RebeccaWilnerEducatorinResidenceAmericanUniversity

Purpose� Increasestudentengagementandspeakingtimeinclass

� Warm-upactivitiescreatepositivegroupinteractionsandbuildgoodrapport(relationships)inclass

� Warm-upsgivestudentsopportunitiestospeakfreelyandlearnfromtheirmistakes.

Objec-ve� Bytheendofthiswebinar,youwillbeabletoadaptanduseoneormorewarm-upactivitiesto:�  Increasestudentspeakingtimeinclass� Groupstudents� Reviewvocabularyand/orgrammar� Doabriefandinformaldiagnosticassessmentofyourstudents

Agenda� Whydowarm-ups?� Challengesandsolutions� Givinginstructions� Activityexplanationsanddemonstrations� Questions�  Linksandresources

Poll

Whywarmup?� Introduceatopic� Reviewpreviousmaterial� Makeaconnectiontobackground� Classroomroutine

Whywarmup?� Studentsgettoknoweachother� DiagnosticAssessments� GroupStudents� Informal,low-stakespractice

Challenges� Notime� Toomuchmaterialtocover� Studentsdon’tbuyin� Studentsareconfused,getlost,ordon’tdoitcorrectly

� Teachersand/oradministratorsdon’tseethebenefit

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GivingInstruc-ons� Watchashortclipofthisvideo.� Whatstepsdoyousee?

�  Forexample,whatdoIdofirst?�  ThenwhatdoIdonext?

� WhydoyouthinkI’mdoingeachofthosethings?

GivingInstruc-ons� Whatdidyouobserve?� WhatstepsdidIfollowwhengivinginstructions?� Typeyouranswersintothechatbox!

GivingInstruc-ons� Explainwhatisgoingtohappen� Tellthestudentswhyyouarehavingthemdothisactivity(orhavethemguess)

� Demonstrateormodelhowit’sgoingtowork� Askthestudentstotellyouwhattheyaregoingtodo� Doapracticeroundtomakesureeveryoneunderstands

PhysicalResponses� Line-up

Agree Disagree

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�  Fourcorners

SomewhatAgree

StronglyAgree

SomewhatDisagree

StronglyDisagree

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PhysicalResponsesàSpeaking� Askstudentsineachgroup:

� Whydoyoustronglyagree,somewhatagree,somewhatdisagree,orstronglydisagree?

� Give2-3reasonsyoufeelthatway� Howisyourpositiondifferentfromothergroups’positions?

� Whatwouldhavetochangeaboutthestatementforyoutomovetoanothercornerorside?

Matching/Grouping� Word,definition,partofspeech,synonyminL1

� Bed�  Softrectangularplacetosleep� Noun�  cama

� Categoryandexamples

�  Automobiles:car,bus,truck,motorcycle�  Farmanimals:cow,goat,chicken,pig

Matching/Grouping

Automobiles

Car

Bus

Truck

Motorcycle

FarmAnimals

Pig

Chicken

Goat

Cow

Matching/GroupingWord,partofspeech,color*

� Amazing� Adjective� Gray

� Telephone� Noun� Red

*Taylor,K.,&Thompson,S.(2009).TheColorVowelChart.UnitedStatesDepartmentofStateAmericanEnglishMaterials.Retrieved6/15/2016from:https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/color-vowel-chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFT1bO95xc

Video

Speaking� AWhat? Thisisapen.

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Thisissometape.

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Sometape

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What’sthis?Whatdoweuseitfor?

Speaking� Talkinglineorcircle

Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk

Video

Speaking�  Jigsaw

�  Splitstudentsintogroups(usingoneofthewarm-upsfrombefore!).

�  Giveeachgroupadifferentpartofthesamestory.�  Askthemtowriteashortsummaryoftheirpartofthestoryasagroup.Everygroupmembershouldhavethesamesummary.

�  Takeonestudentfromeachgroupandmakethemintoanewgroup.Repeatuntilnewgroupsareformed.Eachstudentinthenewgroupwillhavetoreadadifferentpartofthestory.

�  Askthestudentstoreconstructthestoryandfigureoutwhatorderthepartsgoin.

Speaking�  Jigsaw

OtherWarmup&SpeakingAc-vi-es�  AvailableontheNing!

Ques-ons� Typethemintothechatbox!

ExitPoll

References,p.1of3�  Andrew.(2013,February19).No-prepwarmupactivities.Retrieved

June15,2016,fromhttp://eslgames.com/no-prep-warm-up-activities/�  BetterLanguageTeaching.Warmupactivities.RetrievedJune15,2016,

fromhttp://www.betterlanguageteaching.com/esl-activities/85-warmup-activities

�  BusinessEnglishResources.(2016,May5).TEFLwarmupsandactivitiesforadults.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromhttp://www.businessenglishresources.com/31-2/teachers-section/warm-ups-english-class-dont-waste-time/

�  BusyTeacher.(2007).360FREEWarmers,ice-breakersandFillersfortheESLclassroom.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromhttp://busyteacher.org/teaching_ideas_and_techniques/warmers/

References,p.2of3�  Cossar,S.(2014,August20).5reasonstouseice-breakersandwarm-up

exercisesinyourESLclassroom-ILSCeducationgroupBlog.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromEnglish,http://www.ilsc.com/blog/2014/08/5-reasons-use-ice-breakers-warm-exercises-esl-classroom/

�  EnglishClub.(1997).Warm-upactivitiesforanEnglishclub.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromhttps://www.englishclub.com/english-clubs/warmups.htm

�  ESLKidStuff.Warm-upgames&activitiesforESLkids.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromhttp://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-games/warm-up-games.htm#.V2HpQ7srIdV

�  Kumar,Prasantha,N.S.,&Gupta,S.(2014).Indianjournals.ZENITHInternationalJournalofMultidisciplinaryResearch,4(1),129–140.Retrievedfromhttp://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:zijmr&volume=4&issue=1&article=014

References,p.3of3�  OneStopEnglish,MacMillanPublishers.(2015).Teenagers:Warmers.

RetrievedJune15,2016,fromOneStopEnglish,http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/skills/warmers/

�  Thompson,S.,&Taylor,K.(2009).TheColorVowelChart.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromAmericanEnglish:ForEnglishLanguageTeachersaroundtheWorld,https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/color-vowel-chart

�  User,S.(2016).ESLlessons-theimportanceofwarmingupstudents.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromhttp://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php/esl-articles/esl-lesson-structure/307-warming-up-students

�  Zakhareuski,A.(2016,January28).Whyyoushouldalwaysstartwithawarmer.RetrievedJune15,2016,fromESLEssentials,http://busyteacher.org/7610-why-you-should-always-start-with-a-warmer.html

�  Şahin,M.,Şule,S.,&Seçer,Y.E.(2016).Educationalresearchandreviewschallengesofusingaudio-visualaidsaswarm-upactivityinteachingaviationEnglish.,11(8),860–866.doi:10.5897/ERR2016.2796