Importance of using Realia in ESP classes Ruziyeva Nafisa Zarifovna, Teacher of English language
Bukhara engineering-technological institute (Uzbekistan)
Рузиева Нафиса Зарифовна, преподаватель
Бухарский инженерно-технологический институт (Узбекистан)
A
s the English language has become a universal language
in Uzbekistan as well as throughout the world the edu-
cational system of Uzbekistan got the responsibility of en-
hancing the system of teaching English as a foreign language
in Uzbek schools. The Presidential decree № 1875-«On
Measures of Improvement of Learning Foreign Languages»
makes contribution to a noteworthy development of teaching
ESL and EFL in the educational establishments of Uzbeki-
stan. (Presidential Decree № 1875, December 12, 2012).
The theme shows a certain interest for the usage of Realia
in ESP classes. We have full basis to state that some scholars
have contributed the study of Realia in teaching a foreign lan-
guage. The reason of choosing this theme is that we are in-
terested in methods of teaching English focusing on the real
object in the classroom for developing of language skills.
If you»re thinking the word «realia» sounds vaguely Latin,
then you»d be correct. In the ESP classroom, the word realia
means using real items found in everyday life as an aid to
teaching English. Using realia helps to make English les-
sons memorable by creating a link between the objects and
the word or phrase they represent. Realia are physical objects
that are related to the target culture. Realia refers to objects
or items from real life, which are used in the classroom to il-
lustrate and teach vocabulary or to serve as an aid to facili-
tate language acquisition and production. Realia are objects
from real life used in classroom instruction by educators to
improve students» understanding of other cultures and real
life situations. [1]
Realia is real life object that enable students to make con-
nections to their own lives. Students understand and retain
the meaning of a word better when they have seen or touched
some object associated with it. In language teaching Realia
are actual object, which have the purpose outside the class-
room and can be used in the classroom. Meanwhile in the
ESP classes, the word Realia means using real items found
in everyday life as an aid to teaching English.
Realia are also used to connect learners with the key
focal point of a lesson by allowing tactile and multidimen-
sional connection between learned material and the object of
the lesson. They are best utilized for simple objects lending
themselves to classroom settings and ease of control with
minimum risk of accident throughout the student object in-
teraction.
Realia is consisting of actual objects or items facsimiles
therefore which are used in the classroom as aid to facili-
tate language acquisition and production. Realia is an ob-
jects or activities used by teacher to demonstrate real life
(particularly of peoples studied), objects that educators use
to help students understand other cultures and real life cir-
cumstance, real things. [2] Realia or real items are useful
for teaching and learning in the classroom. Objects that are
intrinsically interesting can provide a good starting point for