Problems in Teaching Teenagers

JOY in Teaching Teenagers

Initial Teacher Training Program

Beyond Education Centre

​1. Who are teenagers?

​They are called teenagers because their age numbers ended with “teen”.

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​Teenagers or teens are young people whose age falls within the range from 13 – 17.

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Who are teenagers?

Someone aged 18 or 19 is also considered a Young Adult.​

2. What are the characteristics?

What are the characteristics?

​Self-centered

​Quite emotional

​Talk about themselves

​Talk about what they think

​Talk about what they don't like​

3. The most frequent problems?

What are the characteristics?

​Self-centered

​Quite emotional

​Talk about themselves

​Talk about what they think

​Talk about what they don't like​

​Lack of motivation

​Moodiness

The most frequent problems:

​Indiscipline

​Different learning styles

#1 Moodiness

• ​Teenagers are quite emotional

• Do thing based on feelings

• They like you, they adore you

• They don’t like you, they despise you​

1. Moodiness

#1 Moodiness

​TIPS

• Create and organize activities

• Build a good rapport.

• Know them closer.

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#2 Lack of Motivation

​TIPS

• Choose interesting topics related to their interests and daily lives

• Use situations, emotional issues that students recognize and respond to

#2 Lack of Motivation

​TIPS

• Create interesting and varied activities (fun quizzes, questionnaires, puzzles, competitions)

• Personalization of the language to allow students to talk about themselves and their opinions

#3 Indisciplinary

​SAMPLE CASES:

• Chatting too much in Indonesian

• Refusing to speak English

• Fooling around

• Speaking rudely to teachers

#3 Indisciplinary

​TIPS:

• Be fair and consistent

• Don’t take it personally

• Personal approach

• Vary the pace and focus of the lesson

#3 Indisciplinary

​TIPS:

• Be fair and consistent

• Don’t take it personally

• Personal approach

• Vary the pace and focus of the lesson

• Personalize the materials

• Vary the teaching styles to cover different learning styles

#4 Different Learning Styles

• ​Seeing (Visual)

• Hearing (Auditory)

• Doing (Kinesthetic)

• Sees to learn

• Likes images

• Takes notes

• Looks around

• Struggles with spoken directions and noises​

• Watch

• Visualise

• Write down

• Draw

• Colour

​THE VISUAL LEARNER

​Characteristics

​Tips

• Hears to learn

• Likes listening

• Good talker

• Chatterbox

• Struggles with noises, reads slowly​, finds diagrams difficult

• Watch

• Say

• Repeat

• Discuss

• Avoid noises

​THE AUDITORY LEARNER

​Characteristics

​Tips

• Moves to learn

• Likes hands-on

• Does to remember

• Gets fidgity

• Short attention span

• Difficult to sit still

• Examples

• Discuss

• Get active

• Move

• Take breaks

​THE KINESTHETIC LEARNER

​Characteristics

​Tips

​Suitable activities for all learning styles?

​Suitable activities for all learning styles?

There isn't any.

Vary the classroom activities.

CONCEPT CHECKING

WHO ARE TEENAGERS?

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS?

WHAT ARE THE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH TEENAGERS?

WHAT ARE THE THREE LEARNING STYLES?

CHARACTERISTICS OF AUDITORY LEARNERS?

WHAT DO THEY STRUGGLE WITH?

TIPS ON TEACHING

AUDITORY LEARNERS?

CHARACTERISTICS OF

VISUAL LEARNERS?

WHAT DO THEY STRUGGLE WITH?

TIPS ON TEACHING

VISUAL LEANERS?

CHARACTERISTICS OF

KINESTHETIC LEARNERS?

WHAT DO THEY STRUGGLE WITH?

TIPS ON TEACHING

KINESTHETIC LEANERS?

Problems in Teaching Teenagers

Initial Teacher Training Program

Beyond Education Centre