UNIT 16: PRESENTATION TECHINIQUES AND INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

In order to instruct students, teachers need to know about presentation techniques that are used by teachers to focus learners’ attention on the meaning, use and form of new language. About this unit I learned that there are introductory activities utilized by teachers to present a lesson or teaching topic. Moreover, I realized that all the presentation techniques contextualize target language. For example, these techniques put the language in a context so that students can understand its meanings. Depending on the situation teachers can use a listening or reading text, realia, mime, visuals, and so on. Regarding introductory activities they are the activities an educator uses to present a lesson. The most well-known introductory activities are lead-ins, whose aim is to teach a topic. Warmers, whose aim is to raise students’ energy or to make them feel comfortable before the lesson starts, and ice –breakers, whose aim is for students to get to know each other when the course has recently started.

To apply introductory activities in the classroom it is essential to have a wide variety of activities since students can easily get bored with the same activities. Besides, the instructions have to be clear so that students can understand what the activity is about. 

1. Lifehack (2014), 4 effective presentation techniques, retrieved from: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/4-effective-presentation-techniques.html

2. Busy Teacher (2014), Fabulous Ideas for the First Day of Class, retrieved from: http://busyteacher.org/3046-fabulous-ideas-for-the-first-day-of-class.html