Student Motivation

Who am I?6 years sailing instruction

2 years in Middle School

Masters in Secondary English and ESOL

American High School English and Creative Writing

2nd year at HaeSeong Girls' High School

NSET trainer

Let's get into groups of 3!Please select a:1)note-taker;2)discussion leader;3)speaker.

What do we know motivates students?

Talk to your group. Discuss what you have

found effective for motivating all students.

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The Motivation Continuum

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discussion/projectsRelevancy

"I like seeing and talking to my classmates."

"In science we always study material that will be useful later in life."

"My history teacher presents information in a way that is easy to understand."

"I like learning stuff that is or will be important."

Here's what students say:

So, we know what makes students more interested in

school. Now, what?

What can we do to accommodate

more motivation and learning in our

classes?

Cooperative Learning Groups

Talk to your group.

How have you been successful with cooperative learning in your classes?

How can we improve cooperative learning?

How can we incorporate more opportunities for cooperative learning in

our classroom?

Talk to your group.

Here's what the research says:

For cooperative learning groups to be most effective:

Heterogeneous groups

Individual and group accountability

Group goals

Activities:- Group projects- Publishing - Research- Jigsaws- Presentations

Storytelling Jigsaw

- students have different stories- students become "experts" - students return to the group to share their knowledge- the combined knowledge of the group is used to accomplish a task

Effective ActivitiesIn your experience, what does it

mean to plan "effective activities?"

How do we design lessons

and activities that are "meaningful?"

What do "Multiple Intelligences" mean to you?

• Talk to your group.

Multiple Intelligence Activities

Make content more understandable

Allow students to demonstrate their learning in creative/interesting ways

Demonstrate to students that we respect their interests.

Drawing and Linking VerbsExcellent for visual learners

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Smell

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Tastes

Feels

Looks

The music sounds terrible.

Subject linking verb complaint.

TPR and grammar tenses

Students role-play tenses.

Students learn from seeing and doing.

Simple: I exercise.

Progressive: I am

exercising.

Perfect progressive: I

have been exercising.

Perfect: I have

exercised.

early middle middle completion

Work

Why have students do projects and

presentations?

The Value of Research Projects and Presentations

Every student must have an active role in the group's success!

Easiest way to accomplish this? Everyone has a leadership role!

Director

Discussion director

Presentation director

Design director

Resources manager

Illustrator

Use of prior knowledge

Vygotsky's theory of "knowledge + 1"

Demonstrates their interests and experiences have value - relevancy

Students like it!

Success!!

When do students start disliking school?

How can we get our students to feel more successful?

Success + challenge = motivation

People like doing things they are good at.

RelevancyStudents want learning

that is relevant.

What does this mean to you?

Authentic Material and Audiences

Newspapers

True stories/biographies

Contemporary media

Social concerns

My world here and now

My future

Authentic Input Authentic Output

Contemporary media

Class compilations

Letters

Creative writing

Real audiences

The Power of Reading

Stephen Krashen

In every assessment SSR (sustained silent reading) - or free reading - demonstrated it far exceeds any other instructional technique for improving second language acquisition.

Shared reading - teacher reads or uses recorded book.

Students select their own books.

SSR

10 minutes in every class

Teacher must read with their students.

Final CommentsQuestions?