“Tricks to get students’ attention in fun and
powerless way”
Hi
Everyone! I am very excited to know how you teach your students today. I hope
everything goes well in your class.
Well,
today I want to share about the trick to get your students’ attention in a fun
and effective way. Most of teachers probably already experienced how difficult
to get students’ attention or how to ask the students listen to your
instruction. Sometimes, the students are just too busy with their own thought
or their stuffs such as hand phone, books, or.. their friends.
Teachers
sometimes need to shout or call the students’ name one by one to get their eyes
on you. Well, let’s do some other fun ways to get the students’ attention. In
this case, teachers need to know the “fun” way to get their attention in simple
and powerless way.
There
are several ways to get the students’ attention such as clap and shout/call (in
fun way). Here are several ways that teachers can do in their class.
- Call
Call
here means you call your students. In my practice teaching, I used this to get
their attention. I used “Class” to refer all of the students. You can make your
own word or name to refer to your students.
When
they hear me, they need to answer me as the keyword of the day. I usually
change the keyword each day/meeting. For example, for the first time, I may ask them to
clap, or just say “yes, Miss”. In the next day, I may write the keyword as
“A-Yee”, “A-Ha!”, “Whazzupp” or “Dude”. Additionally, if you can find the right words,
you can also use it as ice breaker.
For
example, when I use “Dude” as key word, it may sound as the word “Dut” in
“Dangdut”. I will call “Class” for the first time, and then play it for several
times.
E.G
Cla~~ss?
Dude
Class
Class? Dude Dude
Class
Class Class??? Dude Dude Dude.
*You
can also play it with the tone. Don't forget to inform the students to follow
your tone as well.
Teachers,
when your students cannot hear you for the first time, sometimes you need to call
them twice or three times.
If
you are difficult in finding the keywords, you can ask the students to make it
for you. Of course, it may need several minutes to deal with. But, it may help
sometimes. The keywords that I got from my experience were “Panazz Bozz”, “Ay
Ay Captain” or “Oleng Kapten”.
It
will be better if you can find keywords that connect to the material of yours.
For example, you can use “Wonderful Indonesia” to connect to the subject
dealing with tourism places or describing places or “Yes, Chef” to connect it
to procedure text about cooking. (Used in Microteaching class of Camp Epic 3)
Also,
you can also call them by saying “Eyes
on me!” and your students will answer “Eyes
on you”.
You
can have your own creative way to get their attention by modifying this trick.
- CLAP
Clap.
Yupz, it is one of trick that many teachers already done. Maybe you also
already know this. But, I will keep tell more about this. I got this from
campers in Camp EPIC 3.
Clapping,
you can ask your students to clap several times based on your instruction to get
their attention.
Way
#1;
Teachers’
instruction;
Clap 1
Clap 2
Students
will follow the instruction while the teacher repeat it several times till
he/she thinks it’s already silent.
Way
#2;
The
teachers’ instruction;
Give me one! *Students will clap once
Give me two! *Students will clap twice
Give me three! *Students will say “SSsstttt!!!”
For
the last instruction, the students themselves who ask their friends to keep
silent. So, it help a lot.
Way
#3;
The
teachers’ instruction;
Clap 1 if you can hear me.
Clap 2 if you can hear me.
Clap 3 if you can hear me.
Clap 4 if you can hear me.
Yupz,
students will follow what the instruction is. What you need to do is that you
need to say it near to the students so they can here you. You don’t need to
shout because the sound of clapping will help other students to follow.
You
can stop give instruction if you think you already got the students’ attention.
Well,
those are some tricks that you can use for your classroom. You can choose one
of them or maybe collaborate call and clap in the same time. It is all up to
the teacher. Be fun and creative for the students.
Wohoo~~~..
the last one, keep doing your work passionately. Don't forget to stay healthy and be grateful. Sangkyu :D
