I take part in a french class every other day of the week. In this class, there is a student that has a difficult time getting motivated to complete his work. Currently the students are working on content that may surpass the level of this student's understanding. I took a seat by him today and tried my best to encourage him to work on the content. I quickly came to the realization that no matter how much I encouraged him, he was not going to do it.
Therefore I decided to change my tactics. First of all, this is a student that I don't know that well yet. Secondly, I wanted him to gain something from this period. So I decided to have some fun with him while learning some of the basics of french. First, we read through the numbers one to ten, in french. I then explained the rules of the game"dix". To play "dix", we each take turns saying either one or two numbers in ascending order. The person that is forced to say 'dix' loses. He learned some more french and we even had some laughs too!
Therefore I decided to change my tactics. First of all, this is a student that I don't know that well yet. Secondly, I wanted him to gain something from this period. So I decided to have some fun with him while learning some of the basics of french. First, we read through the numbers one to ten, in french. I then explained the rules of the game"dix". To play "dix", we each take turns saying either one or two numbers in ascending order. The person that is forced to say 'dix' loses. He learned some more french and we even had some laughs too!