How to start lessons
If you have ever wondered how to start your lessons simply, this is what I do.At the schools I go to the kids start their classes with the leader saying 起立（きりつ ）then they all stand up. Next the leader says おねがいします then the class repeat and everyone bows.
Now, that's not how I start my English classes. However the schools do like activities to have a definite beginning and end. So they asked me to use a phrase to clearly signify the beginning and end of the lessons.
As the kids are used to standing up at the beginning of their classes we do that for English time too. I simply say Stand up and I stand up as I say it.
Then I say Good morning or Hello depending on the time of day. To which the students simply repeat my greeting back to me.
Then I say Let's start and the students' response is Yes, let's.
It's a little contrived however on the plus side, it's a really simple way to start a lesson and in Junior high school in my area, students are tested on the Let's
After that we sometimes sing a song or do a few TPR (Total Physical Response) exercises before moving into the meat of the lesson.
25.03.2009. 01:24
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