ESL Icebreakers
Using Flashcards
You can buy this Course for $ 59 or try Demo first
About the course
Level
New to TEFL/TESOL, Experienced
Your Students
Adults, Teenagers, Young learners
Required time
8 hours
Flashcards are one of the classic teaching tools. They promote learning through active recall, which is one of the practices through which our brains learn most effectively.
In this course we are going to:
- look at the features of flashcards
- analyse the most efficient ways to use flashcards in the classroom for teaching vocabulary and grammar
- demonstrate the ways teachers can use flashcards for controlled and freer practice as well as for revision
- look at ways to use flashcards in YL and adult classrooms
- provide you with some ideas for making your own flashcards
After taking this course, you will be better able to use flashcards as an effective tool in your teaching practice.
Course Program (in Ukrainian)
Download PDFKeywords
- Activities
- YL
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Teaching tools
What's in the course?
Variety of inputs
Video lessons and texts for reading with tasks to keep you engaged
Interactive practice tasks
To help you better understand the concepts and immediately implement new knowledge and skills
Self-reflection tasks
To help you evaluate and improve your own teaching
Selection of activities
Video demonstrations of activities that include using flashcards for various purposes
Tips and strategies
Practical advice and solutions for using flashcards as a teaching tool in your YL or adult classrooms
Knowledge bank
To keep the new knowledge organised and to give you the opportunity to return to it when needed
Final test
To track your progress and a must if you would like to receive a certificate
Useful resources
For further reading and study
Course Outline
Strict Order
This course consists of integral units that should be done in a strict order. Within each unit, the tasks follow a strict order and should be done one by one.
Unit 1. Flashcards overview
Unit 2. Using flashcards to teach vocabulary and grammar
Unit 3. Drilling with Flashcards. Practicing aural and visual recognition
Unit 4. Controlled and freer practice with flashcards. Introducing pair work
Unit 5. Using flashcards in YL class
Unit 6. Ideas for flashcards
Final test
Course outcomes
By the end of the course you will find out:
- basic characteristics of flashcards
- the use of flashcards for different learning purposes
- various activities with flashcards
- ideas for creating your own flashcards
The skills you will learn:
- how to use flashcards in class
- how to make your own flashcards
- teaching vocabulary and grammar with flashcards
- practicing aural and visual recognition, drilling techniques
- organising pairwork, controlled and freer practice activities with flashcards
- using flashcards in YL class
Certificate
Based on the results of the final test you will get:
0–69% — Certificate of Attendance
70–89% — Certificate of Completion
90–100% — Certificate of Completion with Merit
Certificate will appear in your Profile.