"Top Tips for Young Learner Teachers": Teacher Training Slides

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Sussex Director of Studies Teacher Training

Top Tips for YoungLearner Teachers

Martin SketchleyLTC Eastbourne21 June 2016


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Todays Aims

! Classroom Management: classroom layout, studentmotivation and maintaining student interest

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Material to Use! Motivating Teenagers: Games & Activities

! Ten Ways to Introduce Lessons

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Online Resources for Teachers of Adolescent Learners! Any Questions


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Classroom Management


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Classroom Management: Layout

Discuss the following questions with the person next to you:1. How are students organised in your class? Do you allow them to sit

next to someone they choose?

2. Have you always used the default room arrangement (i.e. the

horseshoe)?3. Are you worried that changing the classroom layout could have

unexpected knock-on effects, such as how the teacher is listened to or

how you are perceived by students?

4. What classroom layouts have you attempted before?

5. Explain your thoughts with particular layouts being more conducivefor particular tasks.

6. When do you think it is the best time to organise your classroom

layout?


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Classroom Layout: Specific Activities

! Do you arrange your layout according to a particular task?

! What layouts can you think that are best suited for debates

or discussions, conversational tasks, planning projects,

meetings, role plays as well as mingling?! What dangers exist if the classroom layout remains

unchanged?

Id like to organise my room differently - to makesome familiar activities more exciting.


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Dangers of Unchanged Layouts

! If the classroom layout remains unchanged, there is adanger that this will cause:

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a feeling of sameness;! boredom;

! lack of commitment from students; and

! one activity blending to the next.

! This could potentially cause issues related to studentmotivation, behaviour and learning.


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Different Classroom Layouts

Match the pictures to the descriptions of classroom layouts

with a partner. You have 5 minutes.


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Keeping the Noise to a Minimum

Here are some ideas to help you when rearranging furniture inthe classroom to change the layout:

i. Learners agree to do all the rearrangement completely silently bypicking up furniture, rather than dragging or pulling.

ii. Get volunteers to take a role. For example, Juan, make sure all chairsare placed by the wall neatly or Alice, you need to monitor and make surethat everyone is quiet.

iii. Move all learners to the side of the classroom while you choose a fewto help move furniture.

iv. Stage all rearrangements bit by bit: 1.Pick up your chair, 2.Bring yourchair over here, 3. Go back to your table, 4.Push your table to the side of theroom,


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Pairing Students: Discussion

! Discuss the following with a partner:

1. How do you organise students into pairs or small groups in class?

2. Do you allow students to sit wherever they wish? Why or why

not?

3. What risks can you anticipate when pairing up students together?

4. Why do we move students around in the classroom?


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Five Ideas to Pair Students

There are various ideas for arranging students to be

grouped together such as: by alphabetical order, age, recenttest scores or gender. We will look at some more creative

ideas for putting students together in pairs or small groups.


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Reaching New Heights


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Binomial Pairs


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Vocabulary Pairing


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Sentence Halves


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Random Names


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Motivation in the Classroom

Discuss the following questions with a partner next to you.

You have five minutes.

1. How would you normally motivate learners to participate in class?

2. What different forms of motivation are you aware of?

3. How do you normally interest students in the lesson?

4. In what respect do you think feedback relates to motivation?

5. How would you ensure that you establish and maintain

appropriate behaviour in class?6. How do you normally deal with regular yet small disruptions in

class?


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Student Motivation

A less able student who is highly motivated can achieve

greater success than the more intelligent student who is not well

motivated. (Reece & Walker, 2002)

STUDENT

MOTIVATION

INTRINSIC EXTRINSIC


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Intrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic motivation looks at motivation which has noapparent reward. These could include:

! Interest: a natural interest in the subject being taught.! Need: the need for achievement, affiliation or dominance.

! Attitude: those who are keen to speak in English will achievemore than those that are less happy to communicate.

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Aspirations: students who pass a course to undertake achosen profession will encourage motivation.


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Extrinsic Motivation

Extrinsic motivation looks at motivation which isencouraged by external stimuli or activities. These could

include:

! Verbal praise: positive feedback is important for all learners.! Test results: respectable results encourage interest and

motivation.

! Curiosity: the natural interest or curiosity of a student couldenhance motivation and can be a powerful tool.

! Unexpected: Introducing a topic or activity in an unexpectedor unpredictable way can generate immediate interest withstudents.


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Extrinsic Motivation

! Use familiar material: students learning with newly

introduced and unfamiliar material causes difficulty. Use

familiar material to encourage interest and motivation.

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Interesting contexts: students learn better when acquiringlanguage in a familiar context but then applying it in an

unfamiliar situation, e.g. a day in the life of an astronaut.

! Games: learners of English respond positively to games

especially when it reinforces vocabulary and a language point.

! Role play: as with games, role plays encourage learners toexperiment with functional language in a controlled setting

thereby encouraging confidence and motivation.


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Games & Activities for Young Learners


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Games & Activities: Discussion

Discuss the following questions with your partner. Youhave five minutes.

1. How often do you play games in the classroom?

2. Do you think young learners should play more games than adult

learners? Why or why not?

3. Do you have any favourite games?

4. What was the last game that you used in your classroom?

5. Do you have particular games for particular parts of the lesson?6. What do you think are the benefits of games in class?


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Ten Games/Activities for Teenagers

We shall look at ten popular games/activities which could

be used for lessons and when best to use them in class.


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Noughts & Crosses


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Where were the 1988 Olympic

Games held?Seoul


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What country does the dish

Mousakka come from?Greece


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Who played the bass guitar for The

Beatles?Paul McCartney


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Make a grammatically correct sentence

with: I look forward / go on holidayIm looking forward to going on holiday.


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In the human body what is the

hallux?Big toe


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What nationality is the actor Sean

Connery?Scottish (British)


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Complete the following sentencewith the missing preposition:

Im afraid spiders.

of


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Who is this character

from The Simpsons?

Montgomery Burns


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What is the capital of New Zealand?

Wellington


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A to Z Race


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Team Apple Team Banana


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Call My Bluff


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Call My Bluff

1. I have lived in 6 countries.

2. I was on Wacaday when I was young.

3. I am 36 years old.England

CyprusGermany

FranceSouth Korea

Romania

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Pass The Paper


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Pass the paper. When the music stops

whoever has the paper must finish the

sentence.

SPEAK UP AND SPEAK CLEARLY!


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

France is

famous for.


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

Im a very

.

person.


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

My favorite

.

is ..


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

Ive never

been to


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

This morning I

..


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

I hope to

one day.


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

I wish I had


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Pass the Paper!


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FINISH IT OFF!

English is

Important because


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Pictionary


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Snowball WritingLETS TRY IT OUT!!!


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Sentence Hangman


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Pelmanism


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Chinese Whispers


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Twenty Questions


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Ten Ways to Start a Lesson


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1. Star Wars Scrolling

http://www.starwars.com/games-apps/star-wars-crawl-creator


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2. Tell a Story


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3. Musical Guess the Topic

Whats the link?


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4. Picture Association

Whats the topic?


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5. Me and My Partner: Questions

Topic: Hobbies & Interests


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6. Slow Reveal


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7. Guess the Word

A

P

L

N

E

TS


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8. Dingbats

E=MC2

Whats the topic today?

Smartphones!


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9. Find Someone Who

Topic: Fears


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10. Line by Line Reveal

Topic: Castles


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Materials for Adolescent Learners


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Materials for Adolescent Learners

Discuss the following questions with your partner. Youhave five minutes.

1. What method of teaching is more conducive with adolescent

learners?2. What favourite activities do you use when teaching young

learners?

3. How do you plan your day when teaching young learners?

4. What differences do you think exist between adolescent and adult

learners?

5. Which photocopiable resources do you know which are aimed for

adolescent learners?


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Photocopiable Resources

I would recommend the following photocopiable resourcesfor teachers of adolescent English learners:

ISBN: 9780521721554 ISBN: 9780521716338 ISBN: 9780521668050 ISBN: 9781900702282


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Suggested Curriculum

I would recommend a curriculum which follows an engagingdaily theme or topic such as: Movies Sports Television Technology Music Travel

Look at the Contents of any photocopiable book and you willsee a list of themes and topics.


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Resources for Adolescent Teachers


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Further Reading (Online)

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/

vickyloras.wordpress.com/tag/young-learners/

www.eltexperiences.com/2014/12/13/how-to-teach-english-to-young-learners/


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Final Tips for Teaching AdolescentLearners

Tip Number 1: Develop strong rapport straight away (learn names, let them

choose their own music while doing a reading or writing activity, speak to them

as a person and put them on the same level of you).

Tip Number 2: Plan lessons based on their interests. Talk to them about what

they enjoy: the things that they like to talk about, music they like, their hobbies,etc. Let them do things that they enjoy.

Tip Number 3: Be empathetic. Dont tell them off in front of their peers, instead

show your disapproval by drawing a sad face on the board or creating a quick

sign such as Great Spanish! and stare at them with little emotion and then

smile when they recognise your presence.

Tip Number 4: Be yourself as a person and do not act as a teacher. You are thereto work with your students and guide them.


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