The importance of rapport and its benefits

1. Rapport
Raúl García Campero
LEI
Octobre 2013

2. Content:
 What does rapport mean?
 Three essential components of rapport
 Strategies for establishment a quality
teacher-student relationship
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Support of ideas

3. What does Rapport mean?

4.  The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines
rapport as "relation characterized by
harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity.

5. 3 essential components of
rapport:
Mutual attentiveness
Positivity
Coordination

6. Strategies for establish a quality
teacher-student relationship
 - Teacher-student relationship should be
based on fairness and honesty.
 Learn to call your students by name.
 - Teachers should know the students and
understand their needs.

8. Advantages
 Can facilitate a successful and
productive communication.
 You can motivate your students.

9. Disadvantages
 As students you will feel like you can do
whatever you want.
 Can you misunderstand the relationship.

10. Affective filter hypothesis:
Sthephen Krashen (1982)