Unit 16

Presentation techniques and introductory activities

As future teachers we must really know how to start the class in order to promote students’ interest and attention then in this unit I could learn some presentation techniques and introductory activities which are so useful and helpful for the teachers.

Regarding to presentation techniques, they are the ways used by teacher to focus learners’ attention on the meaning, use and sometimes form o new language.  Let’s have an example of them; Presentation Practice and Production (PPP) a teacher firstly sets up a context for presenting the new language which help students to get familiar with it, after that he/she models the target language for students by using drills and finally the lesson moves on to practice stage.

Referring to introductory activities they are the activities a teacher uses to introduce a lesson then let’s have some examples about them; warmers are often used to raise students’ energy levels or to make them feel comfortable before the lesson starts. Meanwhile lead- ins, introduce the content of the lesson their aim is to focus and motivate students and make a link between the topic of the lesson and students’ own lives.

In order to create a good environment of learning teachers should use some of those presentation techniques and introductory activities since they are based on important aspects about how to teach a second language in a practical way.

Here you have some links which contain useful information:

http://teacheraleupbc.blogspot.com/2009/05/presentation-techniques-and.html