Hello! This is Matias posting a little thing on Motivation.
“To motivate someone is to make him/her want to achieve something”
All teachers know that some children sometimes require little motivation to learn – they seem to have buckets of it themselves. However, others seem only to have buckets with holes in, some or all of the time! Here are some of the factors that affect young learners’ motivation.
Motivating Factors From Outside the Classroom:
-Parents’, other family members’ and peers’ attitudes towards English, learning English and native speakers of English -Student’s previous experiences of learning English -Attitudes towards English language exams -The student’s home life -What the student did before attending the English lesson -What the student will do after attending the English lesson -How the student is feeling physically and emotionally before the lesson, e.g. is s/he well / tired / happy / upset by friends / hungry / thirsty?
Taken from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/file-share/motivating-young-learners-english-a-foreign-
What I can say after reading this article is that not all students can be motivated in the same way. Each student has his/her likes and dislikes, therefore we cannot think that all of our students will be equally motivated when they enter the classroom to learn English. That is because some have a true interest on the subject and many others don't. We as teachers have to motivate those students who are not fond on the language, those who think that English won't be a useful thing to learn or those who just despise the language.
Hello! This is Matias posting a little thing on Motivation.
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All teachers know that some children sometimes require little motivation to learn – they seem to have buckets of it themselves. However, others seem only to have buckets with holes in, some or all of the time! Here are some of the factors that affect young learners’ motivation.
Motivating Factors From Outside the Classroom:
-Parents’, other family members’ and peers’ attitudes towards English, learning English and native speakers of English
-Student’s previous experiences of learning English
-Attitudes towards English language exams
-The student’s home life
-What the student did before attending the English lesson
-What the student will do after attending the English lesson
-How the student is feeling physically and emotionally before the lesson, e.g. is s/he well / tired / happy / upset by friends / hungry / thirsty?
Motivating Factors From Inside the Classroom:
-The teacher’s attitude and expectations
-The classroom itself: displays, furniture, space, temperature, noise, etc
-The tasks / materials
Taken from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/file-share/motivating-young-learners-english-a-foreign-
What I can say after reading this article is that not all students can be motivated in the same way. Each student has his/her likes and dislikes, therefore we cannot think that all of our students will be equally motivated when they enter the classroom to learn English. That is because some have a true interest on the subject and many others don't. We as teachers have to motivate those students who are not fond on the language, those who think that English won't be a useful thing to learn or those who just despise the language.
Thanks Matías for your comment!
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Very Good! Interesting insights!
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