Classroom Management
Motivation = CAN = Competence + Autonomy + Network
I tutor students and most of my sessions are one on one. How do I make a student feel that he belongs to a network?
Classroom Management
Classroom Management
When the Required Curriculum is Way Too Much!
The standard textbook approach has always reminded me of Johnny Cash’s song, One Piece at a Time, and gives similar results. The students, the few who persevere, have a lot of bits and pieces but they don’t necessarily fit together very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErKI0zWgjg
Classroom Management
Interpersonal Communication
This poster can be downloaded and used to make your expectations visible in the classroom.
Classroom Management
The Skeleton in the TPRS Closet
“It’s time to stop thinking of translation as something shameful that we do only when no one is looking.”
Classroom Management
Help!
“One way to build trust is by employing the 2×10 strategy: spend 2 minutes talking with a student about anything other than school for 10 consecutive days.” Better than Carrots or Sticks, by Smith, Fisher and Frey
Classroom Management
A Different Type of Classroom Management: Restorative Practices
“Children who are habitually criticized, humilated, or shamed internalize negative feelings about themselves that hinder their healthy development. By contrast, children accustomed to loving support and guidance are much more likely to become healthy and productive citizens.”
Classroom Management
Classroom Management
When Mistakes are not Mistakes.
An Englishman in a French restaurant: Serveur! Il y a un mouche dans la soupe!
Waiter: C’est une mouche, monsieur.
Englishman: Blimey! You’ve got good eyes.
Classroom Management
Musing after class
I then realized that the “difficult words” that the Americans struggled with were the very words that made the text easy for my students because they were cognates for French speakers.
Classroom Management
The Tiny Little Monkey in Your Brain
I have an adult student who is a beginner in English. She is highly motivated but has tried to learn English before and has never succeeded. She likes working with me and getting comprehensible input…