Mindful Teachers- Mindful Lessons

Presented by Hye Yeon Lim

MEXTESOL 2014

Mindfulness

• It means to pay attention in a particular way:

• On purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.

•Mindfulness can be used to create

“meaningful” lessons.

• Strategies of mindfulness can help teachers develop

a dynamic learning environment with an

emphasis on competency-based instruction.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness provides authentic communication

opportunities in the classroom by transitioning

practice oriented activities to production oriented activities

“We learn best when we teach

others.”

Language Learning

•Communication•Real life situations•Authentic interactive communication environments

• Most people do not learn a language “just to learn it”

• Classes that keep the language only in the classroom are less effective than those that use

authentic environments.

Practice

•Practice makes perfect.

•Only good practice makes perfect.

Condition 1 Meaningful Outcomes

• Successful or not; concrete and measurable.

Example• Act out a dialogue.• Create a Big Book.• Create an instruction manual• Create a comparative chart

• Creative Minds

Condition 2 Information Exchange

• Information Exchange among all participants

Example• Information gap• Decision gap• Opinion gap• Jigsaw activities

• Ambiguity, uncertainty, anticipation

Condition 3 Information Manipulation

• Students need to figure out how to use the information that has been communicated within the group

Example• Worksheet vs task activity