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This unit deals with teaching equipment and aids and key among the several suggests teaching suggestions and information is the imperative of preparation. In terms of white boards, the unit suggests the use of different colors to emphasize grammatical or phonetic points, stresses the necessity of clear communication, of only essential issues, of erasure and of ensuring that what is written is correct. Board work should involve the class. Interactive white boards (IWB) are sophisticated, high tech, may produce stunning visual impact but require time in preparation and a serious pre-lesson check and back up plan. Overhead projectors provide a vehicle for illustration, can be used to model grammar, present vocabulary and are a perfect tool for feedback after written exercises but may be complicated and require a certain size classroom and a particular layout. The unit mentions the many uses of visual aids and advises that the material projected need to be unambiguous and big enough to be seen. Aids include worksheets and work cards. It advises the use of cassette recorders, CD players, videos and DVDs and provides many valuable suggestions, a rich course book list and links to a huge variety of resources from online dictionaries, learning, teaching, media and resources. The unit takes into account the entire gamut of possible requirements. Some of the links are not accessible however, http://english.wsl.edu.pl/ and I would suggest that this unit be checked again by Cambridge. Cassette recorders are rarely in use, and technology has overtaken the CD player but these are minor issues in a brilliant unit.
