Student Motivation Tips (SMT): Tactics Geared to Foster Student Motivation

  1. Utilizing additional significant words to motivate students;
  2. Using props to inspire student learning;
  3. Sharing personal experiences to inspire students;
  4. Incorporating questions to motivate students;
  5. Engaging students to participate is a very successful approach for two-way communication, sentence-building blocks, singing competitions, singing connections, etc.

    • Sample Pattern 1:
      • Nose, nose, nose, where is your nose?
      • Nose, nose, nose, my nose is right here.
    • The student has learned this, so ask the student, "what real life vocabulary would you like to put in?":
      • Student A - "House"
      • Student B - "Money"
    • Ask the student to replace “nose” with “house/money.”
      Thus, the sentence becomes meaningful to the student. The student wants it, needs it, and gets it.
      That student can then apply his or her sentence to a real-life situation.

    • Sample Pattern 2:
      • I want, I want, I want to go to the park.
    • The student has learned this vocabulary and structure, so ask the students what real life vocabulary they would like to insert:
      • Student A - "Hotel"
      • Student B - "Field Trip"

    • The teacher follows the same procedure using SMT for two-way communication.
      It is exactly what the student wants to learn;
      the sentence is the most meaningful and realistic for the new student's life and needs.

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