Definition of Media

Media is the plural form of medium, which (broadly speaking) describes any channel of
communication. This can include anything from printed paper to digital data, and encompasses
art, news, educational content and numerous other forms of information. Digital media, which
makes up an increasingly vast portion of modern communications, is comprised of intricately
encoded signals that are transmitted over various forms of physical and virtual media, such as
fiber optic cable and computer networks. In general, all forms of media is the intermediary for
the spread, carry or convey something to the recipient of messages and ideas. Teaching media
can be broadly defined as follows: “Any person, materials, equipment or events that establish
the condition of the students acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes (Achsin, 1986). In this
sense, teachers, books, computers, image and environment is the media.
1. Gagne (1970) defines that media are various components in learners’ environment which
support the learners learn. Briggs (1970) defines media are physical means which are
used to send messages to the students and stimulate them to learn.
2. Media is anything used to send message(s) from the sender(s) to the receiver(s), so it can
be aroused the learners’ thought, feeling, and interest to gear the students’ learn.
(Sadiman et al, 2002).
3. According to Azikiwe (2007), instructional media cover whatever the teacher uses to
involve all the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste while presenting
his/her lessons.
4. vein Adegun (1997) says instructional media are things which are intended to help the
teacher to teach more effectively and enable the students to learn more readily.
Instructional media are information carriers designed specifically to fulfill objectives in
a teaching-learning situation. They are very important in language teaching, especially
the foreign language, because they facilitate the direct association between sounds and
their symbols and also word sand the objects they represent. They help to vividly
illustrate meanings of things because they are associated with materials used by the
teacher to improve the quality of his teaching.
 In a language teaching, teaching materials which involves the use of different kinds of
media such as visual and printed media are sometimes known as multi media or mixed
media. There are various kinds of media, but visual aids are the appropriate media for
learners, particularly young learners.