10. VISUAL, AUDIO, AUDIO-VISUAL AND DIGITAL AIDS
10.1. Basic principles of using tools in foreign language classes
One can consider tools, resources and didactic materials as “anything that can be used to facilitate the learning of a language” (Tomlinson, 2001).
Tomlinson (2001) has outlined different criteria for classifying didactic materials in the following categories:
• instructional in that they inform learners about the language;
• experiential in that they provide exposure to the language in use;
• elicitative in that they stimulate language use;
• exploratory in that they seek discoveries about language use.