Claudio

== = = = = =Teaching Technique 1: You don't need a book to start your lesson.= According to Folse's idea "the textbook is a tool, not your lesson plan". Depending on the topic you are going to teach, it would be good to start your class with something that calls the students' attention, like a sentence, a video, even a quick game. Folse also says that it is better to start a class with a question and provide the tools for the students to answer your question rather than start the class with the answer itself.

=Teaching Technique 2: In example sentences, use content that is relevant and meaningful to your students.= Folse says that "your students may pay more attention if the content of your teaching examples is interesting and meaningful to them". For example, if you are teaching degrees of comparison to a group that you know is fond of music, you can come up with sentences like:
 * David Bowie is** as good as ** Freddie Mercury.
 * Freddie Mercury is **better than** Bono Vox.
 * Restart is **the worst** band ever.

On the other hand, if you are teaching a group of students that is looking for a job, you can write a sentence like:
 * That company pays **better than** the other

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