What is visual aids

What is visual aids? And what does visual aids helps us with our presentation? Visual aids is the use of object or photographs to help the audience understands what you’re going to present. It helps people to find a speaker message more interesting, grasp it more easily, and retain it longer when it is presented visually as well as verbally. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen today we are going to talk about using visual aids , let me introduce my fellow team mates this is nigell , chun chyn and lastly dino tan. These are the kinds of visual aids im going to talk about , there a 4 kinds of visual aids that is Object and models , photographs and drawings ,graphs and charts.
Bringing the object of your speeh, bringing the object of your speech to class can be an excellent way to clarify your ideas and give them dramatic impact. Here’s an example if your specific purpose is to inform your audience how to choose the right ski equipment ,’’why not bring the equipment to class to show to your listeners? The second point is don’t bring object that are too large. Why? Because some object cannot be used effectively in the classroom speeches. Because some are too big and sometimes some are too small to be seen clearly. Some object may not be available to you for example if you are speaking about a rare art in a local museum , you could probably transport to class but it is most unlikely that the museum would borrow it to you . The third point is bring a model if the object is too large or too small .
Photographs and drawings can replace object or model if you don’t have it. The most effective way to show drawings and photographs is with power point. And the are no other method of showing the photograph would work as well. Photos can help people with dyslexia , drawing allowed the speaker to translate the complex ideas into visual terms so that the audience could grasp immediately.
Graphs or charts help people understand data quickly. Whether you want to make a comparison, show a relationship , or highlight a trend, they help your audience see what you are talking about.
Example, the pie graph is best suited for illustrating simple distribution patterns. A pie graph is used to dramatize relationships among the parts of a whole ,you should keep the number of different segments in the graph as small as possible . A pie graph should have form 2 to 5 segments . If you cannot fit everything on a single chart , make a second one. The bigger mistakes made by beginners speakers are when they are using a chart they put too much information. Visual aids should be simple and uncluttered not complicated. That’s all I wanted to say thank you