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Creating Positive Learning Environments for a New School Year | Getting Smart
I am a firm believer that respect and disrespect can both be felt. No. Scratch that. I don’t believe. I know. This truth is especially evident in today’s classrooms. So, before I and other educators (blessed with such important jobs) embark on another amazing school year, let’s review R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and seven verbs of a successful classroom. For starters, here is how respect looks…and feels. Remember In my humble opinion, some educators have forgotten how difficult life can be as a kid or a teenager. Growing up was certainly challenging for me, and I didn’t even have a powerful gadget in my hand 24/7 that connected me to the world and all my “friends” via social media. And who knows what goes on when some students return home? Yep, it is safe to say that we must remember our own successes and struggles as students, so we will never underestimate, overlook or waste our students’ potential. Sometimes a student like the one below is simply covered up by the same baggage we once discarded.
Teaching English to Young Learners
Details Hits: 8,575 TEYL or Teaching English to Young Learners refers to a more specialized area of teaching English which deals with younger students. Aside from the usual considerations which you should give to any TEFL class, there are certain extra considerations to take into account. Note, young learners here are assumed to be about 3 - 12 years old. First Lessons with Young Learners In the first few classes with a YL group, it's often good to just sit and play with the children and not to "teach" them. Also, and this is important, it's good to speak English only. Finally, speak naturally to the children. What to Teach Young Learners A first general rule is to forget teaching grammar to young learners but instead concentrate on simple, useful phrases and conversations. By this we mean don't get them to learn and practice the present continuous, instead get them to talk about what they are doing and what their friends are doing. Tips and Tricks for Teaching English to Young Learners
27 Ideas For Students That Finish Their Work Early -
27 Ideas For Students That Finish Their Work Early by TeachThought Staff How to respond when students finish their work early is a classic teacher challenge. Most of it boils down to lesson design–creating learning opportunities where students are naturally funneled toward extending, improving, and sharing their work so that ‘stopping points’ are more of a matter of scheduling than learning itself. The following infographic via Mia MacMeekin provides some ideas for how to handle early finishers in the classroom. 1. TeachThought addendum: Given the right access to the right materials (a book, app, collaboration, audience, etc.), this could be a default/bare minimum ‘what to do if you finish early’ strategy 2. 3. 4. TeachThought addendum: Self-assessment is never a bad concept, provided students understand how to do so. See also 20 Simple Assessment Strategies You Can Use Every Day 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. TeachThought addendum: Many different maker projects would work here.
Age-Related Variations Between Young and Adult Learners: A Theoretical Review of Different Perspectives | Amer Adway
Student: 110014 Second Language Learning and Teaching Module code: EDU5134 A: The biological factor: Is language acquisition biologically determined? plasticity and argues that after puberty “children need more conscious and laborious efforts to acquire language and that their foreign accents can’t easily be overcome (1967.p.176) Lennenberg’s views have been criticized by other linguists and psychologists. who has built some of his views on Lennenberg’s, has reanalyzed data Lennenberg used andreviewed his hypothesis.
27 Ways To Respond When Students Don't Pay Attention
27 Ways To Respond When Students Don’t Pay Attention Our initial reaction when seeing the following infographic from Mia MacMeekin was to think about instructional design rather than classroom management. That is, work backwards from a student-centered, inquiry-based, self-directed, and inherently personalized learning model where students, while plugged in to relevant digital and physical communities and working closely with mentors and peers, solved important and authentic problems through a mix of design, creativity, and macro critical thinking. Then we awoke from our naps, wiped the drool from our lips, and realized that for many teachers, the reality they face each day is very traditional: 1. Establish a learning target 2. 3. 4. So with that context in mind–and parallel to the related graphic 27 ways to check for understanding–is the following image: 27 Ways To Respond When Students Don’t Pay Attention. Check out Mia’s site and let her know what you think.
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Positive Words Go a Long Way
When I started teaching, I didn’t truly understand the power of words and their ability to influence the lives of students. I quickly learned that the effectiveness of my lessons and the classroom culture are heavily influenced by the language I use and how I use it. One of the hardest things I had to do was learn how to change my “teacher” language so that I could encourage and empower students on a daily basis. Positive language is a driving force in creating a classroom community that learns together, grows together, and supports one another. 1. When our teacher language uses words and tones that display faith in student intentions, we show students that we believe in them. For instance, you can say to a student who consistently runs in the halls, “I know you remember the rules about hallway transitions, and I appreciate you trying to be safe.” Students learn best from discussing mistakes and having multiple opportunities to productively struggle. 2. 3. 4. 5.
