1. Dahina A. Cayabas
Psycholinguistics

2. Actor and entrepreneur whose net worth is $100M

3. HAIM GINOTT
How parents and teachers
talk tells a child how they
feel about him. Their
statements affect his
self-esteem and self-worth.
To a large extent, their
language determines his
destiny.

7. How to talk so kids will learn
1. Dealing with feeling that interfere with
learning
2. Engaging cooperation
3. Helpful praise and constructive responses
4. Reconstructing a child with label

8. 1. Dealing with feelings that interfere
with learning:
Acknowledge the student’s feeling:
Gain the trust and respect of the child
Let students reflect on what they did
They will listen and learn

9. Suggestion
You sound very disappointed. It
can be upsetting if you know
the answer and lose points for
careless mistakes.
You are mad at each other
Maybe you two need time apart
before you can be friends
again.
I see
So you are hurt?
And then?
Red light
Don’t worry. You’ll do better next
time
Why are you fighting!?
You sit here, and you! Sit there.
Is that true?
That is just a little bump it don’t hurt.
That is not big enough to make you
angry

11. 2. Engaging Cooperation
• Describe the problem
I see papers scattered on the
floor.
• Give information
This room will look pleasant
when this papers are removed
• Offer a choice
You can get the broom and sweep
or pick the scattered papers
• Say it with a word or gesture
Oh my! These papers flew to the
ceiling and landed on the floor
• Blaming and accusing
Look at your rudeness you turned
this room into a garbage.
( I know I know we are always wrong
and teacher is always right )
• Calling names
Hey naughty boy stop flying
airplanes
( You know me already I am naughty
so what is your problem )
• Threatening
If you don’t clean up, I will bring all
of you to the principal’s office
( I don’t believe you will do that )

12. • Giving orders
Pick up those papers
( that is not my mess)
• Lecturing and moralizing
It is not nice to make this room
dirty because you came in
clean. What will you feel if
you are in my place?
( Blah blah blah you always say
the same thing everyday )
• Warning
This is your last warning, next
time I will let all of you
stand with no chairs.
( oho I am afraid or I better not
make a move I might be
wrong again )
•Describe what you feel
I feel angry coming to class
and find it messy.
•Put in writing
Kindly restore the classroom’s
cleanliness and orderliness.
Thank you
The management
•Be playful
Here in this room you see papers on
the floor

13. • Playing the martyr
I go home everyday with headache
because of you kids, this ray hairs
are all your doing.
( That’s easy I will buy you a bottle of
hair die. )
• Comparing
Why is this room messy? The other
classroom is always clean.
( Kids there are morons I hate them.
)
• Sarcastic
This place deserves the coolest
classroom award.
( Go to hell! )
• Prophesying
This class will never go anywhere.
( It’s better to drop.)

15. • Describe what you see
or hear
“you got the rhyme”
• Describe what you feel
“Your poem makes me
feel I’m in love”
• Point out what is
needed to be done
“Now you’re done with
your paragraph it is
time to check for any
misspelled words.””
• Evaluating
“ Beautiful”
“Very good”
• Criticizing
“Look at these words they
are wrong spelling.”
3. HELPFUL PRAISE AND CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES

16. 4. Reconstructing children with
labels

17. You must have been
paying attention. You
followed the directions
exactly
You see, if you listen
you will know!
Look for opportunities to show the child a new picture of herself/himself
Poor
listener

18. Dawdler
I see you didn’t waste
a minute. As soon as
you got back from
recess, you went to
work on your project
That is what you
should do.

19. You are lucky to
have Joey in your
class. He is a hard
worker
Joey learns fast but
you need to say it
many times.
Slow
learner
He was so
interested in
respiratory
system, now he is
working with
digestive system
Speak positive about the child in his presence

20. Teacher’s Language:
Effect on students

22. • “I ended up dropping out of
high school. I'm a high
school dropout, which I'm
not proud to say, ... I had
some teachers that I still
think of fondly and were
amazing to me. But I had
other teachers who
said, 'You know what? This
dream of yours is a hobby.
When are you going to give
it up?' I had teachers who I
could tell didn't want to be
there. And I just couldn't get
inspired by someone who
didn't want to be there”
― Hilary Swank – award
winning actress
• I am discouraged with my
teacher’s comment on my
IM so I just do my projects
for compliance. She said “ I
don’t like this! It has no
sense of arts. Next time be
creative. ” She is a teacher
who says she don’t like if
she don’t like.
- A graduating CTE student

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26. Web:
• Photo bucket
• Google stock photos

27. Books: