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shostahoosier
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 Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: In lesson planning...what does "motivation" mean |
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My co-teacher and I are working on lesson planning but I dont understand the specific idea behind motivation.
Is there another word that is used instead that I'm just not understanding? |
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Xuanzang
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Something to peak their interest. Song or video clip related or just barely related to the topic. |
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Vimfuego
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| in lesson planning it would mean a methodology/activity that encourages the student to want to learn. For YLs it could be as simple as having a reward system, or even giving team names. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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It's means pussyfooting around student inability/ indifference to shutting their pieholes and paying attention.
So....instead of telling them to shut their piehole and pay attention you relate the stuff to their lives (what lives? computer games?) and have some manner of carrot (reward system, let students choose material, etc) until they can be self-motivated |
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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I think the proper term in this case should be "engagement".
Something that will evoke prior knowledge and general interest in the theme/topic/language to be in subsequent stages - Practiced (controlled activity) and Activated ( open activity on the content ).
DD
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Fishead soup
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Candies stickers games |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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"Engagement" would be the word for it. Find what they're interested in and plan something along those lines.
eg kids like comics, right? Blank out the dialogue from a few pages and have them make dialogues in English. Let them make posters along those lines and have it displayed in the classroom if possible with the students presenting what they've done. That could kill a month, easy (especially post test-season) and you've got a nice mix of producing and presenting , with the motivating factor of having their stuff up for all to see. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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THANKS!
Engagement makes sense. Ive used this in the lesson plans that I have to make up myself. I dont usually work with this teacher a lot so I get confused about the terms that she uses sometimes.
Thanks everyone! |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Motivation = Wear your monkey suit |
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Fishead soup
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Motivation = Wear your monkey suit |
Clown suit, pig nose, Mickey mouse ears, a big bag of candy. Powerpoint Jeopardy game, Fancy disposable score card with team names and stickers.
Step one jump around asking really easy questions
Is he a boy?
Is she a girl?
When the students answer questions throw candy.
Give each team a chance to choose a team name. This can kill at least 10 minutes as they can't agree and will argue in L1 about a good name.
Play the game |
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cruisemonkey
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't write lesson plans - no motivation. |
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tigershark
Joined: 13 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: Oh Yeah! |
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Tell her you want an engagement. That will set her straight.
My co-teacher told me at the beginning that I should give her all my lesson plans ASAP. So far she has received zero. |
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anynag
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| If students are genuinely motivated, there is no need for a lesson plan. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| eg kids like comics, right? Blank out the dialogue from a few pages and have them make dialogues in English. Let them make posters along those lines and have it displayed in the classroom if possible with the students presenting what they've done. That could kill a month, easy (especially post test-season) and you've got a nice mix of producing and presenting , with the motivating factor of having their stuff up for all to see. |
kids like comics sure but they hate writing. This activity could work but you'd have to set it up very carefully to avoid the kids writing single words such as 'hello' in every speech bubble or the usual cliched phrases such as 'i kill you' 'you are crazy' etc...Getting kids to produce meaningful sentences in written form freely is probably the most difficult task you could try to get them to do so they would need a lot of help first. They'd have to know the story of the comic pretty well through listening or reading exercises. You could get them to act it out then pre-teach a lot of vocabulary, teach them how to spell them all to avoid them asking you continuously how to spell things during the writing stage. You might also want to teach them a few structures and fixed phrases they could use in the dialogue. The written stage should be the culmination of a lot of other activities and the students would have to be very well prepared |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
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| eg kids like comics, right? Blank out the dialogue from a few pages and have them make dialogues in English. Let them make posters along those lines and have it displayed in the classroom if possible with the students presenting what they've done. That could kill a month, easy (especially post test-season) and you've got a nice mix of producing and presenting , with the motivating factor of having their stuff up for all to see. |
kids like comics sure but they hate writing. This activity could work but you'd have to set it up very carefully to avoid the kids writing single words such as 'hello' in every speech bubble or the usual cliched phrases such as 'i kill you' 'you are crazy' etc...Getting kids to produce meaningful sentences in written form freely is probably the most difficult task you could try to get them to do so they would need a lot of help first. They'd have to know the story of the comic pretty well through listening or reading exercises. You could get them to act it out then pre-teach a lot of vocabulary, teach them how to spell them all to avoid them asking you continuously how to spell things during the writing stage. You might also want to teach them a few structures and fixed phrases they could use in the dialogue. The written stage should be the culmination of a lot of other activities and the students would have to be very well prepared |
Yep. |
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