How To Motivate Students

Pablo Mejía Maldonado, Esp, MSc.Friday, 02 August 2013 1

How to motivate students
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Motivation is essential to success
Without motivation Ss certainly fail to make the
necessary effort
• Are all Ss motivated in the same way?
• What is the teacher’s role in a S’s motivation?
• How motivation can be sustained?

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
It is caused by any number of outside
factor:
• need to pass an exam
• the hope of financial reward
• possibility or future travel
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
By contrast, comes from within the individual
• the enjoyment of the learning process itself
• a desire to make themselves feel better.

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Motivation can be affected and influenced by ATTITUDE of people.
The society we live in:
• Is the language learning part of the curriculum of
high or low status?
• Are the cultural images associated with English
positive or negative?
Significant others:
• the influence of people who are close to them.
• the attitude of parents and older sibblings will be crucial.

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• S/he is clearly the MAJOR factor in
the continuance of a student’s
motivation in a positive classroom
atmosphere.
The teacher:
ASSIT IN SETTING
AND MONITORING
GOALS

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•The way in which teaching
and learning take place is
VITAL.
The method:

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 Be sure students are physically
comfortable.
 Open the door when the room is too hot
 Make sure all the students can see the
board and hear the tape recorder properly.
Take into account class time
when students are often tired
during lesson planning. e.g.
something light and fun for
last class periods in the
morning or for Friday.
CREATE A SAFE
CLASSROOM
ATMOSPHERE

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 The average S has an attention
span of 20-30 minutes. Therefore,
vary the lesson with different
techniques and strategies:
pair/group work, time-limited tasks,
etc.
Do not overload Ss. Give
them time to prepare, think
and consolidate knowledge.

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 Plan work and classroom activities so that Ss may take roles of
varying levels of responsibility.
Take care to select materials and
activities which are suitable for the
student’s level. Classes are often
multi-level.
Teachers need to consider stronger
and weaker students and provide an
easier option and /or extra
materials for early finishers.

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 Teachers need to VARY not only the activity types
(methodological strategies and procedures), but also
subject matter, pace, power and the amount of
movement and noise in the classroom
MODEL EXCITEMENT FOR
LEARNING

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 There can be many purposes for using
BGM in language teaching.
Play it when Ss are tired, bored, or
discouraged. The selection of music
reflects the culture of the English
speaking countries.

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• Relax students
•Activate students
• Get students to be attentive
•let students have fun
• Change the classroom atmosphere
•Create learning situations
• Make students quiet or noisy
•Improve concentration
• Inspire right-brain creative thinking skills
•Strengthen intuitive thinking
• Increase verbal, emotional, spacial
intelligence. skills

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1. At the beginning of a lesson.
2. During small group discussion
3. When the teacher reads a text
4. At the end of a class
5. During reading practice
6. During a short quiz
7. For a game
8. For listening practice
9. For pair work
10. As a signal to start or end a task

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1. Make an effort to build a good rapport.
Activities to break the ice are very important at the
beginning of the course, but it is also necessary to
continue taking dynamics into consideration throughout
the term and to choose activities accordingly.
Ss write sentences in which the first word
begins with A, the second word begins with
B, the third word begins with C, and so on.
START AT THE VERY BEGINNING

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1. Students may quickly lose motivation through feelings or failure.
2. A students who is overcorrected while speaking may be discouraged
from joining in future discussions; just as students whose written
work is returned covered in red ink may not hand in next homework.
3. Encourage Ss by making them aware of their strengths and
progress. Give the praise when it is due.
4. Ss fear making mistakes. Let them go on. This will give them a sense
of confidence.
5. Go over common mistakes after Ss finish their participation.
ENCOURAGING
STUDENTS INPUT FOR
CLASSROOM
PROCEDURES

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1. Make Ss responsible for the subject matter.
2. Do the needs and wants analysis to find
out what the Ss’ interests, needs, and
experiences are. In addition, it can be
refleted on the success or failure of the
activities and topics.
3. Often the easiest way to involve Ss is to
take them and their own knowledge,
experiences and lives the content of the
lesson.
SELF-DETERMINATION
THEORY
The way Ss interact with
their surroundings

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1. Talk to Ss humanely and sensitively.
2. Foment confidence in the classroom in order to have a warm
and enjoyable atmosphere.
MODEL THE
CONNECTION
BETWEEN
RESPONSIBILITY AND
LEARNING

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• Be approachable and supportive. While
encouraging Ss to help each other, you need to
create an atmosphere in which Ss are not
afraid to ask and speak in English, What really
care is communication.
• Some Ss can feel so nervous
that might forget
everything and their task
performance could fail.
• Make the learning process and the
environment as relaxed and pleasurable as
possible.
DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE
EXPECTATIONS

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Since HUMOR:
1. Provides motivation and enhance
mood and spirit
2. Decreases stress
3. Induces relaxation

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