So, how to use flashcards in a creative way helping students in acquiring information and not letting our students feel bored at the lesson.
1. Disappearing flashcards
I use this activity for introducing the new vocabulary. The flashcards are displayed on the board, students repeat the words after you but at each sequence of repetition you turn over the last flashcard and the students have to name it themselves.
It lookes like that:
cough - cut - tummy ache - headache - earache - sore throat - cold
cough - cut - tummy ache - headache - earache - sore throat - X
cough - cut - tummy ache - headache - earache - X - X
cough - cut - tummy ache - headache - X - X - X
cough - cut - tummy ache - X - X - X - X
cough - cut - X - X - X - X - X
cough - X - X - X - X - X - X
X - X - X - X - X - X - X
In the end after numerous repeating the students memorize the words and the sequence of the cards. They learn and train their memory.
2. Treasure Hunt
The flashcards are displayed on the board face up. What students don't know is if there is a sticker behind the flashcard, it's the treasure. The task is to make up a sentence corresponding to the card. If the sentence is 100% correct they are allowed to turn over the flashcard and check if there is a treasure, if not, another student tries. What is good about it is that if they make a mistake, they start listening to more successful students trying to repeat the grammar stucture after them, and as a result they learn.
3. Hopscotch
This type of activity is most suitable for younger learners as action is what they need. You might think that you can't play it in the classroom. But as you know there is always a way out for those who want. You can use oilcloth for that. The only thing you have to do beforehand is to draw the template on the oilcloth to which you will stick the flashcards.
A new post on hopschotch at the lesson of English is comming soon.
3. Hopscotch
This type of activity is most suitable for younger learners as action is what they need. You might think that you can't play it in the classroom. But as you know there is always a way out for those who want. You can use oilcloth for that. The only thing you have to do beforehand is to draw the template on the oilcloth to which you will stick the flashcards.
A new post on hopschotch at the lesson of English is comming soon.
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