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Classroom Motivation
Submitted by xuyingstella on 16 May, 2008 - 06:12
As the students usually get tired of learning things, and the teachers also have the pressure of examinations, how can we find a balance of learning for fun and learning for examinations. Classroom motivation plays an important role, which can help students learn eargerly. Then what ways or methods can we use to make our classroom lively and interesting?
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Why don't you combine those two - learning for fun and learning for examinations? Collaborative projects are a great way. Pen-pals/e-pals are very helpful. They enable our students improve all the aspects of their knowledge of English.
My students are very successful in passing the Cambridge ESOL exams (from Starters to the CAE) and we've been using many projects in our teaching. Through these projects they learnt a lot of collocations, new grammar strucutures and improved their vocabulary. Our 13-17 year olds went on Skype with their peers from the USA so it helped them improve their speaking. And the most important thing is, they've all got their monitored e-mail accounts and each of them has got an e-pal friend. Try this. You might be surprised how well it works :).
Mirjana
Games are one of teching techniques which arouse students but in the last term ( the last five minutes) in class Can use GAMES Activity ?,After summative evaluation???
Motivation that is what students need. As an English teacher, I notice that many students in my country don't have motiviation in learning English even though curriculum fulls of songs and games. In my point of view, motiviating students doesn't depend on what do you use. It depends on how do you use and how do you treat the students.
I do not know whether the evaluation system can be changed for the English Language. All educational institutions will have a set method, which they have been following for years. If you have the freedom to decide your evaluation pattern, then things virtually fall in your lap.
As far as the English Language is concerned, students have an inbuilt negative mindset or aversion towards the language, since the English Language is more identified with grammar.
I suggest you get in touch with experienced ELT Trainers and work out a methodology which will help you achieve your dual objective of making the students enjoy the language and also ensuring that this process automatically prepares them for the examination also.
I completely agree that motivations plays an important role in teaching English. I have realised that if students feel that with the help of second language they will be part of an (international) communication, theywant to learn more and becoame active in class. This year because of some of our students' desire we set up MUN (Model of United Nations), EYP (European Youth Parliament) etc. As they are student-based clubs, they organised many things. They chose their members, delegates, then with our guidance they started their training. They continued speaking English after classes during their training time. These clubs and getting news about them from the Internet helps increase their motivation. We are i a two-week-semester- break. However, I have mail from them that they will come together during their holiday and do some training in English. It is wonderful.