384. Toward excellence

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:34:00 GMT

I found the next stuff on the Internet: it’s bang on our classes, very helpful and useful for our classes. I hope so. I hadn’t got a baldy about some these tips, I mean, I thought otherwise. Sorry for possible formatting bugs: I copied and pasted this stuff from a Word document I had created before. Here you go:

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By GetEnglishLessons

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10 strategies for creating and sustaining motivation in the classroom

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1. Rapport. Build quality relantionship with your students.

2. Relevance. Help students see the relevance to them:
“What’s in it for me?”

3. Choice. Give students choice and sense of control. Let them decide. Give responsibility to get responsible behavior.

4. Individuals. Allow students to learn in ways that are significant to them. Explain different learning styles.

5. Environment. Make the classroom a bright, pleasant and relaxed place. Use 1-minute breaks to enliven mood and increase attention.

6. Self-talk and self-esteem. Teach the value of positive self-talk and high self-esteem. Teach students to manage their own motivation.

7. Feedback. Make it safe to make mistakes. Give feedback as information. Be aware of the dangers of praise or punishment.

8. The power of suggestion. Everything should suggest success. Encourage students to help each other.

9. Involve the parents. Parents want to help, but often don’t know how. Give them information and seek their active input.

10. Juicify!!!! Put yourself in a motivated state first. Have passion-enthusiasm.

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Do you find it hard to have your teenage students talk?

How about a lesson in which they interview and are interviewed? I’m sure they will have a good time, as these questions relate to their own life and experience!

If you have a large group, the conversation might be set up in pairs or even a small group. If you have a small group, students might be given time to talk among themselves! Teacher goes around monitoring and writing down eventual mistakes!

They might start using their first language, or just say it is too difficult, but you have to explain them it is important to try out and give themselves the time. They will realise it will be fun and at the end they will say they practiced a lot!

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384. Toward excellence