Effective activation activities Warm up as a key component in EFL classes

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present the effectiveness of activation activities that can be applied in the EFL classroom to stimulate student participation. Whereas the research was carried out with 10 students of the eighth semester (8/2) of the pedagogy career of national and foreign languages, they as future teachers can find benefits when implementing activation activities in the classroom. In addition, it is a basic descriptive qualitative research structured for various levels. For data collection, a survey was applied in Microsoft Forms that was sent to the participants, through the interview they indicated various aspects related to the level of interest of the students during the activation activity. Therefore, is essential to mention that these types of activities are necessary for the teacher within the planning since as a positive result it tends to motivate, involve and arouse the interest of the students as a purpose of the class. Finally, is verified that not all teachers carry out activation activities at the beginning of the class to create a fruitful teaching and learning environment.