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Heterogeneous Classes (Post

Issue)

Richer pool of Human Resources: variedopinions, interest, ideas, knowledge.

Educational Value: diverse contact

among cultures, social values, behaviorcodes.

Co-student teaching: large classes need

students working together.

Challenge for teachers: provideopportunities for creativity, professional

development and sudden response.

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Teaching Solutions for Large

Heterogeneous classes.

Vary topics,methods and texts

Make activitiesinteresting

EncourageCollaboration

Individualize

tasks

Use Open-endedcues

(range of possibleanswers)

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Does teaching a large class

ensures a fruitful teaching

experience?

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Learners Motivation

and Interests Theoretical Notion

Teachers roleTypes of Motivation

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Motivation: The idea.

SLA motivation isrelated to

achievement inlanguage learning

Motivation in

quarrel with anatural aptitude

for languagelearning

Success in thetarget language

boostsmotivation?

Previousmotivation leads

to success?

Motivationstrategies to

increase language

learning should bepriority

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Motivated Learners Features

1. Positive taskorientation

2. Ego-involvement

(importance of

succeeding forlearners)

3. Need forachievement (need

to overcomedifficulties)

4. High aspiration(learners ambition)

5. Goalorientation (Sts

need to knowobjectives)

6. Perseverance(invest a large

effort inlearning)

7. Tolerance ofambiguity (Stsdont frustrateby temporalsetbacks)

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Types of Motivation (Gardner &Lander)

Integrative

The desire toidentify with thetarget culture

Integration tothe targetlanguage

culture

Instrumental

Wish to learnfor professional

purposes

Study,professional

promotion, job

opportunities

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Types of Motivation (Brown)

Global Overall orientation to learn (languages or sports)

Task

The way a learner approaches to one particulartask.

Situational

Context of learning (classroom enviroment,teachers skills

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Types of motivation (Psichologyterm)

Engage in learning forthe Stsown sakeIntrinsic

Motivation derived fromexternal incentives.

Grades, extra credit, etc.Extrinsic

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Teachers Responsibility

Stage 1: Recall. Remembering yourformer language teaching education

Stage 2: Note taking. State the mistakesthat prevent you from a flawless SLL

Stage 3: Deliver. Provide your Sts all ofthe features you did not have as astudent.

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Ways of arousing interest in tasks1.Clear Goals

(learnersawareness on thegoals of the class)

2. Varied topicsand tasks

4. InformationGap

(providing clues.Act as a

facilitator)

5.Personalization

(customize tasksfor the students)

6. Open Endingcues (more than1 right answer)