what makes them tick?
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How to motivate teens. What makes them tick?. Sofija Ljiljak-Vukajlović & Jovana Popović Tom & Emma School of English, Belgrade 11th ELTA Conference, 10/5/2013, Belgrade. Issues Possible solutions Guidelines. Workshop agenda. Lack of motivation Mood swings Peer pressure - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sofija Ljiljak-Vukajlović & Jovana Popović Tom & Emma School of English, Belgrade
11th ELTA Conference, 10/5/2013, Belgrade
*What makes them tick?How to motivate teens
*Workshop agenda
*Issues*Possible solutions*Guidelines
*Issues
*Lack of motivation*Mood swings*Peer pressure*Non-challenging tasks*Uninteresting materials/topics
*Visuals
Working with images is not just showing them but also creating them in your mind!
diversity of opinions/ideasexploiting the tensionusing the momentum
*Visuals
Photos
*Mobile phone and personal photos
*Visuals
Photos *Mobile phone and personal photos*Newspaper photos*Photos from the web
YouTube videos*Love story in milk + Handout with the grammar exercise
(download from our site)*Ellen DeGeneris on how to “green up“ her home +
Handout with the vocabulary (download from our site)*100 First World Problems
*Realia
Unexpected in teen classes, thus very effective!
Examples:*T’s photos of free time activities
*Realia
Unexpected in teen classes, thus very effective!
Examples:*T’s photos of free time activities*T’s souvenirs from different countries
*Realia
Unexpected in teen classes, thus very effective!
Examples:*T’s photos of free time activities*T’s souvenirs from different countries*T’s objects from childhood
*Realia
Unexpected in teen classes, thus very effective!
Examples:*T’s photos of free time activities*T’s souvenirs from different countries*T’s objects from childhood*cookbooks*maps, brochures, newspapers*Ss’ own examples of target language
*Projects
Students usually enjoy doing or creating things, especially if they are of personal value.
Examples: *www.glogster.com
*Projects
Students usually enjoy doing or creating things, especially if they are of personal value.
Examples: *www.glogster.com*www.smore.com
*Projects
Students usually enjoy doing or creating things, especially if they are of personal value.
Examples: *www.glogster.com*www.smore.com*visit to the staffroom
*Projects
Students usually enjoy doing or creating things, especially if they are of personal value.
Examples: *www.glogster.com*www.smore.com*visit to the staffroom*interest noticeboard
*Projects
*Old-school techniques
Old things in new guise!
Examples:*translation*dictation
*Aiming high
How to raise the level of English of teenage students from intermediate to upper-intermediate?
Techniques:*“forbidden words“*“rule of the lesson“* “controlled practice“ (yet free)
*Issues*Possible solutions
•Visuals•Realia• Projects•Old-school techniques•Aiming high
*Guidelines
*Make them tick
*Guidelines:
Make your activities *intriguing*relevant*memorable*motivating*challenging
Make your students think
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