Teaching Performance: what it is and
why it matters
Colin Walker
Professor at Hoseo University
The Boredom Monster
* Too much explicit
instruction
* Limited language
learning
Going to war against the
boredom ghost
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1) Teaching Performance
2) The Writing Box
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Zoltán Dörnyei
1) Teaching performance
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Dörnyei, Z. (1998) Demotivation in language learning. Paper presented at the TESO
L ’98 Congress, Seattle, WA, March cited in Dörnyei, Z. and Ushioda, E. (2011) Teac
hing and Researching Motivation. 2nd Edition. Pearson Education Limited. Great Bri
tain. P. 148
Battling the Boredum Monster
Crookes and Schmidt (1991) way to motivate students:
1)Relevant
2)Interesting
3)Meets student expectancy
4)Satisfaction
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Crookes, G. and Schmidt, R. (1991) 'Motivation: Reopening the research agenda'.
Language Learning 41(4): pp. 469-512.
Walker, C. (2011) Managing student motivation through teaching performance
University of Birmingham, CELS Essay Bank (in press).
How to make lessons that are: 1) Relevant, 2) Interesting ,
3)Meet student expectancy, and 4) give satisfaction
Student rapport
Leadership –
supportive error
feedback
Encourage students to make
good mistakes
Why is teaching performance
important?
Students: L2 learning outside
the class
Teachers: it can advance your
career
• Ben Cecil (Dean of Niagara College)
2) The Writing Box
Who
1
2
3
4
Topic
Sentence
Closing
Sentence
Write a sentence about this person.
(opinion, the person’s job, something
unique you know about them)
#1
#2
#3
#4
Who was born in Japan?
Topic sentence and Closing
sentences.
1. Lee Myung
Bak
He is the current president of South Korea.
2. Kim Yuna
She is a Korean figure skater, who won gold at the Olympics.
3. Ban Ki Moon
He was the Secretary General of the United Nations.
4. Jim Paek
He is the first Korean to play in the National Hockey League.
Topic Sentence
Korea has many famous people.
Closing
Sentence
Koreans are awesome.
Famous Koreans
What
Famous Korean people
Famous places in
Korea
Who
Famous sites in Korea
Korean Food
What
Famous Korean foods
Unique Facts
What
Unique facts about
Korea
The Writing Box summarized
Start from the middle (eg body sentences) Add
topic and closing sentences later.
• ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ –
Steve Jobs.
4)Evaluation
• Show the students what you are looking for. I like writing that
has:
Creativity
/10
Grammar
/5
Expectancy
/5
Organization
/10
Summing up
• Teaching Performance:
• Student rapport
• Encourage students to make good mistakes
• Leadership – supportive error feedback
• The Writing Box – helps students organize their ideas
• Encourage student creativity
Oh and 1 more thing…
Contact
Colin Walker
www.walkercolin.com
[email protected]
@colinjerwalker