Activities That Motivate

Activities That Motivate and Learning to Learn

Rob Dean

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2 = Touch Your Head

3 = Say ‘Donkey’

Incorporating novelty into the classroom

• Making learning a game

• Bring in elements from beyond the classroom

• Social participation and personalisation

• Learning to learn

Agenda

Context and Background:

- Learning to learn – how was it for you?

- Metacognition – what and why?

The link between learning to learn and motivation

Some Practical Activities that motivate

Context and Background

What strategies did you use…

What strategies did you use…

To remember new vocabulary? To practise the language as much as possible? To express yourself when you didn’t know a word? To organise your learning?

Cognitive Strategies

Social Strategies

Communication Strategies

Metacognitive Strategies

Metacognition explored

The Novice Learner

knowledge information

student

Metacognition – Three possible components

Developing thinking skills

Choice: materials and strategies

Developing self-awareness

Metacognition – Three possible components

The Expert Learner

knowledge Student B Student A

Metacognition – Why is it so important?

The teacher cannot be on hand all the time

More independent thinking = more

learning

Metacognition is a transferrable

life skill

Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas

Developing

thinking skills

Developing self-awareness

Choice: materials

and strategies

Learning to Learn: Choice of

materials and strategies

Everyone’s DifFerEnt

Real Life

New Challenges

New Challenges

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Project work on areas of interest

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Project work on areas of interest

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Different types of response: Verbal,

written, physical, etc

Project work on areas of interest

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

Different types of response: Verbal,

written, physical, etc

Project work on areas of interest

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

TV Quiz Shows

Different types of response: Verbal,

written, physical, etc

Project work on areas of interest

Providing Choice:

Further Ideas

Social Media

Readers DVD,

YouTube

TV Quiz Shows

Different types of response: Verbal,

written, physical, etc

Project work on areas of interest

Family Fortunes

Something you might catch:

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1. Fish

2. A cold

3. A bus

4. A ball

5. A train

6. A tram http://www.quizpub.co.uk/Family-

Fortunes-quiz.htm

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New Fiat 500L ‘Pop Star’

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Battleships

winter

season

year

time

cold

exam

test

assessment

diploma

student

Define the word in red without using any of the words in black

brain

head

think

organ

understand

Define the word in red without using any of the words in black

Taboo

Q X Z

Summing Up: Learning to Learn

and Motivation

Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas

Developing thinking

skills

Developing self-awareness

Choice: materials

and strategies

Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas

Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas

Developing thinking skills

Developing self-awareness

Choice: materials

and strategies

Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas

Variety Interactivity Relevance Games

Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas

Developing thinking

skills

Developing self-awareness

Choice: materials

and strategies

Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas

Student Centred Approaches and Activities Personalisation Strategy

Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas

Developing thinking skills

Developing self-awareness

Choice: materials and strategies

Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas

Social Collaboration Guided Reflection

New Challenges

Quiz Time:

How much do you remember?

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