During the observation this is the data that I could collect:
Considering the information that I have collected, I think it is necessary for the teacher to get to know their students to start with. Every teacher plays a crucial role in their students' motivation. There's not really a "formula" or "recipe" we can follow to motivate them so, as teachers, we should reflect on how we can do it. I believe it is important because a motivated child make an extra-effort to overcome challenges, to learn, is more confident, ambitious, most of the time succeeds in their tasks given and doesn't feel disturbed by their lack of understanding because knows that eventually understanding will come.
To know what motivates them I imagine a teacher can observe the students during the class and during their activities which could involve personal preferences and opinions to know what subjects they enjoy talking about. The problem is that most of the time teachers believe that making activities fun means to make it easy and they think that way they will motivate children. That's not entirely true.
For instance, the teacher could start by checking their resources and see what kind of activities they take into the classroom. If children like it that will most likely keep them (and the teacher) motivated.
In my case, when I first started studying English, it was entirely an integrative motivation because of my interest in foreign cultures. I was willing to put all the persistent effort needed to become bilingual. I would like to believe I was successful at learning as I have studied over seven years so far and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I think my motivation had a direct bearing on my successfulness. We can't ignore that motivation and success go together, they are interconnected and they are what drive us to our goals and dreams.
Observing this class I've learned that a not motivated student will make less progress in their learning as they are not very interested in communicating with the teacher or learning with their classmates. They won't practise since they don't really care and they will probably end up failing, as it could be the case of Leandro in the class I observed.
In this case I felt the teacher wasn't really motivated herself. It makes me wonder, how is a teacher supposed to motivate their students if they are not motivated themselves? Maybe the first question we should ask ourselves is whether we are motivated to motivate or not. Because if we are not, we can go ahead and "go with the flow" which could eventually lead to nowhere really..
To know what motivates them I imagine a teacher can observe the students during the class and during their activities which could involve personal preferences and opinions to know what subjects they enjoy talking about. The problem is that most of the time teachers believe that making activities fun means to make it easy and they think that way they will motivate children. That's not entirely true.
For instance, the teacher could start by checking their resources and see what kind of activities they take into the classroom. If children like it that will most likely keep them (and the teacher) motivated.
In my case, when I first started studying English, it was entirely an integrative motivation because of my interest in foreign cultures. I was willing to put all the persistent effort needed to become bilingual. I would like to believe I was successful at learning as I have studied over seven years so far and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I think my motivation had a direct bearing on my successfulness. We can't ignore that motivation and success go together, they are interconnected and they are what drive us to our goals and dreams.
Observing this class I've learned that a not motivated student will make less progress in their learning as they are not very interested in communicating with the teacher or learning with their classmates. They won't practise since they don't really care and they will probably end up failing, as it could be the case of Leandro in the class I observed.
In this case I felt the teacher wasn't really motivated herself. It makes me wonder, how is a teacher supposed to motivate their students if they are not motivated themselves? Maybe the first question we should ask ourselves is whether we are motivated to motivate or not. Because if we are not, we can go ahead and "go with the flow" which could eventually lead to nowhere really..
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