Looking at the Power of Engagement in Classroom Activities

Abstract

The typical aim of classroom activities in a foreign language class is to have learners practice the target grammatical structures and words and, therefore little attention has been paid to benefits of increasing the level of engagement among the learners in a classroom activity. When engaged, language learners showa higher chance of understanding class materials better, establishing clearer learning goals of their study, and developing their learning autonomy. In this paper, the outcomes of activities that the author incorporated aiming to increase student engagement, such as “collaborative, reflective one-minute speech” and “verb conjugation game with rhythmic movement,” will be discussed