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Today I was looking for some info about ENGLISH workshops for my classes and I found that post about how to use flashcards. As another teacher did it into Spanish I'm not going to translate it, but instead I have copied it and then mention the link. It is an old post but it describes perfectly the basic uses in the EFL classroom. "FLASHCARDS No sé si estáis familiarizados con el uso de flashcards. Son esas tarjetas que suelen venir en el pack del profesor en las que se incluyen los dibujos del vocabulario que se va a trabajar en clase. Yo las he utilizado alguna vez. Otras veces las he hecho yo misma (qué ilusión hace ver el producto final) y otras simplemente dibujo en la pizarra el vocabulario. Hay muchas formas de utilizarlas y se pueden trabajar muchas destrezas con ellas. Se me ha ocurrido documentarme sobre su uso y he encontrado un artículo del que podemos sacar muchas ideas para trabajar con las flashcards. La autora es Marta Pérez Martos, una profe...

This is a useful extra-material, the minicards or miniflashcards. It is a sheet which includes all the vocabulary of each unit (7-8 words).  How can we use it?  - Memory game - Different cards game: odd one out, for instance. - Copying the vocabulary on the other face and repeating the words. - Making pairs. - The teacher says a word and the students raise their hands showing the corresponding card How can we adapt it? This material is inclusive by itself, but just in case we need to personalise it for students with special needs, as it is my case, here you are some ways to do it. - Give students new ways of writing: filling the blanks in the same face of the picture; copy the name of the object in capital letters and below that draw lines enough to copy the full word. - Ask the student to repeat with you: some students need your help more than others. Meanwhile the group-class is playing with the cards, ask him or her to come to your table and repeat what you say, showing the...