In order to motivate students and prepare them for the lesson, it is essential to plan activating activities at the beginning of the class. There are different kinds of activities depending on your aim, whether you want to engage students and arouse curiosity, call their attention, activate their minds or check their prior knowledge. Moreover, these tasks can be helpful to revise some vocabulary from previous sessions or introduce new language that students will need in the lesson.

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Here you have a list of activating activities you might find useful for your lessons.