A STUDY ON THE USE OF WARM-UP ACTIVITIES TO MOTIVATE GRADE 10 STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LESSONS AT NGOC TAO HIGH SCHOOL =

Abstract

It is not difficult for one to find out articles and videos talking about warm-up activity and its advantages. However, it is seemed that none of them fully cover warm-up’s advantages as well as find out clearly the relation between warm-up and motivation. This study was carried out to find out the ways to get students' attention at the beginning of the class by means of exciting activities as well as to adapt these activities in teaching process. In other words, it means concentrating on the roles of warm-up activities as perceived by Grade 10 students, the kinds of warm-up activities which effectively motivate students.

To fulfill the objectives, the combination of both qualitative and quantitative methodology was utilized. About 100 Grade 10 students were chosen to answer a number of questionnaires and 5 teachers are invited to take part in interviews. The collected data then were cautiously analyzed.

The result of this research was, in summary, quite positive on finding out the roles of warm-up activities as perceived by Grade 10 students which are creating happy atmosphere, increasing the involvement of students, making the task more exciting, waking students up and releasing stress. The outstanding kinds of warm-up activities which effectively motivate students are also showed, including activities related to the topic, activities without physical movement but still require intelligence and activities that review the previous topic. The situation of using warm-up activities and the desire of students at Ngoc Tao high school about the way their teachers design warm-up activities are also reflected through this study.

Though the limitations have been unavoidable, the study is expected to be beneficial to teachers, students and researchers of the related studies.