TOPIC 25

TOPIC 25

1. INTRODUCTION

   • MOTIVATION
     • IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE CRUCIAL ROLA IT PLAYS IN STUDENT LEARNING
     • IT CAN
       • DIRECT BEHAVIOUR TOWARD PARTICULAR GOALS
       • LEAD TO INCREASED EFFORT AND ENERGY
       • INCREASE INITIATION OF ACTIVITIES
     • KINDS
       • INTRINSIC
         • People are internally motivated to do something.
       • EXTRINSIC
         • Students want to do something because of external factors to him or her

2. THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING ANG LEARNING, STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH: BASIS AND APPLICATIONS.

   • STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH
     • MAIN PRINCIPLES
       • Errors seen as a constructive part of the learning process and not as an embarrassment
       • Helping the student to discover their own learning style
       • The teacher need to help students set and achievable goal.
     • CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
       • DIARIES
       • PORTFOLIO
       • PROJECTS
       • DISCUSSIONS
       • COMMUNICATIVE TASKS
     • TEACHERS MUST KNOW THE STUDENTS BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO HELP THEM APPROPIATLEY
   • STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH & PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
     • PBL as a teching stratgey arises from regognition that students retain minimal information obtained from traiditonal didatic teaching and have difficulty tranferring knowledge to new experiences
     • LEARNING
       • Provides and environment in which students learn within a real-world context through small groups
     • CHARACTERISTICS
       • LEARNING IS STUDENT-CENTERED
       • STUDENTS WORK IN SMALL GROUPS TO SOLVE MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
       • LEARNER ASSESSMENT IS ENHANCED BY SELF AND PEER ASSESSMENT
       • STUDENTS MUST HAVE RESPONSABILITY FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING
       • INFORMATION INTEGRATED FROM ALL THE CORE SUBJECTS
       • STUDENTS ARE ACTIVE LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING AND HAVE ADEQUATE TIME FOR SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING

3. IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIVATIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE

   • MOTIVATION
     • INTRINSIC
       • Is motivation from within the student. Any subject is interesting, challenging and rewarding and the student gets satisfaction from learning.
     • EXTRINSIC
       • Learns in order to receive a reward.
       • Put a minimal effort to get the maximum reward
     • INSTRUMENTAL
       • Pupils study in order to use the language
     • INTEGRATIVE
       • Pupils study because they want to know more about a foreign language culture and they want to be part of the foreign community.
     • CAPTURE PUPILS' ATTENTION AND CURIOSITY AND CHANNEL THEIR ENERGY TOWARDS LEARNING
   • ATTITUDES
     • IT IS NECESSARY TO AWAKE IN OUR PUPILS POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LANGUAGE STUDY.
     • APPRECIATION FOR CORRECTION
     • CONCIOUSNESS OF THE LEARNING PROCESS
     • CREATIVE USAGE OF ACQUIRED MESSAGES
     • CURIOSITY FOR DIFFERENT ASPECTS
     • INITIATIVE FOR
       • PARTICIPATING IN THE LESSONS
       • SHARING AND HELPING CLASSMATES
     • INTEREST IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS
     • RESPECT
     • LIKING
     • RESPONSABILITY

4. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

   • USAGE OF ICT IN THE ESL CLASSROOM
     • SYMBALOO AS A RESOURCE
     • JCLIC
       • PUZZLES
       • WORDSEARCH
     • KAHOOTS
     • PLICKERS
   • APPLICATION OF FLASHCARDS
     • ADVANTAGES
       • INITIAL MOTIVATION
       • VOCABULARY LEARNT EASILY
       • TO EXPLAIN GRAMMAR
       • PREPOSITIONS
       • TO CONTEXTUALISED PRONUNCIATION
       • TO CREATE ROLE-PLAYS
     • GAMES
       • BINGO
       • DOMINOES
       • MEMORY
       • WHAT IS MISSING?
       • PICTURE RECOGNITION

5. CONCLUSION

   • UNDERLINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
     • PBL
     • STUDENT-CENTERED