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Characteristics of Flipchart

Now that we have seen the importance of using a flipchart in the classroom, let’s move to the variety of characteristics it has. This amazing tool catches the student’s attention because is very creative and fun. Flipcharts the most of the time are very colorful and this makes that the students put interest on what is being taught. It is formed of a set of long papers, and they should not exceed more than 15 papers. In these papers is very recommended that you only put the most important information that you want to teach, otherwise students could get bored. Also you can make funny drawings, arrows, paste pictures, etc.  Those sheets of papers that are held by a tripod are joined with a ring at the top of it. In the first page of the Flipchart we put the name of the lesson or the topic that you want to develop, then you start writing on the next sheet explaining the topic, and this idea will be complemented with the next sheet, and so on. Another characteristic is that they can be

THE IMPORTANCE OF USING FLIPCHART IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

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Through the years we have seen in schools and universities the different tools that teachers use to teach and provide knowledge to their students. Flipchart is one of them, although it may looks old, it has been very helpful in classrooms because it is used in many different ways where students have learned. A flipchart is an object similar to a notebook, but much larger. It contains a set of sheets of paper where people, especially teachers, place important information about what they want to show or teach to their students. Those sheets of paper are joined with a ring at the top of the pages. As we mention before it has many usages, not only in schools or universities, but also in jobs. This helps you to: · Interact with your audience at the time of expressing new ideas. · To provide better explanations to your students so they can understand with clarity. · To tell a story Flipcharts allow you to work spontaneously. You can write on it whatever you w