Teaching Performance: what it is and why it matters

Colin Walker Professor at Hoseo University

The Boredom Monster

* Too much explicit instruction

* Limited language learning

Going to war against the boredom ghost

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1) Teaching Performance 2) The Writing Box

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Zoltán Dörnyei

1) Teaching performance

___________________Dörnyei, Z. (1998) Demotivation in language learning. Paper presented at the TESOL ’98 Congress, Seattle, WA, March cited in Dörnyei, Z. and Ushioda, E. (2011) Teaching and Researching Motivation. 2nd Edition. Pearson Education Limited. Great Britain. P. 148

Battling the Boredum Monster

1)Relevant2)Interesting 3)Meets student expectancy4)Satisfaction

Crookes and Schmidt (1991) way to motivate students:

_____________________Crookes, G. and Schmidt, R. (1991) 'Motivation: Reopening the research agenda'. Language Learning 41(4): pp. 469-512.

Walker, C. (2011) Managing student motivation through teaching performance University of Birmingham, CELS Essay Bank (in press).

How to make lessons that are: 1) Relevant, 2) Interesting , 3)Meet student expectancy, and 4) give satisfaction

Student rapport

Leadership – supportive error

feedback

Encourage students to make good mistakes

Why is teaching performance important?

• Ben Cecil (Dean of Niagara College)

Students: L2 learning outside the class

Teachers: it can advance your career

2) The Writing Box

Who Write a sentence about this person.(opinion, the person’s job, something unique you know about them)

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2

3

4

Topic SentenceClosing Sentence

#1

#2

#3

#4

Who was born in Japan?

Topic sentence and Closing sentences.

1. Lee Myung Bak

He is the current president of South Korea.

2. Kim Yuna She is a Korean figure skater, who won gold at the Olympics.

3. Ban Ki Moon He was the Secretary General of the United Nations.

4. Jim Paek He is the first Korean to play in the National Hockey League.

Topic Sentence Korea has many famous people.

Closing Sentence

Koreans are awesome.

Famous KoreansWhat Famous Korean foods

Who Famous sites in Korea What Unique facts about Korea

Korean Food

Famous places in Korea

Unique Facts

What Famous Korean people

The Writing Box summarized

• ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ – Steve Jobs. Start from the middle (eg body sentences) Add

topic and closing sentences later.

4)Evaluation• Show the students what you are looking for. I like writing that

has:

OrganizationGrammar ExpectancyCreativity

/10 /5 /5 /10

Summing up• Teaching Performance: • Student rapport• Encourage students to make good mistakes• Leadership – supportive error feedback

• The Writing Box – helps students organize their ideas• Encourage student creativity

Oh and 1 more thing…

Contact

@colinjerwalker

colinjerwalker@gmail.com

www.walkercolin.com

Colin Walker