Make Your Students Active Learners

Think back to when you were in school.? Did you like to sit at a desk and listen to your teacher drone on and on? Or suppose that you're standing in the front of a class of glassy-eyed children,or,even worse,a class of students who are just plain ignoring you. Active learning doesn't mean the children need to sit still throughout the class period - it just means that you design your class period around having them actively participate in the learning process.?How can you get them back "into" your class and make them active learners? There are lots of things you can do. During my 20-year teaching career as a junior English teacher ,I have got plenty of experience. This paper suggests the importance and ways of making your students active learners based on the theory of intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. With regard to achieving intrinsic motivation,it is concluded that TPR,playing games,using stories,sing songs and saying rhymes are good strategies for children. As to extrinsic motivation,outward praise,proper mistake correction and portfolios are suggested.