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-Key factors in motivating, mentoring and moulding modern teenage students-

Quotes:‘’Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it’’

Dwight D.Eisenhower.

-In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn-

Phil Collins

21-st Century Skills and Goals which we should develop and achieve  while teaching  teenage students

• Create Global Citizens

• Learners Development
• Prepare them with the  Social Life Skills  and Soft Skills needed to succeed in the 21-st century like communication,collaboration, creativity, critical  thinking, working in teams and small groups, communication, ability to meet deadlines, take risks and make decisions
• Life-long learning (motivate learners to engage fully with their learning)
• Personal fulfillment  of life
• Teach teenage students to use English effectively

The ways to achieve these goals:

Tip 1.Personality and personal qualities of the teacher.

What conditions do I flourish?

Top 5 valued qualities for teachers:

(Pupils’questionnaire)

1. The ability to develop trusting,compassionate relationships with students
2. Patient,caring and kind personality
3. Professionalism
4. Subject matter Knowledge
5. Knowledge of learners

A quote: “Good teachers excel at structuring learning so it is motivating and streaching, not overwhelming and confusing or repetitive and dull.”

Charles Leadbeater,The Problem Solvers.

Tip 2. Active learning.

Use active learning and organize different types of lessons (a game, a quiz, a conference, project work, concerts and many other):

• To check up pupils’ knowledge in different fields of life
• To give students opportunity to learn something new and useful
• To help to broaden knowledge and expand outlook

• To make learning interesting ,’fresh’ and enjoyable

• To motivate pupils in self-studying
• To develop children to be more confident communicators in English
• To give learners confidence in all language skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing through competitive activities
• To develop Social Life Skills  and Soft Skills
• Remember! English is a life-skill and Key competence!

Tip 3. Bring modern devices and gadgets into the class.

When online components  are incorporated into student-centred learning activities both teachers and pupils can benefit from it.

Why use digital activities in the classroom?

• Increase student motivation
• Enhance the learning experience
• Make teaching more efficient
• Lead to higher marks in tests and exams
• Develop potential for deeper learning of the subject
• Help to develop learner autonomy
• Strengthen team work and communication skills

! On-line quizzes , contests and olimpiads is a great way to spice up your lessons, get rewards and give students the immediate feedback on their learning!

Tip 4.Make the students the boss.

• Share your aims  and ideas with students while planning your work
• Ask your pupils for advice and help
• Understand how you learn
• Make your studies fit your lifestyle

Tip 5.Don’t fear failure

·         Take risks

·         Build resilience

·         Remember! A mistake is an opportunity to learn

Tip 6. Ask-answer activities

·         Don’t ask student’s one by one in a set order. Ask in random order to keep them on their toes.

·         Don’t just ask for the answer. Ask them to explain WHY is it’s the answer.

·         If a student answers in a soft voice, don’t move closer to him.

·         For variety, YOU answer the question.

·         Don’t be afraid of not answering tricky pupils’ questions, just say :-I’ll check it!- if you are not sure in your answer! Or suggest them to answer their own questions and share their knowledge )

Tip 7.Make feedback Fun

·         Try to avoid the red pen while marking pupils’ tests and copy-books (use different colours and emoji  faces J K L )

·         Get the students to correct each other

·         Share mistakes

·         Give a prize for the craziest mistake J

Tip 8.Hometask

• Hometask for teens cannot be repetitive and  it should have practical value. Include life tasks in your homework which will motivate teens to do their homework.
• Offer choices.
• Offer extra digital activities  as homework. It’s a great timesaver for teachers! You will minimize your lesson preparation by automated  homework checking.

• Give the teens hometask which they understand and realize, why they have to do it and how it can be useful for them in the future. Don’t give them homework just because you have to give them homework!

• Students  may also have ‘bad’ days

Sometimes teen students  can  be in a bad mood or stressed for different reasons (overhelmed with school work and tests, problems with the members of the family, friends, love and so on).Don’t make the matter worse-don’t shout or critisize them for not doing their homework or passiveness at the lesson. Support them and ask them to be ready and bring homework for the next lesson

• Homework and lazy students. Dealing with lazy pupils can be frustrating! But!If the exercise was for homework and someone didn’t do it again, make them  do it and  answer it NOW!
• Why don’t you have  –No homework- lesson- TODAY?! J (an unexpected moment)

Tip 9.Motivate and encourage teenage students to speak English as much as possible.

Tell pupils and give them real examples how knowledge of English and communicative skills can help them to succeed in the future. You can use real-life videos, audios and social networks to communicate with your friends abroad and practice your language.

Why speak more languages?

• Think differently
• Get more info about the world
• Open doors to education
• Open doors to work opportunities
• Earn more money
• Open doors to travel
• Make international friendships

!!!Try to finish every lesson with communicative tasks!!!

Tip 10. Using infographics while presenting information to your students and  working with it.

Students like watching and analysing interesting and up-to-date information both from the Internet and books. Include different bars, charts and infographics in your lessons.

For example:

-What skills are required outside the classroom?-

Activity. Make a guess:-What percentage of employers place high importance on each of the following things?

Pupils try to guess, and then teacher show them the right answer on the slide and have a discussion on this topic.

The ability to appreciate an alternative point of view	42%
Communicative skills and the ability to work in teams	62%
The ability to grasp complex information	68%
The right academic qualifications	27%

Tip 11.Bring positive aspect of emotions  into the classroom.

• Stimulation (e.g. No wonder! No way! Look at this! Well done! Good job!)
• Competition
• Guessing
• The unexpected moments
• Humour and jokes
• Emotional/personal involvement (teen students like chanting, singing and acting a lot when we work with the chants, dialogues and conversational formulas at the lesson)

!Reading and singing together aloud is a great way to practice the proper  intonation and to have fun at the lesson!

• Opportunity for persistence and experimentation
• Positive engagement and positive thinking J

Tip 12.Prepare students for the state exams.

Make them remember:

• Exam tasks are similar across exams
• There are universal rules for exam success. Teach teen students  all the necessary techniques and give them tips to prepare for the state exams.
• Use the 3T rule: teaching –training-testing
• Give them criteria and self-assessment cards to prepare students for oral and written parts of the state exams (personal letter/essay/speaking)

Remember! Every class is different! Every pupil is unique!

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In this article the teacher gives some useful tips,ideas and activities from his own teaching experience how to motivate,mentor and mould modern teenage students at English lessons in order to develop and achieve 21-st Century Skills and Goals needed to succeed in the 21-st century (communication,collaboration, creativity, critical thinking).