Some tips on checking if you have got the use of warmers and fillers just right, and what you can do about it if you haven’t.
A well-balanced use of warmers and fillers
Using short two to ten minute energizing activities as warmers at the beginning of a lesson is a basic technique of language teaching that can make a huge difference to the atmosphere of a class, and therefore to how much students learn and how happy they are to come back to class next week. The same is true of using exercises in the middle of the class to give students a break and reenergize them. Like everything in life, though, you can have too much of a good thing. Below are some tips on checking if you have got the use of warmers and fillers just right, and what you can do about it if you haven’t.
Signs that you are using warmers too much
If any of the things below are true for you, you might want to think about cutting down the number of warmers you use or using them differently:
