GETTING MY STUDENTS CONCENTRATED DURING THE COURSE

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I.            BACKGROUND

I teach Franco – Arabic students. They are between the age range of 12 to 14. The class – size is 24 students. In addition to their mother tongue, they speak French and Arabic. English is therefore the third language they learn at school. According to the national curricula, they do not have English as a subject during the national examinations but they sit for Arabic, instead.

       II.            PROBLEMS

At the beginning of the year, my students were very attentive when I explained the lesson, so I did not put pressure on them. As time went on, more than 1/3 of the students stopped paying attention and started chatting with their desk mates, hence disturbing the course of lessons. This negatively affected the learning outcomes as they have little takeaway from the course.

     III.            QUESTIONS

  1.       Why are my students not concentrated during the lessons?
  2.       What can I  do to get them back on track?

    IV.            OBJECTIVES

This study aims at investigating why some of my students are not concentrated during my lessons and what I can to do to get them back on track and focused.

 

      V.            METHODOLOGY

Interview with the concerned students.

    VI.            FINDINGS

First of all, I found that most students chat in the classroom due to the familiarity they entertain out of the classroom. Those who know each other sit aside and chat. Some come in the classroom and rely on others’ tools to work, thus asking here and there provokes a bunch of noise and distracts them. In addition to that, some students like repeating the teacher’s instructions. This stems a disorder and lack of focus for a long moment.

 To get them back on track, the collaborative classroom task is an important asset which, rather than preventing them from chatting, makes their talks constructive and profitable to their learning process, thus it arises a good taste towards learning more about the subject.

 

   VII.            WHAT I LEARNT FROM THE PROCESS

Ø  Communicating with students can be a prominent means for teachers to reshape their teaching.

Ø  Students are an asset for the teacher to solve the puzzles he faces in the classroom.

Ø  They know their problems, however it’s up to the teacher to bring an accurate solution.

Ø  Discussing with them about their own problems permitted me to know how much they are aware of their misbehavior. Furthermore, they offered me what was a secret to me.

Ø  Seeking for solution to a classroom problem, the teacher should involve his students in the process.

Ø  Putting a special focus on collaborative classroom tasks is a way to make students’ talks constructive.

 Bourama KANOUTE, (Bamako - MALI)

 

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