Learner autonomy in the context of 21st century pedagogy needs to be redefined. Today’s learners are tech savvy and knowledge is at their fingertips. Teaching and learning profile has changed dramatically. This paradigm shift has narrowed its focus on learners and learning rather than on teachers and teaching; but it doesn’t reduce the role of teachers. On the contrary, teachers and teaching have tactfully withdrawn to peripheral roles letting the floor for learners to flourish.
Language teaching approaches are dynamic and constantly evolving. Over the 20th century, the field of English language teaching (ELT) experienced many paradigm shifts with new methods emerging every decade. Recent trends in ELT include a movement towards more learner-centered and cooperative approaches, incorporating theories like multiple intelligences, as well as a focus on developing learner independence through strategy training. ELT practitioners now emphasize sharing experiences through networking, engaging in reflective practice, and adapting instruction to local contexts over rigidly following prescribed methods.
The use of multimedia in english language teachingเจ็บไม่จำ ไม่จำ
Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different media types, such as text, audio, images, video and interactive content. It can be accessed through electronic devices and is distinguished from mixed media in art by including audio. The document then discusses how multimedia can be used in the classroom and provides several paragraphs summarizing the current status and perceived issues with multimedia teaching methods in college English courses, such as teachers focusing too much on presentation design over cognitive principles. It concludes by providing suggestions that teachers should change their ideas about multimedia and focus on optimization of teaching rather than just using new media technologies.
Communicative language teaching must be intercultural. Cross-cultural
communication is not new: as long as people from different cultures have been
encountering one another there has been cross-cultural communication. Nowadays,
however, the growing globalisation of the world’s economic markets, increased
travel opportunities and better communication facilities have created a situation
in which people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds need to
communicate with each other more often than ever. Although communication
across cultures has become very important in our age, only a few English teachers are aware of the fact that their task is not only to teach English, but they also have to increase their students’ cross-curricular awareness. The teachers of English as a
foreign language have to teach language with a strong wish of education
changing their students’ attitude towards different cultures and different nations.
The document discusses two language teaching methods: the Grammar-Translation Method and the Direct Method. The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on reading and writing skills and uses translation between the native and target languages. In contrast, the Direct Method emphasizes speaking and avoids translation, using real-world objects and gestures to teach vocabulary and grammar inductively. It also views language as primarily spoken and aims for students to communicate in the target language.
Chapter 10 toward a theory of second language acquisitionNoni Ib
A Summary of Chapter 10- Toward a Theory of Second Language Acquisition from the book: Principles of Language Learning and Teaching by H. Douglas Brown.
Classroom interaction refers to the social and academic relationship between teachers and students. It examines how teachers can support student achievement and development through their interactions in the classroom. Effective classroom interaction falls into three categories: emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support. Teachers provide emotional support by creating a positive environment and being responsive to students' needs. They organize the classroom to help students regulate their behavior and stay engaged. Finally, teachers give instructional support by promoting thinking skills, providing feedback, and encouraging language use among students. The goal of classroom interaction is to help students communicate effectively and assist them with learning.
Language acquisition and language learningRukhsanaM
Language acquisition occurs subconsciously as children learn their first language through meaningful interaction, without conscious knowledge of rules. Language learning is the result of direct instruction where students have conscious knowledge of the language and can discuss rules, but may not be able to communicate effectively. Both require exposure to the target language, but acquisition is communicative while learning is non-communicative and can lead to memorizing rules without speaking ability.
This document discusses classroom interactions and their importance in language learning. It defines classroom interaction as a practice that improves the relationship between teachers and students and helps students develop critical thinking and share their views. The objectives of classroom interaction are to identify student learning methods, develop student communication and expression of ideas, and improve learning skills. It also aims to provide teachers insight into student interaction frequency and needs. Some techniques discussed include collaborative learning, discussions, debates, role-playing and conversation. The roles and responsibilities of both teachers and students are outlined.
Language teaching approaches are dynamic and constantly evolving. Over the 20th century, the field of English language teaching (ELT) experienced many paradigm shifts with new methods emerging every decade. Recent trends in ELT include a movement towards more learner-centered and cooperative approaches, incorporating theories like multiple intelligences, as well as a focus on developing learner independence through strategy training. ELT practitioners now emphasize sharing experiences through networking, engaging in reflective practice, and adapting instruction to local contexts over rigidly following prescribed methods.
The use of multimedia in english language teachingเจ็บไม่จำ ไม่จำ
Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different media types, such as text, audio, images, video and interactive content. It can be accessed through electronic devices and is distinguished from mixed media in art by including audio. The document then discusses how multimedia can be used in the classroom and provides several paragraphs summarizing the current status and perceived issues with multimedia teaching methods in college English courses, such as teachers focusing too much on presentation design over cognitive principles. It concludes by providing suggestions that teachers should change their ideas about multimedia and focus on optimization of teaching rather than just using new media technologies.
Communicative language teaching must be intercultural. Cross-cultural
communication is not new: as long as people from different cultures have been
encountering one another there has been cross-cultural communication. Nowadays,
however, the growing globalisation of the world’s economic markets, increased
travel opportunities and better communication facilities have created a situation
in which people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds need to
communicate with each other more often than ever. Although communication
across cultures has become very important in our age, only a few English teachers are aware of the fact that their task is not only to teach English, but they also have to increase their students’ cross-curricular awareness. The teachers of English as a
foreign language have to teach language with a strong wish of education
changing their students’ attitude towards different cultures and different nations.
The document discusses two language teaching methods: the Grammar-Translation Method and the Direct Method. The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on reading and writing skills and uses translation between the native and target languages. In contrast, the Direct Method emphasizes speaking and avoids translation, using real-world objects and gestures to teach vocabulary and grammar inductively. It also views language as primarily spoken and aims for students to communicate in the target language.
Chapter 10 toward a theory of second language acquisitionNoni Ib
A Summary of Chapter 10- Toward a Theory of Second Language Acquisition from the book: Principles of Language Learning and Teaching by H. Douglas Brown.
Classroom interaction refers to the social and academic relationship between teachers and students. It examines how teachers can support student achievement and development through their interactions in the classroom. Effective classroom interaction falls into three categories: emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support. Teachers provide emotional support by creating a positive environment and being responsive to students' needs. They organize the classroom to help students regulate their behavior and stay engaged. Finally, teachers give instructional support by promoting thinking skills, providing feedback, and encouraging language use among students. The goal of classroom interaction is to help students communicate effectively and assist them with learning.
Language acquisition and language learningRukhsanaM
Language acquisition occurs subconsciously as children learn their first language through meaningful interaction, without conscious knowledge of rules. Language learning is the result of direct instruction where students have conscious knowledge of the language and can discuss rules, but may not be able to communicate effectively. Both require exposure to the target language, but acquisition is communicative while learning is non-communicative and can lead to memorizing rules without speaking ability.
This document discusses classroom interactions and their importance in language learning. It defines classroom interaction as a practice that improves the relationship between teachers and students and helps students develop critical thinking and share their views. The objectives of classroom interaction are to identify student learning methods, develop student communication and expression of ideas, and improve learning skills. It also aims to provide teachers insight into student interaction frequency and needs. Some techniques discussed include collaborative learning, discussions, debates, role-playing and conversation. The roles and responsibilities of both teachers and students are outlined.
Here in This Presentation i m presented Types of Classroom Interaction ,Objectives,
Characteristics of Classroom Interaction,
Structuring of Classroom Interaction etc .
Observing learning and teaching in the second language classroomAlobaidi77
- The document summarizes research on observing learning and teaching in second language classrooms. It describes key differences between natural and instructional language acquisition settings. It also outlines several studies that developed observation schemes to analyze teaching practices, corrective feedback, teacher questioning behaviors, and the social and political contexts impacting second language learning.
This document discusses theories of first and second language acquisition. It begins by distinguishing between acquisition, which is subconscious, and learning, which is conscious knowledge of rules. It then covers three theories of first language acquisition: behaviorism, nativism, and functionalism. Issues in first language acquisition discussed include competence vs performance, comprehension vs production, nature vs nurture, universals, and the role of input, imitation, practice, and discourse. The document concludes by outlining Krashen's five hypotheses of second language acquisition, including the acquisition-learning distinction and the role of comprehensible input.
This document summarizes several key factors that affect second language acquisition. It discusses individual factors like age, personality, motivation, experiences, cognition, and native language. External factors discussed include curriculum, instruction, culture and status, motivation, and access to native speakers. Affective factors that can influence language learning are self-esteem, inhibition, risk-taking, anxiety, and empathy. Younger children tend to acquire a second language more easily than older learners due to biological factors, but older children and adults learn more rapidly initially. Personality, motivation, experiences, and cognitive abilities also impact success in acquiring a new language.
1. The document discusses the definitions and key differences between a curriculum and a syllabus. A curriculum is broader than a syllabus and includes goals, topics, teaching methods, and evaluation, while a syllabus only lists the content to be covered.
2. The document outlines several curriculum ideologies including academic rationalism, social and economic efficiency, learner-centeredness, social reconstructionism, and cultural pluralism. These ideologies influence the role and purpose of language in the curriculum.
3. The development of a curriculum involves determining needs, objectives, content, organization, learning experiences, and evaluation according to models by Taba and Garcia. A curriculum can be viewed as the transmission of knowledge, the achievement of goals
This document discusses language and social class. It examines accents, dialects, and how factors like education, income, occupation and wealth determine social class. It describes William Labov's study of pronunciation of /r/ in department stores of different social classes. Labov found higher rates of /r/ pronunciation among upper-class customers and salespeople compared to middle and lower classes. The document concludes that language variation often reflects a speaker's social class, with lower classes using non-standard dialects and upper classes using standard dialects.
The document discusses various audio-visual aids that can be used to enhance teaching and learning. It describes non-projected aids like charts, diagrams, and models as well as projected aids like slides, filmstrips, overhead projectors and LCD panels. Projected aids have advantages like allowing magnification, bringing distant concepts into the classroom, and enabling ideas to be presented to a large audience simultaneously. Effective use of instructional technology and multimedia tools like PowerPoint can improve learning outcomes by making lessons more engaging and content more accessible to students.
The document discusses three key views of the nature of language: structural, communicative, and interactional. It also covers definitions of learning, theories of language learning including process-oriented and condition-oriented theories, and differences between approaches, methods, and techniques in language teaching. The structural view sees language as a system of related elements, while the communicative view sees it as a vehicle for expression of meaning. The interactional view regards language as a tool for social interaction.
The characteristics of multicultural educationHanif Zakaria
Multicultural education has several key characteristics and dimensions:
First, it recognizes diversity in national, international, and sub-cultural groups. It aims to understand and appreciate different cultures.
Second, it has four interrelated dimensions - integrating diverse cultures into curriculum, understanding knowledge from different cultural perspectives, using equitable teaching methods, and reducing prejudice.
Third, when implemented well through a strategic school culture, multicultural education respects diversity and human dignity while addressing social issues in the community.
This document defines key concepts in sociocultural theory and its application to second language acquisition (SLA). It discusses culture, community, identity, and how learning occurs through participation in communities of practice. Sociocultural theory views SLA as a social process influenced by cultural and historical contexts. Implications include better understanding power dynamics and reconceptualizing good language learners as agents who invest in language. Limitations include little research in foreign language contexts versus immigrant contexts.
The communicative language teaching approach focuses on having students use language for meaningful purposes through real-world situations. It developed out of dissatisfaction with audiolingual and grammar-translation methods that did not teach practical language use. Under this approach, teachers create situations requiring communication, rather than repetitive drills, and act as facilitators rather than leaders. Lessons center on topics and functions useful for real life, using dialogs, tasks, songs and games to encourage natural language practice and development of communicative competence.
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) uses computer technology to aid in language teaching and learning. It provides interactive instruction that allows learners to progress at their own pace. CALL has evolved from behaviorist approaches focused on drills to more communicative and integrative approaches. Modern CALL incorporates multimedia, authentic tasks, and opportunities for online communication and discourse. Computer Assisted Language Testing (CALT) uses computers to deliver language assessments in a more consistent, authentic, and individualized manner while reducing administrative burdens.
Connectivism is a learning theory developed for the digital age that emphasizes learning as a process of forming connections between ideas and information sources. The theory proposes that knowledge is distributed across networks and that learning occurs through making connections between nodes of information. According to connectivism, the ability to see connections between fields and ideas is a core skill, and learning involves decision-making as a process. In the classroom, connectivism promotes collaborative and discussion-based learning that allows students to make choices and draw on diverse perspectives to solve problems and make sense of information.
This document discusses the concept of curriculum change and the factors that drive it. It provides information on:
- The constant nature of change and how it leads to improvement through technological advancement and increasing knowledge.
- Key drivers of curriculum change including community needs, technology, political influences, and complexity from various stakeholder demands.
- Features of successful change including it being an ongoing process that requires support from individuals.
- Types of curriculum changes and strategies for implementing changes.
- The need to develop curriculum change through cooperative goal-setting and problem-solving approaches while maintaining open communication.
Internal and external factors influence how quickly and easily someone learns a new language. Internal factors include cognitive ability, personality, age, motivation, and experience. External factors are outside the learner's control and include aspects of instruction, curriculum, culture and status, access to native speakers, and motivation from teachers/parents. Both internal and external factors interact complexly to determine the speed of new language acquisition for each learner.
Trends in english language teaching todayJason Chuah
Trends in English Language Teaching Today discusses 10 key trends in English language teaching according to the author:
1. Increased networking opportunities through online communication allow teachers greater access to knowledge from others.
2. Growing interest in learner-centered approaches that consider individual learner needs, styles and abilities.
3. Emphasis on reflective teaching practices where teachers systematically evaluate and improve their own methods.
4. Use of teaching portfolios where teachers document their best practices through materials, feedback and reflections.
An underlying trend is a shift away from standardized, controlled teaching towards more complex, uncertain and emergent approaches that value diverse perspectives and relationships between teachers and learners.
Groups working in genre theory have different areas of focus, such as the social contexts genres are produced in, linguistic features of genres, or both. Genre theory views genres as social practices that have evolved for achieving communicative goals. There is debate around how genres and text types are defined. A key aspect of genre theory is that it focuses on meaning-making at the whole text level rather than individual language elements. Genre theory also emphasizes that language use is goal-oriented and genres generally move through stages to accomplish a purpose. In the classroom, genre theory risks oversimplifying genres when turned into prescriptive models.
CBI is an effective method for combining language and content learning, particularly in EFL contexts. It involves using content or information as the organizing principle for instruction rather than focusing on language. Students learn a second language more successfully when using it to acquire meaningful information rather than focusing on language itself. CBI builds on students' prior knowledge and experiences and aims to develop their language skills through engaging with interesting and useful content.
Sandra McKay's 1985 classification of techniques for teaching grammar includes:
1. Charts and graphs for teaching patterns and grammatical relationships like verb systems.
2. Objects for teaching possession and conversation skills.
3. Maps and drawings which are practical for the classroom and can illustrate grammatical structures while stimulating language use.
4. Dialogues, an old technique for introducing and practicing grammatical points.
For those ELT teachers who are carrying out reading classes at the level of primary school or teaching ELLs, I highly recommend you to peruse and take a look at this approach because it focuses on the teaching of language arts, which is the teaching reading and writing.
The document discusses factors that influence language learning, including motivation, learning strategies, physical conditions, and the role of the teacher. It notes that motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic, and that teachers play an important role in motivating students. Common language teaching methods like grammar-translation and audio-lingual are mentioned. The document advocates for including drama activities in lessons, as this allows students to learn English naturally and enjoyably by participating actively in a creative context. Drama increases students' self-esteem and helps them acquire language through activities like choral reading.
- The document discusses the background and context of a study examining the relationship between teaching styles of teachers and the learning motivation of underachieving secondary school students.
- It provides definitions of key terms like teaching style, motivation, and underachieving students. Teaching style refers to a teacher's methods and approaches for instruction. Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. Underachieving students are those performing below their abilities.
- The study aims to investigate teaching styles, student motivation levels, the relationship between the two, and ways to improve student motivation. It seeks to contribute knowledge around how teacher approaches impact underachieving students.
Here in This Presentation i m presented Types of Classroom Interaction ,Objectives,
Characteristics of Classroom Interaction,
Structuring of Classroom Interaction etc .
Observing learning and teaching in the second language classroomAlobaidi77
- The document summarizes research on observing learning and teaching in second language classrooms. It describes key differences between natural and instructional language acquisition settings. It also outlines several studies that developed observation schemes to analyze teaching practices, corrective feedback, teacher questioning behaviors, and the social and political contexts impacting second language learning.
This document discusses theories of first and second language acquisition. It begins by distinguishing between acquisition, which is subconscious, and learning, which is conscious knowledge of rules. It then covers three theories of first language acquisition: behaviorism, nativism, and functionalism. Issues in first language acquisition discussed include competence vs performance, comprehension vs production, nature vs nurture, universals, and the role of input, imitation, practice, and discourse. The document concludes by outlining Krashen's five hypotheses of second language acquisition, including the acquisition-learning distinction and the role of comprehensible input.
This document summarizes several key factors that affect second language acquisition. It discusses individual factors like age, personality, motivation, experiences, cognition, and native language. External factors discussed include curriculum, instruction, culture and status, motivation, and access to native speakers. Affective factors that can influence language learning are self-esteem, inhibition, risk-taking, anxiety, and empathy. Younger children tend to acquire a second language more easily than older learners due to biological factors, but older children and adults learn more rapidly initially. Personality, motivation, experiences, and cognitive abilities also impact success in acquiring a new language.
1. The document discusses the definitions and key differences between a curriculum and a syllabus. A curriculum is broader than a syllabus and includes goals, topics, teaching methods, and evaluation, while a syllabus only lists the content to be covered.
2. The document outlines several curriculum ideologies including academic rationalism, social and economic efficiency, learner-centeredness, social reconstructionism, and cultural pluralism. These ideologies influence the role and purpose of language in the curriculum.
3. The development of a curriculum involves determining needs, objectives, content, organization, learning experiences, and evaluation according to models by Taba and Garcia. A curriculum can be viewed as the transmission of knowledge, the achievement of goals
This document discusses language and social class. It examines accents, dialects, and how factors like education, income, occupation and wealth determine social class. It describes William Labov's study of pronunciation of /r/ in department stores of different social classes. Labov found higher rates of /r/ pronunciation among upper-class customers and salespeople compared to middle and lower classes. The document concludes that language variation often reflects a speaker's social class, with lower classes using non-standard dialects and upper classes using standard dialects.
The document discusses various audio-visual aids that can be used to enhance teaching and learning. It describes non-projected aids like charts, diagrams, and models as well as projected aids like slides, filmstrips, overhead projectors and LCD panels. Projected aids have advantages like allowing magnification, bringing distant concepts into the classroom, and enabling ideas to be presented to a large audience simultaneously. Effective use of instructional technology and multimedia tools like PowerPoint can improve learning outcomes by making lessons more engaging and content more accessible to students.
The document discusses three key views of the nature of language: structural, communicative, and interactional. It also covers definitions of learning, theories of language learning including process-oriented and condition-oriented theories, and differences between approaches, methods, and techniques in language teaching. The structural view sees language as a system of related elements, while the communicative view sees it as a vehicle for expression of meaning. The interactional view regards language as a tool for social interaction.
The characteristics of multicultural educationHanif Zakaria
Multicultural education has several key characteristics and dimensions:
First, it recognizes diversity in national, international, and sub-cultural groups. It aims to understand and appreciate different cultures.
Second, it has four interrelated dimensions - integrating diverse cultures into curriculum, understanding knowledge from different cultural perspectives, using equitable teaching methods, and reducing prejudice.
Third, when implemented well through a strategic school culture, multicultural education respects diversity and human dignity while addressing social issues in the community.
This document defines key concepts in sociocultural theory and its application to second language acquisition (SLA). It discusses culture, community, identity, and how learning occurs through participation in communities of practice. Sociocultural theory views SLA as a social process influenced by cultural and historical contexts. Implications include better understanding power dynamics and reconceptualizing good language learners as agents who invest in language. Limitations include little research in foreign language contexts versus immigrant contexts.
The communicative language teaching approach focuses on having students use language for meaningful purposes through real-world situations. It developed out of dissatisfaction with audiolingual and grammar-translation methods that did not teach practical language use. Under this approach, teachers create situations requiring communication, rather than repetitive drills, and act as facilitators rather than leaders. Lessons center on topics and functions useful for real life, using dialogs, tasks, songs and games to encourage natural language practice and development of communicative competence.
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) uses computer technology to aid in language teaching and learning. It provides interactive instruction that allows learners to progress at their own pace. CALL has evolved from behaviorist approaches focused on drills to more communicative and integrative approaches. Modern CALL incorporates multimedia, authentic tasks, and opportunities for online communication and discourse. Computer Assisted Language Testing (CALT) uses computers to deliver language assessments in a more consistent, authentic, and individualized manner while reducing administrative burdens.
Connectivism is a learning theory developed for the digital age that emphasizes learning as a process of forming connections between ideas and information sources. The theory proposes that knowledge is distributed across networks and that learning occurs through making connections between nodes of information. According to connectivism, the ability to see connections between fields and ideas is a core skill, and learning involves decision-making as a process. In the classroom, connectivism promotes collaborative and discussion-based learning that allows students to make choices and draw on diverse perspectives to solve problems and make sense of information.
This document discusses the concept of curriculum change and the factors that drive it. It provides information on:
- The constant nature of change and how it leads to improvement through technological advancement and increasing knowledge.
- Key drivers of curriculum change including community needs, technology, political influences, and complexity from various stakeholder demands.
- Features of successful change including it being an ongoing process that requires support from individuals.
- Types of curriculum changes and strategies for implementing changes.
- The need to develop curriculum change through cooperative goal-setting and problem-solving approaches while maintaining open communication.
Internal and external factors influence how quickly and easily someone learns a new language. Internal factors include cognitive ability, personality, age, motivation, and experience. External factors are outside the learner's control and include aspects of instruction, curriculum, culture and status, access to native speakers, and motivation from teachers/parents. Both internal and external factors interact complexly to determine the speed of new language acquisition for each learner.
Trends in english language teaching todayJason Chuah
Trends in English Language Teaching Today discusses 10 key trends in English language teaching according to the author:
1. Increased networking opportunities through online communication allow teachers greater access to knowledge from others.
2. Growing interest in learner-centered approaches that consider individual learner needs, styles and abilities.
3. Emphasis on reflective teaching practices where teachers systematically evaluate and improve their own methods.
4. Use of teaching portfolios where teachers document their best practices through materials, feedback and reflections.
An underlying trend is a shift away from standardized, controlled teaching towards more complex, uncertain and emergent approaches that value diverse perspectives and relationships between teachers and learners.
Groups working in genre theory have different areas of focus, such as the social contexts genres are produced in, linguistic features of genres, or both. Genre theory views genres as social practices that have evolved for achieving communicative goals. There is debate around how genres and text types are defined. A key aspect of genre theory is that it focuses on meaning-making at the whole text level rather than individual language elements. Genre theory also emphasizes that language use is goal-oriented and genres generally move through stages to accomplish a purpose. In the classroom, genre theory risks oversimplifying genres when turned into prescriptive models.
CBI is an effective method for combining language and content learning, particularly in EFL contexts. It involves using content or information as the organizing principle for instruction rather than focusing on language. Students learn a second language more successfully when using it to acquire meaningful information rather than focusing on language itself. CBI builds on students' prior knowledge and experiences and aims to develop their language skills through engaging with interesting and useful content.
Sandra McKay's 1985 classification of techniques for teaching grammar includes:
1. Charts and graphs for teaching patterns and grammatical relationships like verb systems.
2. Objects for teaching possession and conversation skills.
3. Maps and drawings which are practical for the classroom and can illustrate grammatical structures while stimulating language use.
4. Dialogues, an old technique for introducing and practicing grammatical points.
For those ELT teachers who are carrying out reading classes at the level of primary school or teaching ELLs, I highly recommend you to peruse and take a look at this approach because it focuses on the teaching of language arts, which is the teaching reading and writing.
The document discusses factors that influence language learning, including motivation, learning strategies, physical conditions, and the role of the teacher. It notes that motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic, and that teachers play an important role in motivating students. Common language teaching methods like grammar-translation and audio-lingual are mentioned. The document advocates for including drama activities in lessons, as this allows students to learn English naturally and enjoyably by participating actively in a creative context. Drama increases students' self-esteem and helps them acquire language through activities like choral reading.
- The document discusses the background and context of a study examining the relationship between teaching styles of teachers and the learning motivation of underachieving secondary school students.
- It provides definitions of key terms like teaching style, motivation, and underachieving students. Teaching style refers to a teacher's methods and approaches for instruction. Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. Underachieving students are those performing below their abilities.
- The study aims to investigate teaching styles, student motivation levels, the relationship between the two, and ways to improve student motivation. It seeks to contribute knowledge around how teacher approaches impact underachieving students.
The document discusses factors that influence language learning, including motivation, learning strategies, physical conditions, and the role of the teacher. It notes that motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic, and that teachers play a key role in motivating students. Different teaching methods are discussed, including grammar translation and audio-lingual methods. The document advocates for including drama activities in lessons, as this allows students to learn English naturally and enjoyably by participating actively. Drama increases students' self-esteem and language acquisition through creative construction in an informal setting.
The document discusses several challenges faced by teachers in motivating students to learn, including students skipping class or lacking attention. It emphasizes that one key to increasing motivation is using activities matched to students' personalities, learning styles, and characteristics. Additionally, it discusses the importance of establishing rapport with students, maintaining a pleasant classroom atmosphere, and ensuring students feel part of a cohesive learning group in order to maximize student motivation.
The document discusses classroom interaction and methodology for teaching English. It defines interaction as a collaborative exchange between two or more people that influences each other. It then reviews literature on discourse analysis and how it examines language use in communities. The document outlines methods for data collection and analysis of teacher-student, student-teacher, and student-student interaction. It finds that gender does not significantly impact interaction patterns. The teacher's role is to create a learning environment through interactive sessions. The document stresses obtaining feedback to continually assess teaching and learning relationships. It concludes that judicious use of the first language can aid communication, teaching quality, comprehension, and teacher-student relationships, especially for lower levels.
This document discusses using learning styles effectively in English language teaching. It proposes identifying students' preferred learning styles and incorporating visual aids into lessons. Learning styles include visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. Visual aids like videos, presentations, and flashcards can help engage students and improve understanding. The document recommends teachers get to know their students, including their academic performance and learning preferences, to better accommodate different styles. Identifying learning styles allows tailoring lessons to maximize students' engagement and energy during learning.
The document discusses key factors that influence the classroom environment, including teaching practices, relationships, physical space, and classroom organization. It emphasizes that the teacher plays a crucial role in establishing an environment that either supports or hinders student learning and well-being. An inclusive classroom requires considering all students' needs, facilitating positive relationships, and ensuring flexibility so the environment can evolve to meet changing requirements.
This document provides background information and context for a study on assessment methods used by English teachers to help underachieving readers in Grade 7. It discusses how reading is an important skill and some students struggle more than others. Factors like motivation, intelligence, language skills, and home environment can impact reading ability. The study aims to understand teachers' assessment methods and how they support underachieving readers. It will examine assessment tools, problems teachers face, and activities to enhance reading performance. The findings could help teachers, students, parents, and future researchers improve reading instruction and support.
The document summarizes a study on Taiwanese university students' perceptions of native English-speaking teachers. It finds that students have mixed views, expecting teachers to have good attitudes, understandable accents, and better interaction. However, native teachers found students to be passive and dependent. To improve teaching and learning, the expectation gap between teachers and students needs to be bridged, such as through open discussion. Both teachers and students should rethink their roles as language education evolves in an increasingly globalized world.
This document discusses effective classroom management and student motivation. It provides guidance on creating lesson plans that consider different learning styles and effective classroom management strategies. Some key points discussed include the importance of clear expectations and consistency, engaging all students, and focusing attention on the entire class. Motivation is identified as a major challenge, and strategies to motivate students include using pair/group work, competition, catering to skills/talents, integrating technology, seating arrangements, role-plays, songs, and realia. The document emphasizes understanding motivation, variety, and focusing on students' goals.
This document discusses various methods for teaching English, including content-based instruction, theme-based teaching, experiential learning, task-based teaching, teaching listening comprehension, and teaching oral communication skills. It provides details on each method, including definitions, examples, advantages, and considerations for implementation. Theme-based teaching links curriculum around topics of interest to engage students, while experiential learning involves acquiring skills through doing and learning from experiences. Task-based teaching focuses on having students complete meaningful tasks and use language as a means to solve problems. Teaching listening comprehension involves developing students' ability to understand spoken English through discriminating sounds and comprehending meanings. Teaching oral skills stresses controlled speech production and provides examples of activities like discussions
This document discusses research on factors that impact student achievement and characteristics of effective instruction. It summarizes research finding that family engagement is most effective when linked to student learning and focused on improving achievement. It also lists many researched factors that influence student achievement, more so than a student's background or socioeconomic status, asserting that schools can make a difference through instructional quality. The document then outlines characteristics of effective instruction like student-centered learning, teaching for understanding, formative assessment, rigorous and relevant curriculum, and differentiated instruction. It tasks participants with discussing how these characteristics support and strengthen family engagement.
This document discusses a study on the motivations of English majors in choosing between translation/interpretation and teaching specializations. Many students saw translation as having better career opportunities, financial security, and prestige than teaching. They also viewed teaching as having low prestige and pay in Hungary. Family pressure and a lack of selection were also influencing factors. While some enjoy translation, most students were motivated by instrumental factors like money and career success. The questionnaire highlighted a fear of public speaking that some wished to avoid in teaching.
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Introduction
It is not unusual for the teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) to spend less time on academic instruction; consequently these students may not be engaged in academic activities as much as mainstream students. Knizter, Setinberg, and Fleisch (1990) describe this process as bleakness. Keeping current with research-based instructional procedures is a valuable tool to support and develop educators' skills in the design and delivery of effective lessons for students with EBD (Yell, Meadows, Drasgow, & Shriner (2009).
Teaching Reading
Theorists and researchers continue to argue the best approach for teaching reading. Should the approach be meaning-based, code-based, or a continuum of both approaches? Should the teaching of reading skills be based on general comprehension, an approach of phonics and grammatical rules, or a combination of the two? Recently, educators are focusing on a combination of phonics and whole words.
Initially, for the code-based or rules approach, it should be remembered that phonemic awareness and phonics are not synonymous. Phonemic awareness is the understanding of the sounds used to form words. Phonics is knowledge of the specific system of knowing what letters have which sounds in order to place them in the correct order to form the word.
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21st Century Pedagogy: Teachers as Co-Learners & CSRE Approach- the Launching Pad by Dr. M. Q. Ansari
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21st
CENTURY PEDAGOGY:TEACHERS AS CO-LEARNERS
&
CSRE APPROACH-THE LAUNCHING PAD
Dr. MOHAMMED QUAMRUDDIN ANSARI
Bayan College, (Affiliated to Purdue University Northwest, USA), Sultanate of Oman
E-mail: dr.ansari@bayancollege.net; calindansari@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Teaching English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) has changed
tremendously over the last two decades with greater emphasis being put on
learners and learning rather than on teachers and teaching. Curriculum, teaching
methods, and teaching materials have been developed to meet the changing needs
of the ESL/EFL population. This paradigm shift requires redefining the role of
teachers, teaching methods and the learning materials. Learning doesn’t occur in
vacuum and learner autonomy doesn’t happen automatically. Teachers play a major
interactive role with both the learners and learning environment. They use effective
strategies and suitable materials to enhance the learning process but at times with
little success. What is required is the proper groundwork, the platform, the
launching pad which will encourage the students to open up, act freely and
autonomously. CSRE approach might help in preparing and fostering the students’
motivational level. CSRE stands for CARE, SHARE, RAPPORT and ENGAGEMENT.
Teachers' caring and sharing attitude establishes a rapport with the students, a
bridge of trust is built and the two-way traffic opens up. This two-way traffic slowly
facilitates teaching learning process. This is an all-inclusive approach that not only
serves the average learners but also encourages the slow learners to participate in
the classroom activities. This approach provides teachers the tools to personalize
teaching learning activities as co-learners and improve, as teachers learn more than
they teach. Teachers are ever learners. This paper evaluates the prevalent teaching
learning process based on the extensive interaction with the learners and teachers
spanning around thirty years’ of tryst within the theoretical framework.
Key-words: Motivation, Teachers as Co-learners, Teaching strategies, Rapport
.
Introduction
Teaching English as a second or foreign
language (ESL/EFL) has changed tremendously in
past decades. Curriculum, teaching methods and
teaching materials have been developed to meet the
changing needs of the ESL/EFL population.
The most common problem for the ESL/EFL
teacher is interacting with a dull, unresponsive class,
which avoids any dealing with the teachers. The
whole class appears to be silent spectator and this is
truly a very frustrating experience for both the
teacher and the taught. It further adds to teacher’s
woe when the students who understand the
question even do not answer and keep quite. This
happens because of either unconducive classroom
environment, unapproachable teacher, shyness, lack
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Dr. MOHAMMED
QUAMRUDDIN ANSARI
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of confidence, lack of proper support, fear of making
mistakes or fear of embarrassment before the class.
This article attempts to explore the very
basic principles that teachers hardly care and the
result is not up to the mark in spite of their use of
multiple teaching techniques and strategies. The
basic principles of care, share, rapport and
engagement which this article emphasizes; might
provide the platform or the launching pad which can
energize, activate and motivate the class to act,
react, risk and respond.
Language Classroom & Lack of Motivation
Motivation is the key to all learning. It has
magical effect and creates wonder in language
learning. Let us see and examine in brief what is
motivation and how does it work? Motivation is
indeed a complex, multifaceted concept. This article
describes how motivation manifests itself in the
modern classroom and how motivation can be
applied positively to the arsenal of tools used by
educators in an effort to develop the optimal
learning environment. The underachiever problem
that seems to be pervasive in classrooms around
much of the world is poorly understood. Teachers
interpret underachievers as a challenge to their
authority. They react to this problem by enforcing
punitive measures which usually create a vicious
circle of behavior violations and punishments. The
final result is an exacerbation of the classroom
disruption. The underlying reasons for under
achievement are either not understood or simply
ignored by many teachers. Underachievers can
thrive in the secure, supportive environment that
motivates them to be bold and confident.
Motivation works slowly but surely.
It is in fact very difficult to have a single
definition of motivation, but a few of the well-
known definitions might feed us the flavor of the
pudding. The main idea of motivation is to capture
the child’s attention and curiosity and channel their
energy towards learning. According to Gardener
(1985), motivation is concerned with the question,
“Why does an organism behave as it does?” Dornyei
rightly notes, “Teacher skills in motivating learners
should be seen as central to teaching effectiveness.”
(2001:116). According to the Webster’s, “to
motivate means to provide with a motive, a need or
desire that causes a person to act.” “Motivation
determines the extent of the learner’s active
involvement and attitude towards learning.”
(Ngeow, Karen Yeok-Hwa, 1998). “Motivation has
been identified as the learner’s orientation with
regard to the goal of learning a second language.”
(Crookes & Schmidt 1991). Last but not the least,
“Teacher behavior is a powerful motivational tool.”
(Dornyei, 2001:120). These quotes from various
educationist and researchers clearly indicate the
importance and effectiveness of motivation in
teaching and learning activities. “Many researchers
consider motivation as one of the main elements
that determine success in developing a second or
foreign language; it determines the extent of active,
personal involvement in second language learning.”
(Oxford & Shearin, 1994).
Lack of motivation is perhaps the biggest
obstacle faced by language teachers. Behavioral
problem in the classroom often or always seen to be
linked to the lack of motivation. It would be difficult
to point to a single factor which would account for
the apparent changing levels of motivation and
involvement. There are many factors which affect
students’ commitment level to language learning.
Some of these factors are:
Classroom environment
Unfriendly classmates
Unapproachable teacher
Difficult subject material
Improper teaching
Fear of failure and mistakes
Unclear about learning goals
Responsibilities other than study
Feeling isolated
Previous negative experiences
Mismatch between the knowledge, beliefs
& interests
Family or personal problems
Poor health
Lack of proper support
Lack of confidence
These above factors in many ways interplay and
multiply day after day and lead the students to a
state where they might feel:
ANXIOUS
CONFUSED
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UNCERTAIN
ISOLATED
FRUSTRATED
ANGRY
DEPRESSED
UNCARED
PASSIVE
Teachers & Motivational Strategies:In these
situations a good teacher’s role expands multifold to
contain these demotivating factors and bring the
students back on the track where they might feel
like learning and doing assignments. Teachers
should resort to different, new, fresh methods and
techniques to energize the class and make the
learners confident of what they are learning and
achieving. It is not so easy for a teacher but not
impossible to achieve.
Teachers’ skill in motivating students to
learn is of paramount importance. They can employ
a variety of techniques, strategies at the Language
level, the Learner level and the Learning situation
level in order to motivate their students. Here are
some of the main strategies and techniques that
teachers have in their arsenal to use at the right
moment and at the right target. Careful attention to
these factors in the instructional setting enhances
the possibilities for creating and ensuring conducive
learning environment. When learners realize that
their teacher recognizes their individual differences
in abilities and their experiences are valued,
respected, and incorporated in learning tasks and
contexts, their level of motivation and sense of
achievement are enhanced. In short, teachers’
quality personal relationships with students
establishes rapport, builds trust, increases learners’
sense of belonging, self-respect, self-confidence and
provides a positive ambience for learning. Some of
these strategies are:
Create stress-free environment
Make the language class interesting
Set a personal example of good behavior
Develop peer-support network
Present the task properly
Promote learner autonomy
Increase learners’ linguistic self-confidence
Personalize the learning process
Increase the learners’ goal orientedness
Take care of learners’ needs, interests &
motives
Recognize the learners’ ‘little successes’
Be approachable and understanding
Use appropriate materials
Identify learners’ individual differences
Inculcate that success comes in, ‘CANS’ not
in ‘CANTS’
CSRE Approach-The Launching Pad:Motivational
strategies cannot work in a vacuum. There are
certain preconditions to be met before any attempts
to generate motivation can be effective. This
approach focuses and emphasizes the teachers’
attitudes towards their students. Teachers’ caring
and sharing attitude reduces fear and anxiety,
encourages reciprocity, promotes autonomy and
builds a rapport between the teacher and the
students. This relationship further creates interest,
generates motivation among students and helps
teachers to engage students meaningfully. Quality
personal relationships provide stability, trust and
caring can increase learners’ sense of belonging,
self-respect, self- acceptance and provide a positive
climate for learning. This is the beginning of a
teaching-learning process in a stress-free
atmosphere of trust and respect. Hence, this
approach prepares the soil before sowing the seed
of learning.
(Diagram 1, Courtesy: Google image)
Teaching/Learning- A Two-Way Traffic:It stands
reasonably true that a tense classroom climate can
undermine learning and demotivate learners. (see
Maclntrye, 1999 and Young, 1999 for further
details). On the other hand, learner motivation will
reach at its maximum level in a safe, secure
classroom environment in which students can
express their opinions freely and feel that they do
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not run the risk of being embarrassed or ridiculed.
To be motivated to learn, students need both ample
opportunities to learn and steady encouragement
and support of their learning effort. So, the onus
primarily is on the teachers to organize and manage
the classroom as an effective learning environment
because anxious or alienated students are unlikely
to develop motivation to learn, it is important that
learning occurs within a relaxed and supportive
atmosphere (Good and Brophy, 1994:215). In such
conducive, stress-free environment, the two-way
traffic starts and the shyness, the inhibitions, the
fear, the chocking situation slowly evaporates. The
students feel bold, confident and get motivated
towards learning the target language.
(Diagram 2, Courtesy: Google image)
The Foundation: Teaching-Learning Process: The
groundwork is done, the platform or the launching
pad is ready and the plane of teaching-learning
process takes off smoothly. The students are ready
to listen, to learn, to participate. This is the time for
the teacher to use his strategies tactfully to exploit
maximum of opportunities of teaching-learning
process. In fact, resourceful and effective teachers
do not use different strategies and techniques; they
use the same strategies and techniques differently.
The two-way traffic encourages the teachers to
delegate slowly the learning autonomy to the
students who now with their own desire share the
responsibilities of learning activities. Thus, it sustains
learners’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, which is
further strengthened by teachers’ suitable teaching
materials and easy-to-understand teaching
techniques. All these, in turn, support and foster
language learning. Cook rightly remarks (1991:82),
“It is the learners’ involvement, the learners’
strategies, and the learners’ abilities to go their ways
that count, regardless of what the teacher is trying
to do.”
(Diagram 3, Courtesy: Google image)
The Role of Teachers: zFocus on learners doesn’t
minimize the role of teachers, on the contrary, it
extends it manifolds. CSRE approach bestows more
sincere effort and responsibilities on language
teachers. In general, the teaching profession is a
profession that bases much of its methodology on
tradition. Many teachers teach one year thirty times
instead of teaching thirty different times. There is
some degree of security gained from “doing what
worked in the past,” however, the 21
st
century
demands that teachers take risks in order to develop
strategies that benefit their today’s students. In the
words of the great educationist, John Dewey, “If we
teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our
children of tomorrow.” Teachers should transform
their role into that of leaders and coaches as
opposed to bosses and disciplinarians. Many
researches serve as an outstanding study in support
of the teacher as a change agent for the educational
process. The teachers are usually seen as:
LEARNING PHYSICIANS
SURROGATE PARENTS
MANAGERS OF LEARNING
FACILITATORS OF LEARNING
FARMERS OF LEARNING
COUNSELORS, GUIDES & FRIENDS
GREAT MOTIVATORS
CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
ROLE MODELS
RESOURCE PROVIDERS
CO-COMMUNICATORS
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GREAT INNOVATORS
Looking at the above roles teachers have
been or are playing through the ages, it seems that
they are what not personalities. There is no doubt,
teachers play an important role in shaping learners’
behavior, and motivating them to learn and making
them better human beings. They as learning
physicians help students to identify their cognitive
and affective ailments and suggest courses of
treatment. At the same time as agents of social
change share the responsibilities to model society in
classroom and to promote an ethical learning
curriculum in addition to cognitive and affective
ones. The teacher-controlled environment, which
translates every aspect of life in an educational
institution, in fact stifles creativity, and encourages
students to abdicate decision-making and problem
solving to an authority-figure who prescribes,
restricts and evaluates. However “benevolent” such
an autocracy might be, and however much this
might be deemed to be in the students’ “best
interests”, such a situation cannot be expected to
promote and develop critical thinking skills, or a
responsible attitude to life and society.
If we take a look at the conditions for
learning that were researched and identified by
Rogers (1951) over half a century ago, it is
interesting to note the key words that appear:
‘active, personal meaning, subjective nature of
learning, difference, the right to make mistakes,
tolerates ambiguity, cooperative, self-evaluation,
openness of self, trusted, respected, accepted,
permits confrontation.’
In other words, teachers can focus their
attention on making the classroom into an
environment that is conducive to learning.
‘Irrespective of teaching method or lesson content,
we can make our classrooms into places where
students are confident, respected, and motivated’.
As can be seen from Kelly’s (1996:96-96) macro and
micro-skills of language counseling, this
environment will require of the teacher that he/she
becomes an affective and cognitive counselor. Once
more exciting keywords appear: introducing,
promoting, helping, reduce uncertainty, enable,
offering advice, suggesting, demonstrating
encouragement, reinforcement, constructive
reaction. We thus have now a revised view of the
teacher as a learning counselor, helping students to
feel good about themselves and to maximize their
learning potentials.
Teachers can actually make a positive contribution
to this situation. They are the people who can model
the skills and characteristics of responsible citizens,
and can use the micro-society of the language
classroom as a model for the greater society that
students will meet when they leave school or
college. They can focus on the sort of problem-
solving skills and critical thinking skills that students
will need when they enter that society, and can
create environment in which students can
experiment with the social skills that they will need
to develop. In short, teachers can promote the sort
of positive qualities that are needed in society.
Humanists, philosophers and educationalists (e.g.
Bruner, Dewey, and Krishnamurti) have been making
these points for more than a hundred years, and it is
noticeable now that a number of government-based
policy statements cite holistic and humanistic
principles as educational goals. Teachers are agents
of social change and they can do things in the
context of humanistic goals through promoting a
non-threatening learning environment.
An approach which respects the students
and places them at the center of teaching-learning
process has an inevitable impact on the lesson
content and on teacher / student roles. Thus the
teacher being in the background of teaching-
learning process, a large variety of activities can
occur simultaneously, and the ability of the student
to become concerned and committed is an
important gauge of growth. Teachers have been
portrayed in many different roles so far. Let us now
go even further in terms of role change.
Teachers as Co-Learners
CSRE approach adds a new feather into the
role-cap of the teachers. This is: the teachers are all
the above but above all these, they are CO-
LEARNERS. Yes, teachers are co-learners who learn
every moment, every second, every minute, every
hour, and every day about their students, their
problems, the classroom environment, their own
teaching techniques and the teaching materials.
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They learn and improve and it goes on. Yes, teachers
are co-learners, ever learners.
They learn with their own students in the
classroom. The students learn the language and the
teachers learn how best they can facilitate them to
learn. In a learner-centered classroom the teacher is
very much present as a fragrance that exalts,
activates, energizes and relaxes. The teachers’ role
as co-learners takes the pall of heaviness, strain and
stress off the classroom environment, which is a
primary factor in the process of learning to take
place. Let us give some details what and how the
teachers listen, learn, teach and train. They learn
about the classroom, their students, their own
teaching techniques and the materials used in the
class:
Classroom: The teachers learn about the
physical environment of the classroom.
They learn whether the size is comfortable,
the lighting is sufficient, the cooling is
adequate and the ventilation is proper.
Even they look at the chairs and tables,
white board and markers and initiate
process to let them be proper according to
the classroom. This gives the classroom a
better look and adequate physical
environment to learn.
Students: The teachers observe the
students, the class strength, and the
seating arrangement. They learn their
individual differences, their likes and
dislikes, their strength and weaknesses,
their aims and goals and also their family
background. They even try to know their
individual and collective problems, the
problems of co-educational class, and the
problems of introvert and extrovert
students. The teachers learn about their
interests, the things, and the matters that
motivate them. The better the teachers
understand their students, the better they
plan their strategies to teach.
Teachers-Methods/Strategies : CSRE
approach melts the teachers’ high and
towering stature to a level of co-learners
who easily mingle with the students and
before choosing any specific course of
action or strategy, however, take the time
to get to know their students individually at
the start of each term. They move around
the classroom mixing with other co-
learners as friends discussing this and that
which in turn give them the feedback they
should employ in their teaching
methodology. Teachers treat students as
partners in the teaching-learning process.
Learner autonomy is best achieved when,
among other things, teachers act as
facilitators of learning, , a counselor and as
a resourceful friend. To say, though, that
learner autonomy can be fostered is not to
reduce it to a set of skills that needs to be
acquired. Rather, it is taken to mean that
the teachers and the learners can work
towards autonomy by creating a friendly
atmosphere characterized by ’low threat,
unconditional positive regard, honest and
open feedback, respect for the ideas and
opinions of others, approval of self-
improvement as a goal, collaboration
rather than competition’ (Candy,
1991:337). Learner autonomy does not
mean leaving learners to their own devices
or learning in isolation. ‘To posit ways of
fostering learner autonomy is certainly to
posit ways of fostering teacher autonomy,
as ’teachers’ autonomy permeates into
learners’ autonomy’.
Teachers’ Autonomy along with Learners’
Autonomy
Educational pundits have talked a lot about
learners’ autonomy but they have written very little
about teachers’ autonomy. Johnson, Pardesi and
Paine, 1990, citied in Gathercole, 1990:51, “To posit
ways of fostering learner autonomy is certainly to
posit ways of fostering teacher autonomy, as
teachers’ autonomy permeates into learners’
autonomy.” As learners’ autonomy is a step further
in the direction of motivating the students to
achieve their desired goal initiating their own
interest and sustaining it, teachers’ autonomy gives
them the freedom to choose their techniques and
materials according to the need of the learners and
their goals.
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Teachers are ever learners. They learn and
experiment in the classroom to improve their
teaching and sustain the learners’ motivation. Thus
the teachers need to be autonomous to freely make
a choice of strategies or materials that can charge
the imagination of the learners. Prescribed books
and norms most of the time hinder teachers to
invent and explore the greener pastures where they
can do even better justification with their learners
as far as their improvement is concerned. This part
needs to be discussed and detailed in future.
Conclusion
This article concludes the study that has
very clearly pointed out that motivation is the key to
all learning. Teachers resort to various teaching
techniques and strategies to motivate the learners
to learn the second language. They are not always
successful; on the contrary, it can be said that most
of the time they fail in tickling the learners’
imagination. Though the teachers employ their best
of strategies, the result borders below their
expectations, they fail to motivate the students. It
does not mean that the teachers are incapable or
the techniques used are not proper. This happens
because the teachers straightway jump on the
business of teaching without prior & proper
groundwork. Here comes the CSRE approach, which
if the teachers follow, prepares the soil before
sowing the seed. If the soil is not ready to receive
the seeds to germinate, it will not work. Strategies
or materials will not work until the students are
prepared for it.
Recommendations
The teachers should first care and share
about their learners’ needs and interests which, in
turn, win the confidence and trust of the learners.
This proper caring and sharing leads to rapport
between the teacher and the taught. This bridges
the distance between the teachers and learners and
establishes a bond of trust and confidence. The
learners, even the slow-learners feel confident and
the teacher succeeds in shading off the halo of a
teacher that restricts students to freely approach
with their problems. Now, they feel that even the
teacher is among one of them and their friend.
The soil is ready and the seed of learning
will be well accepted by the learners. This
groundwork or the platform gives the teachers the
launching pad from where they can take their
students to any height and sustain their motivation
which helps learners to learn the second language.
The rapport between the teachers and students
fosters the level of motivation and let all act and
enjoy the teaching-learning process.
Thus the learners attain autonomy and
without any inhibitions approach teachers, discuss
with peers and manage their learning of English as a
foreign language. Here it would be right to mention
that learners’ autonomy leads to teachers’
autonomy. CSRE approach advocates that teachers’
autonomy facilitates learners’ autonomy. Teachers
can’t invent and explore within the boundaries
created by fixed techniques, strategies or
curriculum. The teachers should have the autonomy
to learn and experiment the strategies or materials
that they think are in concert with the learner’s
needs and interests. Old and stereotype techniques
and methods lead to boredom and demotivation of
learners. Hence, 21
st
century teachers and the
concerned educational bodies should follow CSRE
approach to let the learners keep up their
motivational level high and to facilitate the teaching-
learning process.
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