{"id":4777,"date":"2014-06-29T03:39:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T03:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2014-06-29T03:39:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T03:39:08","slug":"article-classroom-speaking-challenges-its-so-hard-getting-the-weaker-students-to-join-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4777","title":{"rendered":"Article: Classroom speaking challenges: it\u2019s so hard getting the weaker students to join in"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 |\u00a0June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The OUP ELT\u00a0blog has published an article dealing with the classroom engagement of weaker students.<\/p>\n

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Erika Osvath, an experienced teacher and teacher-trainer, explores the third of our\u00a0<\/em>Solutions Speaking Challenges<\/em><\/a>: \u2018It\u2019s so hard getting the weaker students to join in\u2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As I am sitting at my desk thinking over the issue of how to get weaker students to join in, my thoughts keep returning to the same questions:<\/p>\n

Who are the weaker students?<\/em><\/p>\n

What makes them \u2018weaker\u2019?<\/em><\/p>\n

How do I want them to \u201cjoin in\u201d?<\/em><\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t seem to escape them. I could just list various activities that may encourage students to participate more actively in speaking activities, but I feel have to go deeper this time. And as a result, I find myself wondering about my own preconceptions as a teacher.<\/p>\n

I expect a \u201cweaker student\u201d to say less, come up with fewer ideas, make more mistakes, and be more insecure. As a result, when they join in \u2013 if they ever do \u2013 they will be like this. Does this sound familiar to you? This is known as the\u00a0Pygmalion effect<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>a psychological principle asserting that expectations decisively influence performance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read full article<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 |\u00a0June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT\u00a0blog has published an article dealing with the classroom engagement of weaker students. Erika Osvath, an experienced teacher and teacher-trainer, explores the third of our\u00a0Solutions Speaking Challenges: \u2018It\u2019s so hard getting the weaker students to join in\u2019.\u00a0 As I am sitting at 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