Warming up

activities for
teaching
English classes
• A warm up is part of a teacher everyday
lesson plan and of course after your greeting
is the first thing you do with your students.it
should be an easy exercise that all students
can participate in , Participation of all
students is important because this creates a
fun focus on English in the classroom and
gets the learners ready to listen to their
teacher
 Some aims of warming-up activities in class
• To create expectations about language
• To give learners a reason to listen, read, speak or write
• To motivate learners to want, to read or listen, speak or
write
• To involve learners by asking for their ideas or knowledge
about a topic
• To provide links between different stage of a lesson
• To draw attention to something of importance
 WHY WARM-UP?
There are many reasons why you may need to use warm-ups
while working as an EFL teacher:
• to focus or bring energy to each class in the first ten to fifteen
minutes
• to break the ice with a new class of students
• to fill a small block of time when a lesson runs shorter than you
planned
• to replace a lesson that students can't grasp or are bored with
• to have on hand for emergencies such as broken audio-visual
equipment or photocopiers
• to use if you get called in last-minute to fill in for another
teacher
 Diffrent kind of
warming up activities
1. Icebreaker activities: these can include games or discussion prompts to
help students feel more comfortable and get to know each other, such as
"Two Truths and a Lie" or "Find Someone Who...“

2. Brainstorming: Start the class by having students brainstorm vocabulary

or ideas related to the topic of the lesson. This can be done as a class or in
small groups.
3. Warm-up questions: Ask students open-ended questions related to the
topic of the lesson or general conversation topics to get them thinking and
speaking in English. For example, if the lesson is on food, you could ask,
"What is your favorite dish? Why do you like it?"
4. Vocabulary review: Review previously taught vocabulary by showing
flashcards or using an interactive game like "Hot Seat" where one student
has to guess the word based on their classmates' descriptions.
5. Singing or chanting: Start the class by singing a familiar song or doing a
repetitive chant to get students engaged and focused. This can also help with
pronunciation and rhythm.

6. Mind maps or concept maps: Give students a topic or keyword and have
them create a mind map or concept map to organize their thoughts or
vocabulary related to the topic.

7. Dictation: Read a short passage out loud and have students write down
what they hear. This helps with listening skills and spelling.

8. Quick writing prompts: Give students a short writing prompt and have
them write for a few minutes. This can be a sentence completion prompt such
as, "I wish I could..." or "If I could travel anywhere, I would go to..."
Some games that can work
on class
 Resources
• https://eslflow.com/speaking-and-communicative-icebreaker-activities.htm
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• http://voices.yahoo.com/class-warm-ups-english-as-second-
language-students 605115.html?cat=4
• https://www.englishclub.com/english-clubs/warmups.php

• https://search.scielo.org/?lang=en&count=15&from=0&output=site
&sort=&format=summary&fb=&page=1&q=warming+up+activiti
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• https://fr.scribd.com/document/405840218/The-BIG-Book-of-
Classroom-Warmers-amp-amp-Games-by-S-Allen-pdf