Motivating teeangers to learn a is not easy. IN this presentation I reflect a little on how to teach teenagers can be pleasurable and fun by using very simple activities and then I give some tips on to engage in their learning process.

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3. Brainstorm
Teenagers /
Adolescence
Are they different
from 15 years ago?

4. HOW and WHY are teenagers different?

5.  + technologically-oriented.
 quicker thinkers.
 + informed about general subjects.
 less concentrating
 + restless and energetic.
 often perceived as ´disrespectful´ by elders
or/and authorities.
 + capable of multi-tasking.
 bored quickly.
 eager for challenges.

6.  Usually, it is not easy to teach teens.
 Teachers are no longer the ones who
own the knowledge .
 They usually don’t want to be in class.
 They have strong opinion – they know
better
 They are lively, enthusiastic, energetic, fun.
 When they like the subject they can be
really cooperative and creative.

7. Saturated with
traditional
learning
models
Energetic: looks
forward to soccer
after English lessons
7 years in a language
institute in Brazil
Expects to get his
“Certificate” soon
“For this school, I am lazy”
Sociable and friendly

8. How to motivate students like him?

9. Using activities that engage them and
make them feel they are progressing

10. Regina Spektor: Fidelity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wigqKfLWjvM
1. Tell the students the title of the song
2. Show the SS the video without the sound
3. Ask SS to make up a story based on the video ( pairs or groups
of three)
4. SS share their stories with the class
5. Show the video with the sound - hand out the SS the lyrics
OBS: If you wish, give SS some previous words from the
song

11. Regina Spektor: US
1. Give SS a list of words of the song (it can be a word cloud )
2. Ask them to try to: Guess what the song is and try to build up
sentences from those words
3. Show the you tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fczPlmz-Vug While SS watch the video , they try to copy as
many sentences as they can – pair check
4. Show the you tube video with lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9fVYBG_4Ck and ask SS
to write an e-mail to a friend using most sentences of the
song

12.  A book written by
the SS
 The autograph night
 The 300 pages club
 Suggested themes:
best friends,
favourite films, trips,
football team, etc
 Book donation
 Book exchange
 Reading for a minute
 Buying/ Selling
books
 Competition: who
brings more books?
 Storytelling time

14.  Choose among many kinds of FREE
prompts (Animals, festivals,
celebrations, news, events, fantasy,
historical, personal, science and
technology). And, besides writing,
"Writing prompts" also works well if
used as a speaking activity.
Depending on the topic you're
teaching, students can simply
choose a prompt and talk about it
for a while”.

15.  It's very creative.
 Students can explore their creativity
and compose short songs to be
shared.
 Teens love it!
 It is an app for Android.
 Texts can become songs and students
can send each other via Bluetooth so
they can appreciate their songs!
 While they listen to the songs they
can transcript the lyrics - it can
become a listening activity!

16.  Create extraordinary videos
of SS photos
 An app for android and IOS
 An example on how I use it:
At the beginning of the
semester I asked my SS to
choose photos of their
holidays and make a video .
http://issuu.com/ro
seliserra/docs/mlea
rning_project

17.  Webtool + App for androind and IOS
 Objective: To create comic strips and avatars
Uses:
 Ts presentations ( vocabulary and/or grammar
topic
 Set HW posting na image on edmodo Edmodo
 SS can create comic strips on any topic
Example 1: Interview someone about how
education was like in the past and create a comic
strip (images) based on the answer
Example 2: A longer strip ( comic story)
representeing a scene of a book they’ve read
(The favourite scene , for instance)

19. Song
You tube
Worksheet
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations
/860069/A-music-video-%E2%80%93-
Level-Upper-Int

20.  Slide 1
 The Daylight Project Marrom 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17F​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
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 Slide 2
 The Daylight Project Marrom 5 Sep 2012 – the band announced on the
web they needed real people to share their stories to help them create a
video for a song. The idea was t show the world everyone is important
“As different as we all are, there are common themes that bring us
together, inspire an show everyone what is important today.” A music
video – Level Upper Int.
 Slide 3
 SS watch the video and fill in the three charts: What I love What I hate
What I want SS compare their answers As they listen to the song for the
second time they fill in the gaps with the PHRASAL VERBS, then check the
meaning with a friend using the context of the song. ( revision on
previous lesson TL ) SS then receive a worksheet “What about you”? SS
write about them SS share their ideas in small groups Follow up questions
Steps
 Slide 4
 Follow up questions: What touched you more in the video? What did you
like best/ least? Would you take part in a project like this? Why? Why
not? Would a project like this be possible in Brazil? What do you think
Brazilians of different social classes would say?

21.  Be flexible, firm, coherent, friendly, do
not be oversensitive (they are not against
you).
 Don’t issue empty threats.
 Avoid personal confrontation in front of
the others. Talk to the disruptive student
one-to-one after the class.
 Maintain calmness in the face of
aggression or rudeness.

22.  Encourage them to work as a group
(adolescents love having the feeling of
“group-belongness”)
 See that pedagogical content is not
dissociated from group dynamic.
 Connect language to their own lives.
 Value their opinions
 Encourage students to learn not only from
you but from their classmates and
external sources

23.  Encourage students to listen to each other
 Keep class in English (at least 90% of the
time).
 Talk about personal experiences
(successes, failures ).
 Get in touch with them ( Edmodo, Journal
diares, etc) .
 Try out different activities.

24.  Get into their world of interests and
emotions.
 Take them seriously.
 Encourage them to ask questions and link
answers to real life.
 Remember that shouting at your students
will make you weaker.
 Don’t take things personally; students may
have had bad experiences in the
past and you are the nearest target.

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