 Re: Students show up to class later and later...
Yes, I agree that this is a common problem among many students. I take a different course than Bread Baker, though. I run my classes with a slightly longer Warm Up, about fifteen minutes. Following that, we jump into the lesson proper. I present new information, practice it, and slowly move towards free(r) and free(r) activities. If students come as much as twenty or thirty minutes late, then they have missed the foundation of the lesson (target language, skills, etc.). This means they can't effectively participate in the later stages of the lesson.
In the end, I have had a few more students drop from the class. A few more students know that if they miss the essential early stages, then the later stages are a struggle. As a result, some opt not to come if they are running really late. However, the people there get a lot out of the lesson, and we can push ahead into meaningful language acquisition and use.
Hope this helps! |