EXPLORE THE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF ENGLISH TEACHERS IN USING AUDIO VISUAL AIDS TO TEACH VOCABULARY

The main purpose of this study was to explore the practices and challenges of English teachers in using Audio visual aids to teach vocabulary to primary, secondary and tertiary level of EFL Students. Mixed research design was employed to assess how teachers practice visual aids to teach vocabulary. In addition, students were interviewed to enrich data gathered through classroom observation and teachers' interview. After analyzing the data through quantitative and qualitative methods, the results indicated that many English teachers were not familiar with audio-visual aids while teaching vocabulary. It seemed that they were reluctant even in using the audio-visual aids from the student's textbook. The findings of the study showed that English language teachers do not give due attention towards employing audio-visual aids in teaching vocabulary to the EFL Students.