Publication Date
2005
Abstract
This paper discusses specific elements of teaching teens in an EFL context, in particular the areas of teen motivation and discipline. This was a teacher’s development project involving six teachers (including the writer), and lasting for one semester in a Brazilian bi-national language institute. The project was built on videotaped class observations, readings, group meetings, and journal writings. The result was a deeper reflection into the developmental stage dubbed “teenhood”, followed by subsequent considerations of motivation and discipline of teen groups, the role of the teen teacher, the importance of knowing and connecting with the inner teacher, and practical implications for teen class dynamics.
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Instruction | First and Second Language Acquisition
Recommended Citation
Burbridge, Anna, "Exploring the teen EFL classroom: The students, their teachers, and the tangles of dealing with discipline and motivation" (2005). MA TESOL Collection. 73.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/73
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, First and Second Language Acquisition Commons