Advantages of Large Heterogeneous Classes (Post Issue) Richer pool of Human Resources: varied

opinions, interest, ideas, knowledge. Educational Value: diverse contact among cultures, social values, behavior codes. Co-student teaching: large classes need students working together. Challenge for teachers: provide opportunities for creativity, professional development and sudden response.

Teaching Solutions for Large Heterogeneous classes.

Vary topics, methods and texts

Make activities interesting

Encourage Collaboration

Individualize tasks

Use Open-ended cues (range of possible answers)

Does teaching a large class ensures a fruitful teaching experience?

Learners Motivation and Interests

Theoretical Notion Teachers role Types of Motivation

Motivation: The idea.

SLA motivation is related to achievement in language learning Motivation in quarrel with a natural aptitude for language learning

Success in the target language boosts motivation?

Previous motivation leads to success?

Motivation strategies to increase language learning should be priority

Motivated Learners Features

1. Positive task orientation 2. Egoinvolvement (importance of succeeding for learners) 5. Goal orientation (Sts need to know objectives) 6. Perseverance (invest a large effort in learning)
3. Need for achievement (need to overcome difficulties) 4. High aspiration (learners ambition)

7. Tolerance of ambiguity (Sts dont frustrate by temporal setbacks)

Types of Motivation (Gardner & Lander)

Integrative Instrumental

The desire to identify with the target culture

Wish to learn for professional purposes

Integration to the target language culture

Study, professional promotion, job opportunities

Types of Motivation
Global

(Brown)

Overall orientation to learn (languages or sports)

Task

The way a learner approaches to one particular task.

Context of learning (classroom enviroment, teachers skills Situation al

Types of motivation (Psichology term)

Intrinsic

Engage in learning for the Stsown sake

Extrinsic

Motivation derived from external incentives. Grades, extra credit, etc.

Teachers Responsibility
Stage 1: Recall. Remembering your former language teaching education

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

Stage 3: Deliver. Provide your Sts all of the features you did not have as a student.

Ways of arousing interest in tasks

1.Clear Goals (learners awareness on the goals of the class) 4. Information Gap (providing clues. Act as a facilitator) 2. Varied topics and tasks

5. Personalization (customize tasks for the students)

6. Open Ending cues (more than 1 right answer)