Attention
plays a vital role in language learning, particularly among young children. It is
my personal experience that I taught a language subject in grade five for
almost more than two months. During this period I took two classroom tests on a monthly basis. I observed that those students whose attention I succeeded to
get paid performed well than those who paid less attention to my teaching. The
analysis of this situation reveals that an important aspect of effective
teaching is to be able to get students’ attention paid towards the teaching.
The
techniques helpful in gaining students’ attention are keeping eye contact
throughout the teaching, moving around the rows of students, focusing by taking
names, and non-verbal communication of those students who are noisemakers in
classroom teaching. Applying these techniques makes young students alert
throughout the teaching. Although, getting paid students’ attention is one of
the difficult things in young students during teaching. One thing that I
did was make students’ practice their learning soon after the teaching. I observed
that the students who paid less attention towards the teaching faced difficulty
in practice work and they tried to get help from the performing students. This is
why motivation among the learners is considered an important factor in
effective teaching.
Many effective teachers take the help of audio-video aids
in teaching to motivate students for gaining their attention. From the results
of both the academic tests, I found that the students who paid attention to the
teaching to a fairly good amount achieved fairly well in those tests. The students
who paid for a longer time during teaching received high marks on both the tests.
On the other hand, those students who paid less attention could not achieve well
even making mistakes in small things which could be corrected if given a little amount
of attention during teaching. Therefore, if teachers want to be effective in
their teaching need to keep in mind to apply meaningful techniques to be able
to succeed in getting paid students’ attention in their teaching.
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