Post on 21-Jan-2017
Empowering Students’
Motivation through Blogging
Ionesi Maria
EFL teacher TL “Gaudeamus”,
Dondusheni,
Expectations
What are expectations you have for this seminar?
Objectives To identify the meaning of “Motivation”
To identify type of motivators
To understand what a teacher should do to motivate his/her students.
To concretize how the blog can empower students’ learning.
To present a real blog and students’ work like a tool for empowering student’s motivation.
We hear the word “MOTIVATION”
very often.
But what does it
mean?
Using this Word Cloud, define the
meaning of “Motivation”
Meaning of Motivation
Motivation is
derived from
Latin word
“movere” which
means “to move”
or “to energize”
or “to activate”
Some definitions of “Motivation” The act of process of stimulating to action, providing an incentive or
motive, especially for an act.
- Wikipedia
Motivation can be defined as an internal condition initiated by drives,
needs, or desires and producing a goal behaviour. It is also the
willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organizational goals .
- Stephen P. Robbins
Motivation means the classes of operations used to produce and
measure changes in performance and changes in energy output.
- Underwood
Motivation refers to all the internal conditions that stir up activity and
sustain activity of an individual.
- Guilford
Types of Motivators - autonomy
- belonging
- curiosity
- love
- learning
- mastery
- meaning
Intrinsic:
- badges
- competitions
- fear of failure
- fear of punishment
- gold stars
- money
- points
- rewards
Extrinsic:
What should a teacher do to
motivate his/her students?
M O T I V A T I O N
What should a teacher do to motivate
his/her students?
Teachers’ Reaction at New Methods or Offers
“… but I’m
in the wrong
way to do it.”
“Ugh, I’m
being so
unproductive.
”
“Maybe I
should think
about
starting this
task…”
“I’ll do it
later!”
Motivation in the EFL Classroom
There are some ways or methods that can increase students’
motivation in the EFL classes. The most applicable are:
Pair work or Group work
The seating of the students
The Error Correction
Role Play
Using realia, flash cards, Stories and songs in teaching
Using audio visual material: cassette player, video, computer…
Using the L1 in the EFL/ ESL classroom
Using Blogs
How Can the Blog Empower Students’
Learning
Interacting with other
learners
Improved writing skills
Learning and using new
vocabulary
Practice in technology
Thinking in English
Grammar practice
Typing practice
A teacher can do
more than he
imagines, he can
change students’
life.