Why Brainstorming ? What is its purpose?
· to focus students' attention on a particular topic.
· to create new ideas
· to generate a quantity of ideas." quantity breeds quality" the more suggestions, the better.
· to teach acceptance and respect for individual differences.
· to motivate and to break down barriers of communication and develop teams.
· to encourage learners to take risks in sharing their ideas and opinions.
· to demonstrate to students that their knowledge and their language abilities are valued and accepted.
· to introduce the practice of idea collection prior to beginning tasks such as writing.
· to solve problems.
· to pr***de an opportunity for students to share ideas and expand their existing knowledge by building on each other's contributions.
· The brainstorming technique can also be used just for fun as an icebreaker. .