“ I believe that giving your students the opportunity to experience success in their learning process is a boost to their motivation . “
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In January you posted an interesting article about “ Keeping our students motivated ”. You ’ ve been a teacher for a long time , Cristina , do you find it more difficult to motivate students , especially teenagers ?
Not really . But , something that I know for sure is that enthusiasm is contagious . If you like what you do , your students will catch your enthusiasm and they will probably catch the bug . I ’ m afraid it also works the other way round .
“ I believe that giving your students the opportunity to experience success in their learning process is a boost to their motivation . “
I completely agree with you , Cristina . I know that you also teach adults . During my teaching career I have learnt that adults are really conscious about making mistakes . How do you help them overcome this ?
Yes . It ’ s true . I think the key is to create a friendly atmosphere where students are able to talk freely and without the teacher interrupting them every single time they make a mistake . Let them see that they can make mistakes and it is not going to be the end of the world but part of their learning process . It ’ s true that you need to correct some mistakes , but certainly not all of them and never interrupting them while they are speaking . When they finish , thank them for their contribution and then tactfully point out two or three mistakes that need to be corrected . This is something they will appreciate .
“ Create a friendly atmosphere where students are able to talk freely .“
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Thank you , Cristina !
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