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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

視覚教材

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shikaku kyōzai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Visual aid/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl eɪd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"プレゼンテーションには視覚教材が欠かせない。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An item of illustrative matter, such as a film, slide, or model, designed to supplement written or spoken information.

    "The professor used charts and graphs as visual aids to explain the complex economic data."
  2. 2

    Any graphic, picture, or physical object used to make a presentation or lesson clearer and more engaging.

    "Good public speakers always incorporate visual aids to help the audience retain key points."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'visual' (derived from Late Latin 'visualis', meaning of sight, from Latin 'visus' sight) and 'aid' (from Old French 'aider', from Latin 'adjutare', meaning to help or assist). First appearing in educational and instructional contexts in the mid-20th century as audiovisual methods expanded, it denotes any item used to illustrate or support spoken information through sight.

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