MOTIVATING THE MODERN TEENAGER Phil Warwick Croatia 2015

MOTIVATING THE MODERN TEENAGER Phil Warwick – Croatia 2015 1 Teaching The Modern Teenager

What is motivation? Motivation concerns the direction and magnitude of human behaviour, that is: Choice -Why people decide to do something. Why Persistence-How long they are willing to do it. Effort-How hard they will pursue it. 2 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Teaching Teenage Students Digital Residents Information Overload Soft Skills Shortage Edutainment 3 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Let’s kick-off. . . What do teenage learners say about what motivates them? 4 Teaching The Modern Teenager

I’m more motivated when. . . the subject is easy. . . I like the teacher. . . I can be better than my peers. . . the teacher is demanding. . . I know that the knowledge is useful. . . the subject interests me. . . I’m learning for my parents. . . the lessons are interesting. . . I’m not falling behind with the material 5 Teaching The Modern Teenager 72. 8% 57. 3% 45. 5% 35. 4% 19. 8% 17. 6% 16. 2% 5. 2%

I’m more motivated when. . . the subject interests me. . . I know that the knowledge is useful. . . the lessons are interesting. . . the subject is easy. . . I like the teacher. . . the teacher is demanding. . . I’m not falling behind with the material. . . I can be better than my peers. . . I’m learning for my parents 6 Teaching The Modern Teenager 72. 8% 57. 3% 45. 5 % 35. 4% 19. 8% 17. 6% 16. 2% 5. 2%

21 st Century Skills The 4 Cs Critical Thinking Communication Collaboration Creativity 7 Teaching The Modern Teenager

How can we increase motivation? 8 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Personalise the lessons Don’t teach the text, teach the students. Use the students as a resource. Use contexts that need little explanation. Use cultural references. Use personal anecdotes. 9 Teaching The Modern Teenager

I would never pay more than…. . for a haircut. If you came home with me, you’d find I have approximately …. pairs of shoes. The most lessons I have taught in a week is around…… I’d say on average ……. % of my students regularly do their homework. If you asked me to do your next session, I’d expect at least… 11 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Make lessons fun Use English to teach/do other things. Include Warmers. Arouse curiosity. Surprise students. 12 Teaching The Modern Teenager

HAND NOVELTY Since Ago Once Never Last Yet In 2014 Can you do a one hand sentence? A two hand sentence? 13 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Promote learner autonomy Self-Assessment ELP Self-access Negotiated Syllabus Homework Projects 14 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Learner Autonomy A group of teenagers took an exam in Spanish as a FL; After the exam they discussed the answers for 15 minutes Next day they took another exam covering the same material Procedure repeated for the whole semester (4 tests) 15 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Learner Autonomy TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 3 TEST 4 1 st 2 nd attempt attempt 72% 77% 76% 82% 78% 87% 82% 92% Dr Don Cooper, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado 16 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Include lots of variety Variety of interaction patterns Variety of activities to suit different learning styles Variety of length of activities Variety of skills focus – receptive and productive 17 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Body Drill • Choose some words. • Assign a physical gesture for each one. • Get students to say the word with the gesture. • Get students to say the word when you gesture. 18 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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Clarify aims & expectations Explain to the students why they are doing what they are doing? Make sure that the aims are motivating. That there is a practical implication to most activities. Make sure the students know what you expect of them (e. g. Target language, classroom management, medium etc) 20 Teaching The Modern Teenager

ADAM NORA Nora’s older than Adam’s more unusual than Nora isn’t as strange as Adam looks as if……. . He could be…. . Nora seems…… I’m not sure but she might be. . 21 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Show them it’s useful ‘WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER ONE? ’ • • In a bar In a classroom In a boxing ring In a police station In a clothes shop Two fishermen Grandma to grandson Boss to employee 22 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Two passengers, one concerned, one drunk Short Conversations Okay? Yes , Thanks. Travelling for business or pleasure? Pleasure. A Suspicious Really? Custom’s Officer Well. . Alone? Two Old Friends Yes. Right. Two strangers attracted to each other 23 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Think about the textbook Make sure that students are aware of the layout. Use activities that make the students comfortable using the book. Try to promote learner autonomy through book use. Use the book in a non-linear way. 24 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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21 st Century Skills Information Media & Technology Skills 28 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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21 st Century Skills The 4 Cs Critical Thinking Communication Collaboration Creativity 30 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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In which countries would you not drink tap water? Contrived Lists What are the differences between bottled and tap water? How much would you pay for bottled water if you were really thirsty? What are the names of some bottled waters? Are they different? How long does bottled water last? The government controls what goes in tap water, who controls what goes in bottled water? When would you boil bottled or tap water? What materials are bottles made from? Are they all safe? 34 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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Demotivation – What not to do 1. The teacher's personal relationship with the students, including hypercriticism, belligerence, a lack of caring, and favouritism. 2. The teacher's attitude towards the course or the material, including lack of enthusiasm, sloppy management and close-mindedness R. Oxford(1998) 40 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Demotivation – What not to do 3. Style conflicts between teachers and students, students including multiple style conflicts, conflicts about the amount of structure or detail, and conflicts about the degree of closure or 'seriousness' of the class 4. The nature of the classroom activities, including activities overload, repetitiveness, and irrelevance. R. Oxford(1998) 41 Teaching The Modern Teenager

Set a personal example Be punctual Be prepared Be enthusiastic Be excited Be colourful 42 Teaching The Modern Teenager

The ‘Pygmalion Effect’ This was a famous experiment by Rosenthal & Jacobson in 1968 Intelligent tests administered to Primary school students at the beginning of the academic year. Researchers told teachers they had identified 20% as potential ‘intellectual bloomers’. 43 Teaching The Modern Teenager

The ‘Pygmalion Effect’ By the end of the year there were significant differences between the ‘bloomers’ and the control group. At the beginning of the year Students were similar in every respect except in the way they were labelled by the researchers. 44 Teaching The Modern Teenager

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