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Using Warm‐Ups, Wind‐Ups, and Fillers: All of Your Class Time Is Valuable!
Author(s) -
Ervin Gerard L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1982.tb00232.x
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence
Class time is limited, yet language students need every bit of language practice they can get. The article describes eleven activities that can be used to fill short periods of class time that might otherwise be lost. The activities all meet five criteria: (1) they require little or no advance planning, props, or organization; (2) they are easy to explain and learn; (3) they involve the students in focused language activity; (4) they can be begun quickly, engaged in for any short length of time, and ended abruptly; and (5) they are adaptable for use in language classes at almost any level.