Introductions - Fun or Dull

Arguably the most important part of the lesson is the very beginning. Here you can either capture your students or lose them.

What you need to do is make your introductions as interesting as possible so they hook your students attention and make them want to learn more.

Put it this way, if you walk into a classroom and say "Today we're going to talk about the Second Conditional" then by the time you've finished your sentence half the class are yawning. Instead, if you walk into a classroom and say "What would you all do if I gave you a million dollars?" then the students sit up and take notice.

It doesn't take much to turn a dull introduction into an interesting one, just a change of attitude and a slightly different way of viewing things.

Video

In the video we show two different ways of introducing the same lesson.