How is it possible to motivate a 13 year old teenager to be concentrated on learning English, when she probably has other things in mind....? Not being a "real" teacher as most of the people on this site, but in fact a student myself, I wonder what might help this girl to be taken away by this beautiful language? (yeah, already difficult to make her accept this fact.)
Thanks for any help by some "professionels"!
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ol4ik
Hi!
The situation is really difficult. I think so because I have some similar experience. I personally tried to connect first lessons with the topics which my pupils are interested in. For example, one of my pupils likes football and that's why I'm trying to associate the lessons with this game. For him it's much more interesting than standard lessons.
Wish you good luck!
amazinanian
Hello dears,
Students learn English better when teaching materials are chosen in accordance with their interest.
I suggest that you try to find out her interests. What are her likes and dislikes? Once a friend of mine had this problem but soon he realized that his pupil was very fond of western films and when he purchased a suitable one, the result was miraculous .The pupil imitated the voice of artists in the film and as the story was very interesting he soon became very involved in watching, listening and asking questions about the film. This method may be helpful for students who have some knowledge of English but for beginners I suggest cartoons films in English.
Hope this helps
Best wishes
A Mazinanian