Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards are great tools for studying. They can be fun, colorful, and creative ways to aid in memory and retention of vocabulary words. You can use them as a simple one-on-one quiz session, or an exciting game for a big group! Flashcards are a tried and tested teaching and learning device inside and outside the classroom, for kids and adults alike.

Many websites offer vocabulary flashcards to learn various new words. Some of these flashcards are designed to perfect your English, while others can help you learn a new language entierly.

The key to using flash cards is to look at the word or definition on one side, and test yourself to see if you can remember the answer written on the other. Each of these websites has flashcards offering both the word and the definition so you can perfect your knowledge of the vocabulary on the list and improve your overall vocabulary.

Links to Vocabulary Flashcards 

• Quizlet provides flashcards that can be used to study vocabulary and other topics. You can even create your own flashcards. It is a fun, fast, and interactive way to memorize vocabulary lists. 
• At ESL Flashcards you can download 100's of free flash cards. Every set of flashcards comes in color and in 3 different sizes to make teaching easier. There is a big set which features larger flashcards good for vocabulary presentation, a medium set, which is good for teaching small groups of students and playing language learning games and a small set with pictures that are great for ESL games such as Down-Pass or Go Fish.
• Vocabulary.co.il features interactive vocabulary games that are enhanced through the use of flash cards for vocabulary instruction. They teach and drill on vocabulary in a similiar way as standard flash cards but in a more engaging and entertaining format.
• Inside Story Flash Cards calls their flashcards "the world's most interesting way to learn words.”  Their cards contain the same vocabulary words that are tested on the standardized exams given in middle school through high school. The simple yet attractive photographs hold the attention of younger readers, who will quickly get the idea that learning words can be lots of fun. You may either print out the flashcards or improve your vocabulary online.
• StudyBeans offers free online vocabulary flashcards and quizzes to help you learn over 1,000 words.
• VocabAhead's Study Room has over 1000 difficult words explained using vocabulary videos and flash cards.
• Kaplan GRE Vocabulary Exam Flashcards features over 500 flash cards covering need-to-know GRE vocabulary words. These flash cards are all available for download. Kaplan's GRE Exam Vocabulary is designed to help you quickly learn the words that you need to know to succeed on the verbal section of the GRE. With this application, you can easily study and test your vocabulary knowledge while on the go.
• Grad Flash is a computer program that contains over 2000 GRE vocabulary flashcards. While these cards are not free and you must purchase them, they offer a practical and effective way to review the vocabulary words that will be on the GRE.
• UnderGrad Flash is a computer program that you can buy which contains over 2000 SAT vocabulary flashcards. These flashcards offer a practical and effective way to study the vocabulary words that will be on the SAT.
• MES-English offers for download over 1800 words depicted in flashcards.  There are 100+ sets covering 60+ themes. They are ready to print and go with matching handouts and PowerPoint flashcard presentations.

Foriegn Language Vocabulary Flashcards

• The Multimedia Learning Module, Memory Lifter, contains 1,000 common vocabulary words in English and German, arranged in 10 chapters with 100 words each. It will enable you to learn the German language based on English, or the English language based on German. The flashcards include example sentences, audio files, and images. There is a cost to purchase this program.
• You can print your own Spanish vocabulary flash cards at Espanol Ingles. Various topics are currently available, with constant updates. Simply click on one of the Spanish vocabulary topics in the list to print cards on the selected theme.
• Learn Plus feature online German flashcards with English translations, so you can practice your German Skills. German students can also use these flashcards to learn English as a Second language. The German flashcards are organized progressively so that a complete beginner can truly learn the German language effectively. 
• Schei's FlashCard program was developed by Chez Schei Productions, using the Edict dictionaries available from the Monash University in Australia. You can either choose to study from English to Japanese or from Japanese to English by clicking the appropriate radio button on the left-hand side of the screen. 
• If learning French is more preferably to learning English, French Linguistics offers flashcards for French Linguistics. Simply click on one of the vocabulary topics in the list available to print some free vocabulary flash cards to help you learn the given topic. Examples include, Around Town, Basic Adjectives, Clothes, Computers and the Internet, Daily Routine and many more.