in English, but it is often difficult to know which preposition to use. Prepositions are “little words” but they carry a lot of meaning. It is important to choose the right preposition or we may say the wrong thing. The teachers of English as a second language know very well how important prepositions are. Language teachers must help their learners to develop their ability to use the foreign language. Our learners need to be competent in all skills. They need to develop at the same time knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, functional language and communicative skill. Learning takes place most effectively when learners are actively engaged in the learning process. It is important to have a wide range of visual resources in the classroom. These resources include pictures. Learning is a complex process and visual aids are a great help in stimulating foreign language learning. Taking into account the foreign language teaching aim, purposes and content designed by the Ministry of Education of Latvia for beginners pupils are supposed to master prepositions giving information about place: indicating position – in, on, at, under, and indicating direction. Verbal language is only a part of the way we usually get meaning from contexts. Things we see play an enormous role in affecting us and giving us information. We predict and deduce, not only from what we hear and read but also from what we see around us and from what we remember having seen. Teachers can help their learners get overall experiences through the use of pictures which illustrate places, objects, people and action from outside world in the classroom. The object of the research is English learning process in forms 3 and 4. The subject of the research is teaching prepositions to young learners using pictures. The aim of the research is to describe the importance of teaching prepositions and to demonstrate how to use pictures when teaching prepositions to young learners.
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