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 * Tool || Reasons why favourite || Any drawbacks? || Any other comments and others' replies ||
 * Laptop & projector || Amazingly flexible. I can use it to show texts I've pre-prepared (doesn't need to be PowerPoint - can also be Word documents, images, whatever); can use it to have one Word document open throughout the lesson in which I "gather" any incidental language, then save it and send it to students at end of lesson; can use it to pull up materials that I hadn't anticipated using but that I know I have stored on my hard drive... || Danger of relying on it too much - if there's no projector or if there's another problem the jitters set in! || Need to carry loudspeakers too if the room is big. ||
 * IPOD & speakers || It's possible to store CDs, DVDs, podcasts and countless other media in enormous quantity. For example, every coursebook CD in your library will take up only a fraction of the available space. || Transferring the audio and video is quite easy but takes some discipline. ||  ||