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мемлекеттік қыздар
педагогикалық университеті Хабаршы №3 (51), 2014 ж.
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confidence and self-esteem, as well as patience and persistence. The important thing here is to
know how you, as a teacher, can help your students to be highly motivated to learn the language.
In order to do that you should give them clear and detailed information why they should learn
English and relate that to their own needs. For example, you may say that English is the first
international language, it is used as a lingua franca, and Command of English means better
chances for jobs. Moreover, you have to employ techniques that require the students to utilize the
language creatively as an instrument of learning. In addition, you should give frequent, early,
positive feedback that supports students' beliefs that they can do well. Show genuine interest in
your students and their achievements. Nothing is more disappointing for a student than to feel
ignored, neglected, or carelessly evaluated, or to feel that his work does not appeal to the teacher.
You should be specific when giving negative feedback. Negative feedback is very powerful and
can lead to a negative class atmosphere. Whenever you identify a student's weakness, make it
clear that your comments relate to a particular task or performance, not to the student as a
person. Furthermore, you have to provide praise and reward for all. Some might receive praise
for bigger accomplishments than others but even the lower performers need a regular pat on the
shoulder. A teacher should also give praise to the class as a whole to encourage the class and also
build team unity. Also, introduce students to the good work done by their peers. In other words,
you should share the ideas, knowledge, and accomplishments of individual students with the
class as a whole.
In order to help your students to be motivated, you break the routine by incorporating a
variety of teaching activities and methods in your course. Classroom activities can reduce the
strain of formality in the classroom. They make learning more student-centered and less teacher-
centered. Activities (such as groups where students exchange personally relevant information)
may help to motivate and encourage the more diffident students. In other words, activities
transfer the process of learning from 'skill-getting' to 'skill-using'.
Here are some tips for the teachers to try:
1. Know your students and use their names as often as possible.
2. Maintain eye contact and move toward your students as you interact with them; be sure
to nod your head to show that you are hearing what they say.
3. Use facial expressions - Smile, Frown!!
4. Use appropriate humor in your
teaching and in tests, to relieve anxiety.
5. Plan relevant study trips out of the university.
6. Maximize the use of time so that the students keep busy with productive, relevant
activities.
7. Provide opportunities for the students to speak to the class. Talk less than your students
do.
8. Accept students' ideas and comments, even if they are wrong; correct in a positive
manner.
9. Open each class with an introduction that captures the interest of your students (warm-
up).
10. Plan for every class; never try to wing it.
11. Make sure that the level of teaching matches students' background, ability, and
experience.
12. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward the
strengths and strengthen the weak spots.
13. Move around the room as you teach; walk energetically and purposefully.
14. Put some excitement into your speech; vary your pitch, volume and rate.