Getting your students engaged in your lesson is such an important aspect of being a good English teacher (and a good teacher in general). This video delves into the short, but important "Introduction" section of the ESA lesson structure. Whaaaat? You don't use ESA? It doesn't matter. Intros apply to the first minutes of any lesson (English teaching or any subject).
Your introduction essentially sets up the entire mood and feeling for the rest of the lesson. The worst thing you can do is come into your class and bore your students to death by telling them what they're going to be learning. Don't be boring! Don't start a lesson like that!
Good intros are all about getting the students engaged and eliciting the topic for them. All lessons have a topic (relationships, travel, crime, sports, technology...etc.). You should never tell your students what the topic is. Instead, you should present the topic in a fun, dynamic and creative way. You should pull the topic out from them. Get them to tell YOU what the topic is about. Bring in props, act something out, play music, show some pictures. Do whatever you can to make the first few minutes of your lesson engaging. This begins the moment you enter the classroom.
The video begins by talking to some grads of The Language House TEFL in Prague. They share their success stories of learning how to pull off great intros. After that, we demo out 3 different topics in engaging ways.
This video is part of a 15part series How to Teach English. Check out the other videos in the series for more tips on how to be a better language instructor.
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