as a teaching tip that I like to use
with my students always at the beginning
of the class is using a proverb what I
call the proper of the day and that that
is usually a saying that I sometimes
pick up from textbooks or other sources
and I want to start the class with that
because I want them to think start
thinking put their brains in gear so
what I do is I write it on the board let
them look at it for a while then start
asking questions okay what do you think
about this statement doesn't make any
sense to you do you agree disagree why
why not and then I start kind of a
conversation mostly asking them to give
me their opinions I value their opinions
very much and I always tell them that
they are their opinions are very
important basically what i want them is
to use English okay and and use it in a
way that it makes it's meaningful to
them and it's also interesting they like
to give their opinions and many a times
we teachers don't give our students a
chance to voice their opinions so I
think this is a good way of having them
voice their opinions at the at the same
time make an inventory of their values
and so I feel that it is very important
for them to do that too and not only by
expressing them themselves but also by
listening to other students give their
own opinions so a book for the first
five or ten minutes I have my students
engaged in revaluing okay their own
mores and values and at the same time
putting their brains in gear so later on
after five or ten minutes they are ready
to start the class it's much more easier
for me to get them in focus in in
whatever
want to teach him later on once I've
done that activity