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Warming Up
8 Great Warmers for Any ESL Level
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Research recently showed that most of the world’s teenaged students are dan
get to sleep before 11pm, due to a combination of natural biology and the stim
but are required to be at school at 7.30 or 8am. Experiments with later scho
including better attention and focus, higher scores, and a much reduced rate of
Most teachers aren’t in a position to change their school’s schedule,
exhausted people for the first class of the day.
Most teachers aren’t in a position to change their school’s schedule, and so we a
for the first class of the day. Often, they have skipped breakfast and are low on
their computers. It’s more important than ever, therefore, to begin class with
up. The rewards are many and varied:
• Warmers bring a surge of focus and energy
• They also activate the brain’s language circuitry; students traveling alone
without having spoken a word to anyone!
• Many warmers require social interactions, obliging students to connect w
• The activity represents a signpost, beyond which L1 (the students’ first l
environment; it’s English only from here on in.
• Warmers are also a fantastic method of review.
Compounding the tiredness problem is that the teacher is often exhausted, too
and the gym and paying bills and a million other things, often eat into sleep time
6 Tips for Arriving in the Classroom Feeling Fresh:
1. Fix a time by which you know you should be heading ‘in the dire
11.15pm. If I’m still up by then, I simply begin navigating my body thro
else: once you’ve done it 40 times, it becomes second nature.
2. Turn off the screen. Research is now incontrovertible with regard to
screens. It can take an hour before the stimulated cells calm down ag
and read for a few minutes before sleep, instead of using your phone
3. Set up your morning the night before. I arrive, groggy and complai
breakfast bowl, spoon and tea mug already set out, the kettle filled an
the fridge. Doing these things in the half-asleep moments after wakin
4. Consider some morning exercise, meditation or yoga. 15 minutes
my whole day, both at school and after hours, leaving me with more e
problems, and more compassion for my fellow humans. I can’t recom
5. I use an application which provides bus times; I leave the house a
waiting at the bus stop.
6. Plan your classes in weekly arcs, so that there are fewer uncerta
decisions to be made means reduced stress and anxiety.
Vocab Circle
If a student gets stuck, classmates can help, or the teacher can mak
Catch-up
3.3
4.4
I Went to Market...
A classic, fun memory exercise, this circle game begins with the
and bought a (noun)”. The second student adds a noun: “I went to
flour”. The third adds another, and so on. By the end of the circle
memorized a dozen or more nouns. This is also a terrific way to pra
of flour, a kilo of rice, a bunch of flowers, a bottle of coke.
5.5
6.6
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