Monday 16 December 2013

Dangerous Card

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 2 December 2013

Run and Touch

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 11 November 2013

Jump

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 4 November 2013

Hit

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 28 October 2013

Association Drill

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 21 October 2013

Fruit Salad with FCs

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 14 October 2013

This, That

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 7 October 2013

Random Card

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Monday 30 September 2013

The Basic Drill

So unfortunately I’m going to have to take this post down because TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners will soon be published on the kindle. I’m all for free sharing but rules are rules and if I leave it up here it’s a breach of contract.


In time I may decide to post a few new games that are not included in the book. But as for now, well, thanks for reading, and if you found the blog useful and would like to read more then you don’t have long to wait. Details of the kindle release to follow shortly …

UPDATE: TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners is now available. Click here for the link.

Saturday 28 September 2013

Introduction

A flashcard is a laminated card with a picture of a vocabulary item. For example a picture of a cat. The teacher points to the picture and says, “Cat.” The student understands what the sound “cat” means and associates it with the picture. Flashcards usually have the picture with the word written underneath.

Ninety-nine percent of TEFL teaching for young learners involves flashcards (FCs). Even if you prefer to draw your own pictures on the whiteboard, you are still following the same basic principle. From lower levels (“cat”) to higher (“travel around the world”) flashcards are used. Often for higher levels the flashcard picture must be explained and concept checked before the repetition of the vocabulary item commences.

Students will have textbooks to fill in during class time, homework to do; and grammatical structures, spelling, free speaking practice and many other areas of the language learning will be taught within a lesson. This blog, however, aims to solely deal with the teaching of picture flashcards as vocabulary items. It is aimed at new TEFL teachers but can also serve as a handy reference for experienced language instructors in search of some fresh ideas.

The activities in this blog will be ordered so that they are progressively more challenging. Primary drills are used for the first time the students come into contact with the vocabulary (look, listen and repeat); then things become more student centred: we test how well they can remember the FCs (matching games), work on individual pronunciation, and finally the students are given the chance to use the new vocabulary in language context.

Although this blog is wholly concerned with different ways of teaching flashcards, there are techniques discussed that can be applied to other areas of language teaching.