Episode 010: Don't Box Them In
Update: 2014-05-31
Description
Show Notes: The Minimal Pair
Title: Don't Box Them In
Episode no: 010
Date: Recorded on 5/30/14
Topics in Language Learning
Introverts/Passive Learning
- Sources:
- “Passive Learners vs. Introverts—A comment,” by Naomi Epstein (from the blog Visualizing Ideas)
- #ELTChat Summary from May 7th 2014—“How we deal with passive learners,” compiled by Lizzie Pinard
- Talking points from both sources and our experiences:
- Distinction between “introverts” and “passive learners”
- Introverts didn’t raise their hands, but were clearly listening; rather than conforming to the expected learning behavior, they adapt their own
- Passive learners seem completely disengaged from the lesson; often don’t know what’s going on, when things are due, and how to complete assignments
- Motivation
- Students who have to be there vs. students who want to be there
- Age and life experience as factors in student beahvior
- Avoiding labels, targeting the problem
- “Introvert” and “passive” are not mutually exclusive
- Not important to argue over definitions or positive & negative connotations of each
- More important to focus on the behaviors inherent to both/all kinds of learners and how to make space for them in the classroom
- Our tips:
- Introverts
- Variety of activities (i.e. speaking vs. writing)
- Take it slow (build up to oral participation & give them time to think before responding)
- Partner work (gives them a space to build confidence)
- Passive Learners
- Meeting them where they are (trying to get them to see it from their perspective)
- Academic contract
- Frequent conferences
- How our tips support distinguishing between the two,…
- …but don’t “box them in!”
[24:30 ]
Methodology
Journaling
- What
- Informal assessment
- Homework/in-class
- Who
- Academic English students
- Listening & pronunciation students
- Grammar?
- Why
- Reading comprehension
- Summarizing, paraphrasing, & plagiarism
- Vocabulary building
- Description, Analysis, Self-reflection
- Real world participation incentive
- Progress monitoring
- When & Where
- At home vs. in class
- Before reading vs. after
- Testing situations
- Extra credit
- How
- Side-by-side
- Quote-paraphrase-reflect
- Vocabulary
- Listening comp.
- Group work
- STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) journals
- Daily reflections
[45:20 ]
Culturally speaking…
Cross-cultural communication
- Source: DFA Intercultural Global Solutions, LLC http://dfaintercultural.com/top-10-tips-for-communicating-with-anyone-in-the-world/
- What are Dean Foster’s tips and how do we use them in the classroom?
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