Building Rapport with EFL Students

MU N EER A H ME D & Z A H EER A B B AS

E F L T E A CHE RS
T E A A LU MNI 2 0 1 7
Warm-up (Stop and Walk)
• level 1: walk, stop
• level 2: walk is stop and stop is walk
• level 3: walk is stop, stop is walk and name is name, clap is
clap
• level 4: walk is stop, stop is walk, name is name, clap is clap
and laugh is laugh and jump is jump
• level 5: walk is stop, stop is walk, name is clap , clap is
name and laugh is jump and jump is laugh
Objectives
After this workshop the participant will be able to:
• Understand the term rapport building in educational
context
• Analyze strategies for building rapport with their
students
• Apply the strategies in their classrooms
Rapport Building

• Building rapport with students is the development

of a positive relation between the teacher and

the students.
Every Kid Needs a Champion by Rita Pierson
(video Watching)
Group Work
Case -1
• Mr. Kaleem is a very loud teacher, he often
shouts in the classroom. Though he can be
very friendly with students but the way he
speaks very often irritate the students. He
often uses rude words and ignore his/her
students when they are speaking. What
should he do?
Case 2
• Miss Salma is a diligent teacher she is always
very punctual. She explains the lesson well
but being in her class for an hour feel so
very tiring because she requires his/her
students to concentrate and do tasks all the
time. In short, her class is very serious class
What should she do?
Case 3
• Miss Sajeela is an EFL teacher. Every
student in the school is very much
reluctant and afraid to talk to her.
What changes would you suggest for
Miss Sajeela in her behavior to build a
positive rapport with her students?
Case 4
•Mr. Shahzaib wants to call all of his
students by name in his EFL class of
50+ students. Design some
activities that he could call his/her
students by name.
Case 5
• Miss Shabnam is an EFL teacher. She
wants to interact with the students
even after the school. What
tools/devices she could use and do
justify their fruitfulness for Miss
Shabnam.
 Strategies for rapport Building
Students’ name Pair work Body language

Interaction Motivation

Tone setting friendly

Terrific first day Fun games

Background Trust

Respect Discussion

Identify Mentoring

Co-operative Activities Listen

Group work Humor

 Online Poll (identifying the most important startegies for Rapport
Building)

•https://PollEv.com/muneerahmed601
References
• https://www.socialpsychology.org/rapport.htm
• https://barefootteflteacher.com/blog/building-rapport
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw&t=53s
• https://brocku.ca/blogs/futurestudents/2014/10/16/group-
work-at-brock-tips-for-effective-collaboration/