Engelska (åk 6-9)
Dictionaries. English year 6. ESL Sites. Grammar. Holidays. Learning words. Listening & Watching. Themes. Reading & Speaking. Sites. Start & End. Tests. Tools. What's Up - Extra material. V i k. Writing. Språklänkportalen - Startsidan. 3 techniques for increasing teenage student motivation in the language classroom. ‘Teenage dreams, so hard to beat.’ If any sentence were to sum up what it means to be a teenager, it would probably be this line from the classic song ‘Teenage Kicks’ by The Undertones. This is an age at which everything changes. If we were to put all those learners that we teach on a continuum, we would have young learners at one end and adults at the other.
While we would all agree that teenagers lie somewhere in the middle of such a scale, it would nonetheless be difficult to place them exactly, regardless of the criterion. While young learners are so full of zest that most activities are met with bundles of enthusiasm, adult learners are much more focused on meeting their language goals, while also bringing a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience to the language classroom.
Teenagers are clearly different, and this is never clearer than when it comes to trying to motivate them. 1. Perhaps the simplest rule of thumb when teaching teens is the need to consider their interests. 2. Engelsklänkar.