“ 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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