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Teaching Tips #109
Posted on Tue, Mar 14 @ 16:41 by joy0855 |
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Are you one of those teachers who find yourself dealing with the same
problems with the same students? For example, there are those students who
just don’t do spelling review at home. What is there left to try? How else
can you encourage them? What about the students who always make the same
grammatical errors, oral or written. How will it ever be corrected when
there’s nothing left to try? |
Often we’ll look at the problem through our own eyes and deal with it
accordingly. But sometimes it may not match the student’s needs and it just
won’t work. Sometimes we may be asking too much of the student. Forcing
the student to do the correction may not always work. It may work with some
of your students but not all of them. Is it because of the way they are
or because of the way they have come to learn?
If you were able to remove all judgment you have with each of your students,
look at them afresh, you would see the situation in the original light.
If you sternly ask your students to be quiet, the ones who obey you are
probably used to punishment and understand why it is used. The ones who
seem as if they didn’t hear you, probably didn’t or don’t want to hear you.
These students need a different approach when it comes to corrections. They
need to be shown the “why” behind the reason for punishment and result.
This can be done by setting goals together, explaining guidelines, using
positive encouragement and re-enforcement, and rewarding the students for
any improvements you notice.
As for the question regarding spelling review, you should do a little more
practice during class and offer your students some fun, effective activities.
As for grammatical errors, oral and written, have all your students write
common errors into their notebook-use the back pages of the book, and have
them read it each class after everyone has arrived.
There are always other ways, unusual ways, and new approaches to try to
help your students solve ongoing problems. Look at your students as individuals
and treat them accordingly. Never give up.
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