Role of Warm-up Activity in Language Classroom: a Tertiary Scenario

B. Background knowledge and warm-up 
Statement no. 4: some teachers had seen to start classes with the topics that the students had 
knowledge. For example: in a writing class, the teacher started the class by asking the students to 
share what they know about domestic violence.  
Statement no. 5: some teachers used warm up activities which helped the students to remember 
their existing knowledge. For example: the teacher of a writing class asked students some 
questions about the topic “formal and informal writing” such as what do you know about formal 
and informal writing?, can you tell me what is the difference between formal and informal 
writing?, can you give some examples of formal and informal words or phrases? etc. by asking 
those questions teachers tried to elicit what students know about the topic.
Statement no. 6: the researcher noticed during class observation that some warm up activities 
helped the students to build a connection between their existing knowledge and the new 
information they were going to explore. For example: in a writing class the teacher first did a 
warm up where the students shared only their existing knowledge about domestic violence. After 
this activity the students asked to read a text about domestic violence to know more. The warm 

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up questions were related with the given text. So, the students were able to make connection 
between what they knew and what more they had learned. 
C. Lesson objective and warm-up 
Statement no. 7: the researcher observed in warm up session that students got the idea about 
what they were going to do and why. For example: in a speaking class the teacher asked the 
students where their home town is and what would they say if someone asked them to tell about 
their home town. The teacher told them that they were going to discuss about their home town so 
that when needed they could talk about their home town. 
Statement no. 8: although most of the teachers agreed that they need to discuss the lesson aims 
and objectives at the beginning so that students get a clear goal to perform a task, some teachers 
told the students why they were performing certain task. Others teachers did not bother to talk 
about the goals or objectives with the students. Even some teachers did warm up session and 
went to the main tasks without telling the purpose of doing those tasks.