Flashcards

A flashcard is a helpful and a very important tool for the classroom as it helps students to understand the meaning of some words, objects, numbers, and expressions through visuals.  Sometimes the meaning of something can be difficult to be explained to some students as they don't have a physical example of the idea, flashcards are the key for understanding in this kind of situations.

Flashcards are materials full of advantages for both, teachers and students. Here we have a list of the advantages and disadvantages that a teacher may face while using flashcards with his students

ADVANTAGES:

·         Useful with students of different ages.

·         They are cheap.

·         Using flashcards develops memorization of students

·         They allow to relate words with images

·         You can create your own flashcards according to the objectives of the lesson.

·         Recognized as a fun and an effective way to learn.

·         Material can be reusable.

·         There are many online sites that support teaching where you can download flashcards and print them to work in the classroom.

DISADVANTAGES

·         Sometimes abstract terms may be difficult to be correctly added onto a flashcard.

·         They are time consuming when you create your own.

·         If the way they are used is not changed after several times it will be boring for students.

Teachers should always attempt to add flashcards when possible during a class as they engage students to participate with a different material than the ones they usually use. We need to point out that not all learners will react in the same way working with flashcards, in order to have a meaningful learning using flashcards teachers must pay attention to the different learning styles students have and using different strategies which involve all students in a creative and useful way.


About me

Hello Everybody, My name is Armando Paz; I’m working on this blog to show you some of what I’ve learned during my classes in college. Here you can find some of the advantages and disadvantages of using materials for your classes, remember that not all  materials Work in the same way or with the same benefits for your students, we need to take in consideration different aspects about our students just like their background, ages, likes, learning styles, etc.

                    

Now just to finish I share with you a video of how to create your own flashcards, I hope you find this information useful and interesting thanks for your attention

Sometimes it may be difficult for a student to work with flashcards when they are not visual learners, it does not mean they are not going to learn, but it is going to be harder because they have developed a different learning style. If you want to find out what your learning style is you can take the quiz below to find out!.

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Bibliography

http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/2114
http://es.slideshare.net/DIEGOFMACIAS/using-flashcards-with-young-learners
http://www.ehow.com/info_7970963_use-flash-cards-school.html