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Hiya!!
I would like to know, if you guys use flashcards while presenting new vocabulary items to students. I know that a lot of books suggest using them, but, because it's so time-consuming, many teachers prefer to write words on blackboards. Let me know your own ways.
Cheers,
Maciek

I use everything, depending on the level. There are some flashcards available so you don' t have to make your own (at least there used to be--I still have some that are over 30 years old! ). If you are lucky enough to have an overhead projector and a copy machine that makes transparencies, you can also bring in smaller pictures that way. In addition, a bunch of realia is always good for lower levels. (At one time I had a "clothes collection" of two bags of different items of clothing, usually of one solid color unless I was doing "plaid" "stripes" etc. I put stick figures (which the students named) on the blackboard, and a chair under each figure on which I put the clothing so we could do some practice making sentences.)