Download - [RELO] Creating A Caring Classroom
Creating a Caring Classroom that Fosters
Students’ English Language Production
Lourdes TalaveraDebra A. Burgess
Centro Cultural Peruano NorteamericanoArequipa, Peru
What are the teaching and learning challenges in your classroom for
developing students´oral language production?
Some Challenges
HoursClassroom Size
Lack of resourcesInterruptions in classesNumbers of Students
Unmotivated Students
How to Recognize the Moods of an Irish Setter
What Does a Motivated Language Student Look Like?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw
Forms of Motivation
• Extrinsic
Driven by factors outside of the learner.
For exampleGood grades, please the
teacher
• Intrinsic
Free from the influence of external influence like punishment or rewards.
Student reads or studies because it interesting or enjoyable
Motivating StudentsHow to be…..
• Competent
• Confident
• Communicative
What They Are Telling UsThe culture of their schools is impersonal,
giving few opportunities to work constructively with peers and connect to teachers
Instruction is passive and boring rather than active and related to real
life issues
The system is undemocratic and at times seemingly unfair
Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities
©2009 CenterSource Systems, LLC – Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities8
Inclusion – A Sense of Belonging
Presenting yourself
Stating your needs and expectations
Being acknowledged
Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities
©2009 CenterSource Systems, LLC – Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities9
Why a student-centered classroom important?
Lessons more
memorable
Students held
accountable for their learning
Caters to different learning
styles
Enables more
informal assessmen
t
Lessons more
interesting
“All Genuine Learning…
is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just memory. It is the process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent.”- Mortimer Adler
Student-Centeredvs. Teacher-Fronted
• Teacher-fronted classrooms:– Teacher is the “Sage on the Stage”
• Student-Centered classrooms:– Teacher is the “Guide on the Side”
Use interesting material
• If you are bored, the students will be too
• Use material relevant to the students’ lives– Ex) Facebook posts, Twitter feeds, articles
about their country/city
• Don´t use the textbook exclusively
• Ridiculous websites?
Generation Y
• Gen Yers …– are Digital Natives– want to work smarter, not harder– are kinesthetic and visual– are feedback dependent– love entertainment and games– customize tasks– seek a purpose and passion
(Reilly, Peter. "Understanding and teaching Generation Y." English Teaching Forum. 1 (2012): n. page. Web. 15 May. 2013.)
Give students resources to practice outside of class
Share info they discover with the class
Community Member Talk
• Invite a friend or colleague to the class in person or via skype to discuss a topic that is important to the class (the environment, public health, education, crime, etc.).
• Broadcast a Ted Talk. • Use the talk as a springboard for discussion
and research in your classroom.http://www.ted.com/
(Reilly, 2012)
Action-Packed Video Clip
• Show an action-packed video clip.• Have students write and then share sentences
about them with partners and then as a class.
• Example: Mr. Bean • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U24g88G
NgMI
(Reilly, 2012)
Interactive Listening/Chatting Options
• www.englishclub.com/esl-chat• www.eslcafe.com• Skype• Google Hangout• Facebook Chat or Video Chat• Global Schoolhouse
(Chinnery, George M. . "Speaking and Listening Online: A Survey of Internet Resources." English Teaching Forum. 43.3 (2005): n. page. Web. 15 May. 2013.)
Ready-to-Go Create-Your-Own• www.esl-lab.com• www.literacynet.org/cnnsf• www.americanenglish.state.gov• http://www.voanews.com/
• http://www.npr.org/• http://edition.cnn.com/• http://tv.msnbc.com/• http://video.nationalgeogra
phic.com/video/kids/• http://www.timeforkids.co
m/photos-video
Websites for Activities
Personalize content
• Use students’ names/life experiences in example sentences
– Sally took a bus to the conference.
vs.
– Diego took a Diablo Rojo to the TESOL Congress.
Use student-generated materials
• If you want to have students describe a picture, use a picture of your students
vs.
Involve the students in grammar explanations
• The Question Hand:
• Great for teachingquestion structure
• Have the students trace their own hand
(Question Hand courtesy of Aaron Corbin)
References
• Krashen, Stephen. Should We Teach Strategies. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 2013,Vol 10, No. 1, pp. 35-39
• Frank, Laurie S. Journey Toward the Caring Classroom, Wood N Barnes Publishing and Distribution, 2004.
• Gibbs, Jeanne. Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being Together, Center Source, 2001.