如何激发学生的学习好奇心？

如何帮助学生更加容易理解？

如何帮助学生提升元认知？

深度解读文本

语言基础教学在教学过程中特别重要

备课要备学生，学生想要知道什么，想要了解什么。

评价表的使用：询问自己的同伴

激发学生自我观察，增强学生对教学目标的理解与认知

我们什么时候需要描述自己（网友奔现时）

挖掘话题背后的实际交际、交流性

教会学生学习方法    同时教学生how to learn      同时要挖掘文本  猫和人类的DNA    

teaching  和 learning     

将任务布置到每个组内是非常有必要的，因为每个组内的学生都会有归属感，知道必须完成，如果将作业投影到PPT课件上，那么学生就会有意愿去解决。

理解文本   两句话： learn ssomething new  and how to use what they have learned 

将阅读带到课堂，将阅读带入学生的生活中

教师从来不是答案的来源者  而是学生的  guide  supportor     mentor  

本节课充分调动了学生的积极性，同时引导学生去制定新年的愿望  ，同时和告诉学生，制定计划的 SMART rules. 

Topic of this session:

How overcoming negative emotions can empower language learners

1. "...mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams..."  (from one of Albert Einstein's teacher)
2. "...hopeless as a composer..." (Beethoven's violin teacher)
3. Walt Disney got fired by a newspaper editor for "lack of ideas"
4. "I have an idiot for a son"(Auguste Rodin's father)          the statue of The thinker       "This boy is unable and unwilling to learn"(Auguste Rodin's uncle)

Remarks:

1.Positive psychology(PP) is the empirical study of how people thrive and flourish; it is the study of the ordinary human strengths and virtues that make life good.

                      (Maclntyre & Mercer 2014)

2."Adult learners ... have a powerful reflex called the 'fear response' deeply ingrained in their brains. We feel that reflex in moments of existential threat such as hunger, pain or danger - and quite frequently in the classroom equivalent, shame."

                                               (Perry, 2016)

Two terms about the brain:

1.Nucleus accumbens    

    GO!(positive emotions)

2.Amygdala     

    STOP!(negative emotions)

A psychological definition of Resilience:

Resilience is the ability to successfully spring back from adversity. Language learners need resilience in times of emotional, cognitive, and/or physical stress. (Oxford, 2015)

Second language acquisition(SLA) rarely deals with these topics at present; however, their relevance in the field is immediately apparent when one considers the practical, human, and social demension of language learning. Many language educators are aware of the importance of improving individual learner's experiences of language learning by helping them to develop and maintain their motivation, perseverance, and resiliency, as well as positive emotions necessary for the long-term undertaking of learning a foreign language.

                      (Maclntyre & Mercer 2004)

Research shows

• A learner's resilience is determined by their mindsets ('fixed vs. growth mindset')
• The way we interact with our students has an impact on their mindsets.
• Mindsets are flexible and can change; there is evidence that we can help students modify them.
• The pre-frontal cortex plays a key role in the development of resilience.
• Story telling and story sharing can have a positive influence on students' resilience.

Two terms about Limbic System:

1.Frontal Lobe (logical thinking)

2.Cerebral Cortex 

任务1：Reading and Writing Skills—Herbert Puchta

思考：Exam pressure often doesn't simply come from the exam itself.

What other reasons for students' stress before and during the Gaokao exam are you aware of?

• families--parents' expectations
• peers pressure
• their own future
• big environment--competition

The 5 qualities of top table tennis player

• Speed
• Skills
• Accuracy
• Anticipation
• Footwork

The new Gaokao exam tasks:

• summary 

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