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Motivate your Students to Keep Learning English
How to keep your students motivated and moving forward so that they create a lifelong habit.

Why did my students stop coming?

 

My students were really motivated when they signed up. Then they suddenly

stopped coming.

Every day, people all around the world wake up motivated to learn English.

They snatch up study materials, pay for lessons, and then …

 

Texting, tweeting, scrolling, posting, clicking, commenting and sharing are

such a huge distraction that even highly motivated students struggle to focus.

Suddenly they can’t find the time, for what really matters to them.

 

Sound familiar? This is the challenge for educators the world over!

 

Your competition isn’t just other schools. It’s distractions, boring and outdated

materials, and a lack of engagement outside of lessons.

 

You need:

 

-Tools to monitor your students’ progress

 

-To keep students engaged outside of class

 

-To build lessons with a variety of materials that suit their needs, interests and

level

How can I motivate my students?

 

In order to achieve these things you need to start with clear goals for each

lesson.

 

-What do you want your student to achieve in the lesson? For example, “In this

lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself.”

 

-How will they achieve the lesson goal? What are the objectives of the lesson?

For example, “To know vocabulary to introduce yourself.”

 

-What steps do they need to take to achieve the objective?  For example,

“Remember the following word(s).”

 

Break objectives into clear, short, and achievable goals. If your students feel

like they’re making progress, they’ll continue studying and most importantly,

they’ll continue taking classes. They’ll start coming more frequently if they

have clear goals that they’re able to achieve.

 

Give them tasks to complete outside of class that reinforces what you teach

them and practice in class.

 

What should I counsel my students on?

 

Take the time to sit down with your students once every couple of months.

Have them create short-term goals, and review their progress. Creating the

goals together will encourage them to own the goals and also hold them

accountable to achieve them.

 

When counseling them, always start with their strengths and what they

improved on.

Review the notes and feedback from their instructors and give them clear tips

and methods on how to improve. Don’t be vague.Tell them exactly what to do.

For example, “Emmy, you’re struggling with the past tense. Please review

lessons BCOMM12, BCOMM17 and BCOMM19.”

 

Select materials that suit your students needs. Everyday topics can be easily

modified to be relevant to their interests. Personalize lessons to include their

likes and interests.

 

This is where Pocket Passport comes in! We give you the tools to reward &

recognize progress and efforts, deliver bite-sized content, and keep students

coming back for more.

 

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Feedback for ESL Students
Watch your students English take off

Do I really have to give feedback?

 

Over the years, I have heard countless teachers complain about giving students feedback.

 

“It’s time consuming.”

 

“I don’t know what to write.”

 

“I don’t have time between classes.”

 

Or

 

“I’m too tired at the end of the day to write feedback.”

 

Like everything in life, there are many excuses not to do something.

 

However, for the sake of your students making real progress it’s absolutely essential.

 

We have to inform, encourage, and motivate them so they continue studying and practicing.

 

We know that giving students feedback has a positive effect on student learning

(https://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/)

 

In fact, it has so much of an effect that we should never be putting it on the back-burner.

 

And I’m not talking about high fives. That isn’t feedback!

 

Know when to give feedback

 

There are many advantages to teaching online. One of my favorites things is digital quizzes.

 

Of course, first there’s the fact that I don’t have to mark the quiz.

 

On top of that, they give you the ability to identify common mistakes that students are making.

 

If you can identify something that students are having trouble with, it eliminates the guesswork.

 

Teach the lesson in a new, better, clearer, more interactive way with more examples, practice and repetition.

 

Look at the quiz results. Are there questions and areas that multiple students are having difficulty with?

 

Data is useful only if you’re using it. (Pocket Passport quizzes come give you comprehensive reports on student performance)

 

If there are common problems, giving them individual feedback on that point is a huge waste of time. Reteach it to the class and spend some extra time on it.

 

Even better, recognize the problem in front of the whole class. “I noticed that many of you are having trouble with telling stories in the past. Let’s practice this again today in a new way.”

 

DON’T point out any particular students. Use it as a way to calm and encourage your students that they aren’t the only ones not understanding something.

 

General Guidelines for Giving Feedback

 

The first thing you need to ask and address is: ”Will it be actionable and useful?”

 

Telling them, “Great job” and “You were really chatty in class today” is useless feedback. It isn’t going to help them.

 

Consider these three things as a guide to giving good feedback:

 

1. Be kind – start with positives rather than focusing on things they didn’t do well.

 

Ask things as a question rather than a definitive statement.

 

2. Be specific – clearly tell them what did well and what they need to work on.

 

3: Tell them how they can improve – give them ways to get better. You really must show, guide or teach them how to improve.

 

Let’s look at an example:

 

Hi Emmy,

 

You always respond with full sentences and answer questions that you are asked by other students. Great job.

 

Remember to explain what, why, who, where and when (use: because, so, and, etc.) and don’t forget to ask your classmates their opinions.

 

Tips:

 

Practice making sentences using the following conjunctions: and, because, so, and then.

 

Finally, don’t wait to give them feedback. Giving students LOTS of feedback once or twice every 6 months isn’t enough.

 

The example above is clear, concise and will keep your students motivated and on the right track.

 

Be kind, specific and helpful.

 

Do you want 100 Examples of Feedback? Email me: jeff@pocketpassport.com

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