TEACHERS: TIPS TO TEACH ENGLISH WITH PROVERBS

Learning and reviewing English proverbs.
Procedure: Write a well-known English proverb on the board(see below some examples). Discuss its meaning and compare it with similar or contrasting proverbs from the students own culture.
Variation 1: Compare proverbs that appear to contradict one another .
Variation 2: From a list of ten or more proverbs students choose which they would adopt as a personal motto or suggests as a motto for the school, college, class.
Proverbs
1) It's no use crying over spilt milk.
2) Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
3) First come, first served.
4) Still waters run deep.
5) Out of sight, out of mind.
6) Where there's a will there's a way.
7) Better late than never.
8) Don't put the cart before de horses.
9) All that glitters is not gold.
10)No news is good news.
11)When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
12)You can't have your cake and eat it.