LVIV IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Institute for Staff Developing and Refreshing
WARM-UP ACTIVITIES AT ENGLISH LESSONS
Course paper presented by
a fourth year student of Humanities and Sciences Faculty
Supervised by
Associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages for the Humanities
LVIV - 2012
Content
Introduction……………………………………….………………………………3
Chapter I The structure of the English lesson. The place of warm-up activities….5
Chapter II Warm-ups activities as the motivations of pupils…………………....10
Chapter III The classifications of warm-ups. …………...………………………13
Conclusion…………..……………………………………………………………21
References…..……………………………………………………………………22
Appendix…………………..……………………………………………………..24
Introduction
The problem of foreign language teaching in schools nowadays is particularly relevant because the changes in the nature of education more clearly orient it on the "free development of a person", the creativity, independence students, competitiveness, mobility future professionals.
Studying a foreign language at any age, especially in the early years, is useful for all children, regardless of their starting abilities because: • stimulates speech and overall development of children and increases the value of comprehensive primary education as the foundation of general education; • creates a favorable initial framework for learning a foreign language, as well as for further study of language; • encourages children to the cultures of other nations, thus universal consciousness; • has definitely a positive influence on the development of child mental functions: its memory, attention, thinking, perception, imagination; • enables a more complete study of early first-language.
Studying foreign language should be easy, clear and interesting. A good English as a Second Language lesson will have three distinct