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-# classroom-picture-flashcards
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+# Classroom Visual Vocabulary Cards
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-Picture vocabulary flashcard prompts for language teachers
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+Language teachers can build picture flashcards for new vocabulary with [Raphael AI](https://raphael.app).
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+## Why pictures beat translations
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+Learners remember a word longer when it is tied to an image instead of a word in their first language. A picture card also works for mixed-language classrooms.
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+## Prompt pattern
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+`simple flat illustration of [object], white background, centered, no text`
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+Keeping "no text" in the prompt stops the image from giving away the answer.
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+## Card layout
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+| Front | Back |
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+|---|---|
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+| Image only | Word, article/gender, one example sentence |
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+## Themes that work well
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+- Kitchen objects
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+- Weather and seasons
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+- Jobs and workplaces
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+- Verbs of motion (prompt a person running, jumping, climbing)
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+## Review game
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+Shuffle the cards, show the image for three seconds, and let teams race to say the word with the correct article.
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+## About the tool
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+[Raphael AI](https://raphael.app) is a free browser-based image generator with no sign-up needed: https://raphael.app
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+License: CC BY 4.0.
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