 Re: Motivation
Hi
I definately know where you're coming form.. Teenagers.. ugh. Anyhow, in my experience there have been a couple of activities that have helped.
It takes a bit of time for students to open up and speak freely - as they need to get to know each other, and you.
Make it personal - as a rule people love speaking about themselves and they love speaking to each other - so setting up information exchanges could get them going.
Games - simple vocab games like - 2 teams, one person of each team with their backs to the whiteboard, teachers writes a word and the team members facing the w/b has to give a definition that the ss with their back to it has to guess.
Not using the book all the time has also helped.
Hope this helps a bit. |