Show confidence
Leverage your credibility as someone who successfully using the target language to get what they want
Make your teacher persona a little larger than the real
Show your charisma through your voice.
Even if you are physically short you can make create a physical presence by….
Standing tall and a little away
Good Posture
Never sit at your desk.
Be everywhere in the room.
Simple language is indicated for redirects in English, even more so for target language redirects. Use body language
use as few words as possible
IN grading
Smile
Positive interactions 5 to 1, Smile, proximity.
When students are empowered with an understanding of proficiency – they can also be empowered to create a culture where language acquisition happens. You don’t have to be the policeman, you are enlisting the class
If you are truly confident you welcome feedback from students
Language
Identify emotions and talk about how to tame them in the target language. You can replace the school supplies unit with this.
Effective – includes visual and verbal indicators
Students set their own learning goals
Students set their own learning goals
Heritage Speakers
Read the body language
Native Speaker
Non-native Speaker
Heritage Speakers
Read the body language
Native Speaker
Non-native Speaker
Built me relationship with him first
Intentionally elevated him, by using him as an example
In the first few weeks, I asked him and his mother if he could stay after school to plan a lesson that we would co-teach
During differentiated groups, I had him lead one of the groups