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The student who is learning to speak with conviction will be much better able to develop enthusiasm over his subject if he is illustrating his talk with photographs, slides^ motion pictures, or other visual aids. A motion picture, a series of slides, or a field trip to a near-by point of interest will provide ample material for many interesting written or oral essays. The experimental work of Dr. William Lewin, of Newark, indicates that the theatrical feature picture should be used more extensively as a basis for constructive English training. Certainly this plan is much to be preferred to the plan of simply telling Johnny or Mary that a theme must be written on some subject and handed to the teacher the next morning.
Phonograph records of the great works of literature, interpreted by the world's outstanding authorities, have been found to be unusually effective for use in classrooms. The radio programs which include similar selections provide excellent interpretations for the student of literature. Radio recordings of great plays and other interpretations of the world's literature provide the finest listening experiences to students in schools of all sizes.
Audio-Visual Aids to Extra-Curricular Activities
There has been some suggestion in earlier discussions of the possibility of using various types of visual aids for extra-curricular work. The field of athletics offers the best opportunity to develop this type of activity, inasmuch as it is usually one of the branches of the school work which can be expected to bring some financial return. Coaches are finding the still and motion picture cameras to be of great value to them in training athletes and are finding many of the professionally produced films to be equally fine.
The different classes and other groups of the school will find many visual aids which can be used in connection with their programs. An International Relations Club, for. example, might well use motion pictures and slides as well as mounted pictures of important current activities, peoples of other lands, and the like. A current events group might sponsor the use of newsreels as a part of the work of this interesting field. There are many school enterprises, also, which might make