b. The unexpectedness of having to suddenly interact with real objects will keep students on their toes. It will create
excitement, and they will have fun. c. Student have chance to practice real life situation like asking
for something to other person in a foreign language.
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It can be much more affective for students if they can touch, smell and see the object at the same time as hearing the new word, with young
learner, classroom management can become trickier if you bring in real objects as excitement levels tend to rise.
In addition, using realia in the EFL classroom serve to foster a more creative and active teaching-learning environment and promotes cultural
understanding.
5. The Advantages of Using Realia
The main advantage of using realia into the classroom is to make learning experience more memorable for the learner. To give a couple of
simple examples, if you are going to teach vocabulary of fruit and vegetables it can be much more affective for student if they can touch,
smell and see the object at the same time as hearing the new word. This would appeal to wider range learner style than a simple flashcard picture
of the piece of fruit or vegetables. With very young learner, classroom management can become trickier if you bring in real object as excitement
tend to rise.
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As English teacher, the use of realia is only limited by your imagination. It is possible to use realia to teach almost any subject. Using
realia stimulate the mind, and is one way of encouraging creativity by involving the senses.
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Realia breathes life into new vocabulary, and the chances of students remembering the new words you have taught them increases. The
probability of remembering it become much higher after experiencing the taste, touch, and smell of the object. Realia does not have to be limited to
food or drink. Time tables, tickets, newspapers, clothes. In fact any object you can think of can be used as a teaching aid.
6. The Disadvantage of Using Realia
Realia also has some disadvantages in teaching vocabulary, thore are: a. Realia would be used only concrete nouns for example: car,
bag, window, etc. It is only able to describe concrete thing and impossible to describe abstract object using realia for example
abstract noun poor, need, adjective nice, angry, verb work, adverb next week, tomorrow those things can only be
expressed by action or expression not real object. b. The limitation on the object which were brought to class are the
size, portability, and safety. 1 Sizes
The teacher could not bring the reaia in the class because the size is too large, too long, or too wide. So, it I
impossible for the teacher to provide them. 2 Portability
Portability is the accessibility to bring objects to the class. Not all of realia can be brought to the class.
3 Safety In choosing the realia teacher should be concern whether or
not it is safe. For example dangerous object like animal cannot be brought to the class.
From the description above, it can be concluded that using relia was only limited by your imagination. In other way, there were some
