Tutorial Week 13 - TSL3109

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TUTORIAL WEEK 13#Discuss the effects of good and poor

motivating strategies on young ESL learners.

#Discuss ways on how to develop, monitor and maintain productive behaviours of young ESL

learners.

#Find and present successful cases of good

motivation strategies on young ESL learners.



#Discuss the effects of good and poor motivating

strategies on young ESL learners.

• Wlodkowski & Ginsberg (1998:180), learner motivation is improved when learning environment is based on:

• Establishing inclusion – creating a learning atmosphere in which learners and educators feel respected by and connected to each other.

• Developing attitude – creating a learning atmosphere in which learners will not be afraid to fail in their attempts at new learning experiences.

•Enhancing meaning – creating challenging, thoughtful learning experiences that include learner perspectives and values.

• Engendering competence – creating an understanding that learners are effective at learning something they value.



Theories of Human Motivation



Good Poor S1: Use appropriate compliments /

reinforcements to pupils who are able toachieve the learning objective.Effect: Pupils feel appreciated and will work harder.

S1: Regular usage of compliments /

reinforcements to the pupils.Effect: Listening to the same and repeatedcompliments can lead to insincerity of thecompliments given.

S2: Given ample and appropriate time fordifficult task.Effect: Pupils are able to achieve the learning objective and have the feelings of achievement.

S2: Given little time for difficult task.Effect: Pupils may feel it is a bit unfair asthey have difficulties in completing the task in short time.

S3: Content of the task is related to thepupils’ interest.Effect: Pupils are able to recognise thecontent and further enable them tounderstand the topic. It increases theirmotivation to learn.

S3: Content of the task is not related to thepupils’ interest.Effect: Pupils are unfamiliar to the content,thus have difficulties to understand the topic. The content is not able to attract theirattention, thus leading to boredom and

decreasing their motivation.



#Discuss ways on how to develop, monitor and maintain

productive behaviours of young ESL learners.

Way Develop Monitor Maintain

Boost their

interest.

Use attractive teaching

media during lessons.

Figure out what are the

common interests among

the pupils.

Let the pupils to share their

likes and dislikes in the

class.

Pair/Groupwork Have activities to be donein pairs or groups.

Figure out the pupils’

learning abilities.

Have changes of membersin the groups/pairs for

maximum interaction.

Praise Use praises either oral or

non-verbal when pupils

achieved the objectives.

Discover the changes in

behaviour.

Use praises at appropriate

time and situation.

Rewards Use rewards for theactivities and based on

pupils’ performances.

Discover if the rewardsable to increase the pupils’

performance and intrinsic

motivation.

Give rewards to pupils whoare qualified to have it.

Give different rewards so

that pupils are eager to

participate and perform

well during the learning process.



#Find and present successful cases of good

motivation strategies on young ESL learners.

• Case 1: Elvin is an active and naughty kid from Year 3K. He tends to disturb other pupils during presentation of the

lesson. However, he does not really do well in the task given. After some guidance and help from the teacher and his peers, Elvin is able to perform well and get the answers correctly. The teacher has given him praise through the “stamp” which says “Well done” on his worksheet. He smiles

back when he discovers his achievement is appreciated and from that day onwards, he keeps completing his task and performs and participates actively in the tasks given.



• Case 2: Young learners are certainly very active and full with curiosity. During the lesson, the teacher rarely used

interesting teaching aids and anything related to their experiences. The pupils tend to loss their interest in learning and causes them to do other things. Thus, the teacher tried different method by using characters from their favourite TV programmes and colourful and attractive pictures and

videos. The pupils soon anticipated for every lesson and participated well in the tasks given. They were motivated to learn from day to day and soon, everyone was very eager to participate in the lesson.



Notes : What’s your strategies?

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