Motivation and Students

                                                            The fact that some teachers mentioned  about the issue that we should devote some
        attention to the problem of the motivations it really important and its a good tools to keep the students interested in  the
        learning. We should really understand that motivations is a very important factor in learning anything you want specially
        a foreing language and I am quite sure that this motivation depends  not only the  students  but also on  the  teacher and
        everything which is envolveded with the learning process. I  think that the  teacher  is  the most and the first  responsible
        for this motivation. Nobody likes boring classes .

        Tools for Motivation

       Games - When you plan your classes use a game or more the one in order to break the routine or even to dynamise
         your classes. 'cause students like to move, to play and to enjoy the place they are, but first  plan  how  and  what  use
         with them..

        TTT x STT - Don't talk to much in the classroom, remember that  you are teaching English and your students are the
         main gol and the have to speak not you.

        Discussions - Plan discussion to the students the love the idea of express their opinion and is going to develpt their
         speech and will reduce their fears of speaking in front of their classmates.

        Musics and Songs - Brings songs will motivate a lot your students they really like to learn with songs or let them
         bring the songs they like.

        Use videos, cartoons, films -  One tool that I think is very important for the learning process is the use of video in
         classroom, but you should plan it or something you can do it just to  have fun, but never use videos to  skip  classes
         the students will complain about it.
 
         Consciesntious teachers vary their materials and try to find new pedagogical techniques to improve their classes you
         know  that is  a illusion think to improve the quality of your  classes  just  by  changing   your  textbook  you  should
         remember that the content remains the same. It is very  important  to know  how  to  increase  yours  students' trust,
         friendliness,  confidence,  comparation,  comunication  an involvement.You should construct comperative situations,
         and find ways to ge them to work together in small or large group.

          A LESSON PLAN (Suggestion)
                 1 - At the begin of each class ask the students to discuss with their neigbours what they learned
                       in the last lesson or divide them in group to spend the last five minutes to review what    has
                       been taught.
                 2 - After reading the texrt divide the class into group of  four or five give one student in each
                       group a list of guide questions to comprehension.
                 3 - Simulation exercise, written and prepared by the teacher
                 4 - Talk about picture brought by the teacher
                 5 - Quiz: the teacher versus the students
                 6 - Listening exercise
                 7 - Vocabulary drill, each student must change a noun or and adjective in a simple sentence
                       I bought a blue dress.
                       I bought a ...........
                 8 - Associative -  the teacher gives  a list of words cousin , friend , film star, etc., In group the
                      student talk about one of these topics.
                 9 - Everyone prepares and tells a joke

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