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A classmate of mine struggled to get good grades but was excellent at sports! He also had a great culture about the history of football and was fond of reading

2019-01-21 12:18:51 UTC

Gonca,Turkey

2019-01-21 12:49:45 UTC

I have a student who likes animals.He didnt want to reading book.And I gave him books about animals.Now he likes reading book.

I have a student who cant take high grades, he is good at playing piano. I took him a video than share with other teachers. Than he entered the school band and it made us closer.

2019-01-21 12:59:23 UTC

Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey. My student is playing guitar very well. Wrote a song about the lesson. This was the way to participate.

2019-01-21 13:01:52 UTC

I watched the film "Taare Zamaen Pare" with a student who failed in his classes.

2019-01-21 13:07:53 UTC

Dimitra, Greece

2019-01-21 13:16:07 UTC

If a student struggled to get good grades but succeded in another field, i would try to make a bridge between the things he/she must learn and the field in which he/she is successful at to connect those two parts in order to empower him/her to understand better. In that way, the student will be helped and empowered to understand and succeed through the field that he/she is already successful in.

Anita, Croatia

anita_simac — 2019-01-21 14:07:26 UTC

As I teach mathematics some students find it difficult to enjoy the difficult aspects of this subject. I encourage them to be creative with projects and ideas that link mathematics with the real world. So even though their grades may not be brilliant, if they persevere in other aspects and show effort they always feel a sense of achievement.

Nicolás, Spain

2019-01-21 14:09:29 UTC

It seems to me that it is very important that students can express themselves with freedom as a key to self-knowledge and to know their capacities

Öznur,Turkey/İzmir

oznurcamkesen — 2019-01-21 14:44:30 UTC

I have a very active student. The duration of interest in the course is short. but he is very successful in his sports training class. now he is going to the sports course and won medals at the events . Now the course of interest is longer

Hakan Can

2019-01-21 14:51:59 UTC

I had a student who was singing very well but had low grades. I had a family call first. I wanted the student to be happy and to be directed to the area they wanted.

Gözde Fındık,Turkey

2019-01-21 15:00:15 UTC

I have some students who get good points and work hard in all lessons except for English.Their only lesson they are bad English.I am trying to provide them like and work on English as well

Luminița, Brașov, România

lumicarp — 2019-01-21 15:11:15 UTC

I had a dyslexic student, for whom reading and especially writing was a torture. I encourage him to trust him, to discover his vocation, I let him do what he can. He is now 20 years old, paints icons on glass and remembers how I met him in the first grade ... :)

Massimiliano, Italy

ProfMinaudo — 2019-01-21 15:29:38 UTC

Lina, Cro

karolina_bolsec — 2019-01-21 15:36:38 UTC

I have a student who is dyslexic. She can not read or writte more than a few short sentencese. She likes to draw and i use her drawing skills to help her. For example she makes mind maps with new words and it helps her to learn it better.

Panagiota, Greece

2019-01-21 15:42:48 UTC

A toddler in the class I'm practicing does not pay attention when his teacher teaches. This toddler loves sharks and knows a lot of about them, one day I decide to teach them about the sea creatures. When it was time to learn about sharks I asked him to share with the rest students his knowledge. He felt proud of "teaching" and since then he pays attention in the class and also he participates more.

Elisabetta. Italy

goshprof — 2019-01-21 15:44:56 UTC

I had a student who had a severe dislexia. He has great difficulties with languages, but nevertheless he asked me to support him in an online language competition, where he managed to get a diploma

Sevda ER-TURKEY

sevdaer5560 — 2019-01-21 16:03:11 UTC

I've directed him to coding.
He was interested in this subject outside of the course.
he was very successful and his confidence came.

mihaela, Giurgiu, Romania

2019-01-21 16:21:46 UTC

most of my students do not read literature anymore and are no longer interested in literature and then I try to attract them by highlighting the links between the characters and themselves or by finding them to find their own solutions to the situations in which the characters are found. I do not persuade them to read more, but they make them think of themselves from another perspective and ask themselves questions about what is happening to them.

I encourage them to do projects and researches about topics they find interesting.

2019-01-21 16:32:09 UTC

Sanja, Croatia

Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece

1canislupus22 — 2019-01-21 16:33:12 UTC

all students has their good and bad parts, they must transfer the bad to good and provide their talents

Laurrie, Sibiu

laurabrie — 2019-01-21 16:56:46 UTC

I often have students who play professional sports and are very good. Iam often surprised to see that, even though they do not get remarkable grades at school they are the best in other fields, which i publicly appreciate.

Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ Turkey

esraduyguerkol1 — 2019-01-21 16:58:03 UTC

In my kindergarten, there is no note but self-confidence is gaining. It brings together the feeling of self-confidence and pleasure. This is also the case for students in large classes.

Rukiye Dengiz/TURKEY

2019-01-21 17:04:22 UTC

Ten years ago, I had a hiperactive student who is good at cuttting with scissor but he wasn't good at school subjects.I talked to his family and did some cutting activities in English lessons such as making a plane when we were learning jobs as he wanted to be pilot then. But I met him in the street last week he said that he is a barber now.

One of my student struggled with his grades but he draw 3d fantastic car pictures sometimes he make model cars by using his own capacity.

2019-01-21 17:04:44 UTC

İ always give hım a chance to draw his pictures all the time and respect my student

Georgia Karela, Greece

2019-01-21 17:08:13 UTC

All students have talents. Each one can contribute to the learning process.

Sílvia, Portugal :D

simavidu — 2019-01-21 17:22:27 UTC

As a teacher, I constantly encounter students with learning difficulties, and what I usually do os get students do work school contents in everyday situations. Nothing is better then going to the market to make estimates of expenses, working with coins, cash exchanges, ... this usually helps student in their evaluations!

Ivana, Croatia

ivanabasic70 — 2019-01-21 17:43:20 UTC

The student had major problems in mastering mathematics subjects throughout their education. I helped him stay out of the classroom where I taught him further. And in continuing his education, he had similar problems, but he was an excellent musician. He played fine piano and went in that direction. He is now a renowned musician.

Yune

2019-01-21 18:03:40 UTC

Some of my students have difficulties to fulfill some maths problems using the methodology that we have been working with, but they can think about the solution of the problem using their logic.

Grazia, Italy

graziampl — 2019-01-21 18:17:16 UTC

Until the last school year I had a very creative pupil in the classroom who was able to work with pieces of mechanical parts to build objects. At school it did not go very well because in the formal activities it did not work much. He could not stay in the books, but if he had to make an object he was able to spend an afternoon planning and looking for solutions to get to his result in hardware stores. Several times he helped me find a way to solve a science project. For my part, I have often left it because I think he has found a way to survive good results at school.

Filomena Bianco, Italy

menabianco — 2019-01-21 18:38:02 UTC

One of my students had some difficulties in getting good results in some school subjects but he was very talented with playing the flute. He won several local and regional competitions during the school year. He managed to get admission to a secondary school specializing in music. I tried to encourage him to study English by showing him that he could use English all over the world and that it was useful for his career, when having concerts and contests abroad.

One

parsaknilufer — 2019-01-21 18:54:12 UTC

One of my students is bad at maths chemistry physcis and so on but ve is good at english especially ve is good at reading he is very fluent and accent is very good he reads passages with classic music according to stress and intonation ve is also very good at translation

Doinita B., Romania

2019-01-21 19:13:19 UTC

One of my students had very good grades while he was a student and was getting ready to become a telecom technician. But he succeeded in the artistic field: today he is a well known and appreciated singer.

Feri YAMAN

amasya2005 — 2019-01-21 19:15:54 UTC

Aydın/TURKEY
I tried to help my student with speech difficulties.
First I chose easy one word instead of challenging sentences.
I made it harder to learn.
I made the necessary explanations to his friends.
Together we achieved success in a very short time.

Ana, Portugal

ana_montenegro5 — 2019-01-21 19:17:54 UTC

Preschoolers don't have grades in Portugal, but I do have children that learn better by moving around in the classroom, than standing still and listen to what is being discussed among the group. I have one girl that needs to be moving ou touching something to be focused on our conversations :)

Naide,Turkey

2019-01-21 19:25:43 UTC

I have a student with low success in mathematics.But very successful is writing.Writes wonderful stories.I never force her.HE 'S A CHILD.NOT A MACHINE.I give numbers.I want him to write math problems.fun to solve a problem posing as a storyteller:)

Mehtap Öz

mhtpz83 — 2019-01-21 19:30:36 UTC

My precious student Ödül is very,very good at English.But she is struggling with chemistry.To make her more motivated,We studied the periodic table in English and we try to make new words with the symbols of the elements.The results were amazing :)

Edi, Italy

edi_fanti — 2019-01-21 19:42:41 UTC

I try to support my pupils respecting their time of learning and their main interests.

Dilay

dilay_tezgul — 2019-01-21 19:45:45 UTC

I would try to connect the subject of my course with the interest of my student.

Lidija Hatadi, Croatia

2019-01-21 20:31:42 UTC

I really respect student interests and I try to help them develop all their talents. My student had great difficulty in art. His works were very simple and poor in detail. However, he was excellent in math. He had the best results. He even participated in the competition.

melin getizmen yeşil

melingetizmenyesil — 2019-01-21 20:54:42 UTC

My student, who has been making a great effort to improve his Turkish skill, is doing interesting origami works.

Sanja I try to motivate my students to be best in what they are interested in. Many of them are good in something and in other things they aren't. We must strengthen their confidence

2019-01-21 21:07:04 UTC

Hümeyra/SİNOP

hs_yener — 2019-01-21 21:13:25 UTC

I have a SEN student. She is really eager to learn and tries her best to manage many things. Although she is not an academically successful student but she is good at sports. She came in first in the shot put competition last year in Turkey. We are proud of her.

Marina, Croatia

marina_kulas — 2019-01-21 21:13:44 UTC

One of my students likes to move and fold the seats rather than learning. He would rather do manual jobs.

Mirela Barcău

2019-01-21 21:19:14 UTC

I know students who have prepared for a real field and have succeeded in the humanistic field. I talked with them and I say that every branch you learn is important to learn and to look for yourself. Education must remain open.

Lucía, Spain

lucia_marase — 2019-01-21 21:20:57 UTC

My student has very good grades in math and his language grades are worse, he is beginning to read books on math to improve his language skills.

Carla, Portugal

carlasfs — 2019-01-21 21:28:52 UTC

I know a student who struggled a lot with portuguese, math and science to get good grades, but he was a great cook and now he's a great student in a cooking class. I helped him choose another study area.

Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia

jasenka_kuljak — 2019-01-21 21:31:19 UTC

The student had difficulty in mastering the teaching material, had to invest a lot of effort and work to achieve success. Today he is a successful plumber and is proud of his work. We must motivate the students and repeat to them that every work is worthwhile.

jasenka_kuljak — 2019-01-21 21:41:18 UTC

Reflect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student?

Edita/Croatia

EditaRizvan — 2019-01-21 22:03:46 UTC

Not all students are successful in everything.They need to strengthen and encourage their interests and what they are successful in.We must strengthen their confidence.

Etelvina, Portugal

2019-01-21 22:14:13 UTC

Once I had a student who wanted to follow a certain area of studies... I noticed that he had lots of personal skills to perform a different thing. I told him about other options and he changed his opinion. Now he is an excellent journalist. Most times students don't recognize how proficient they can be at a certain subject just because they've never looked into themselves or seen their own abilities. It is up to us, teachers, to guide them through other paths.

Yasemin,Turkey

2019-01-21 22:22:20 UTC

I have a student whose grades are not good but he is very succesful in running.He took the first place in running competition last year

Serap ÖZDEMİR ORU

sozdemiroruc — 2019-01-21 22:40:10 UTC

The student (at my school ) doesn't have good grades. But only she wanted to join the project that I mentioned in thé classroom. At the project, students would write a fairytale or story and illustrate it. I have noticed that this student is very skillful about writing and drawing. But I always supported her during the project work. And I said :" You should believe you, you can do it, you are very talented). Other teachers were surprised , too. (When I talked about the student and her skills)

Jorge Conde, Portugal

jmsc — 2019-01-21 23:54:46 UTC

Nowadays we know that there are different intelligences, so it's quite common that some students prefer some school subjects instead others. I had a great student that became a well known piano player and who was dyslexic. I helped him to understand that school is not only what we learn inside the building but also who we are!

Güneş K;Turkey

2019-01-22 01:03:15 UTC

One of my students he has not good grades in math but he is successful in robotic coding

Filipa, Portugal

filipagfm — 2019-01-22 01:48:48 UTC

I've always had students that hated English or Portuguese because they had bad grades. I had a student that didn't succeed in English but he was a Maths genius. I told him that everyone has an Achilles heel - mine was Maths!

Lacramioara,Romania

2019-01-22 07:51:33 UTC

We had students who did not excel at physical Olympics, but were very good at implementing practical projects. We help them form their skills and today some of them are good engineering students.

I have a student at home :) she suffers from dyslexia.she struggles how to read and write to have good grades but she is going to be an artist because she thinksshe is gifted in painting

seyhanyilmaz55 — 2019-01-22 09:38:02 UTC

Ana, Croatia

anaanic — 2019-01-22 10:41:41 UTC

There are a lot of students who are great in some areas but bad at others. As a foreign language teacher I understand that there are students who are naturally not good at languages and I don't force them and punish them if they don't do well. Communication is the key. The most important thing is to accept that there is a problem and to find a satisfactory way to overcoming the problem for both student and the teacher.

Antonino

antoninoesteves — 2019-01-22 11:24:26 UTC

I know a student who had many learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. His parents insisted that he should go to college which made the student's life very difficult. He was a sad and frustrated student with his school results.
I decided to speak with the student's parents and, after long reflections, they came to the conclusion that it would be best for your child to pursue a more practical professional course. Today is an adult fully satisfied with his work as a car mechanic.

Carla Paiva, Portugal

2019-01-22 11:30:42 UTC

Unfortunately, I can't say I have already had a student that became a brilliant sportsperson or artist. However, last year I had a student that was autistic and he had lots of difficulties not only in subjects like maths but also in their social relations. Nevertheless he was a very good student at English and History. He developed his English skills as he watched videos about historical events. I was lucky to develop a close relationship with him. He was very curious and sometimes asked me difficult questions that I didn't know quite well how to explain to him. And he was never satisfied with my answers. It wasn't easy but it was a great challenge. I was also able to learn a lot from him. He participated in my Erasmus+ project and the Romanian teachers were amazed at his skills. Now he is studying in the languages and human science area, and I'm sure he will be successful in life.

Barbara Matysek, Poland

BarbaraMatysek — 2019-01-22 12:16:53 UTC

I think most of us teachers have students who struggle to get good grades but have got many other talents. In my school there is a girl who has to work really hard to get good grades but sings so beautifully. She has a real talent for that. There is also a group of students who have problems with learning but are great in sport activities. We try to encourage these students to develop their talents.

Hacı Ömer Erarslan Bursa Turkey

erarslan16 — 2019-01-22 12:25:50 UTC

All students has their good and bad parts, they must transfer the bad to good and provide their talents.

Every student needs to be interested in his / her own fields

Lídia, Portugal

lidiamsantossousa — 2019-01-22 12:32:20 UTC

Back in 2007 I remember having had one student who felt frustrated because he wasn't able to match his own expectations in terms of success (and grades) within the area of Science and Technology.
I remember we talked a lot and without imposing any particular career path, I think I was able to help him spark his interests beyond Science and Technology.
He ended up enrolling in a Vocational Course in the field of tourism and restoration. At this stage I also met with his mother who agreed with his decision. After this course he took up higher studies in restoration and is presently working with one of the most prestiged Portuguese chefs. In fact, he is getting more and more famous every day.

Sibel Mersin/turkey

sibelakyilmazates — 2019-01-22 13:54:11 UTC

I am trying to teach students who do not succeed in mathematics lesson by using the songs they know in music class. Sometimes I even ask children. They adapt the songs to the subjects they want to learn.
Turkish lessons in the garden with chalk we learned the vocabulary we have done writing activities. They're having fun.

Iva, Croatia

iva1506 — 2019-01-22 14:41:26 UTC

Aurora, Slovenia

2019-01-22 14:42:24 UTC

I prepare a group work, four kids in every group helping each other to have a good result. One has to search for information, another writtes, another draws.... and one have to present the job to others... The result was so great that we did an exposition in the school hall and ask parents to visit our work. All the groups work very good and all the kids with problems in one field felt very good collaborating

Iva, Croatia

iva1506 — 2019-01-22 14:44:02 UTC

There are a lot of students who are great in some areas but not in others.We have to encourage them and strenght them in what they are successful

Iva, Croatia

iva1506 — 2019-01-22 14:44:04 UTC

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Özlem DOĞRU, TR

ozlemsahin99 — 2019-01-22 14:49:48 UTC

My student is 11 aged a girl. his academic succe is low but she read poems very good. another students ina same situation but his relationships anda communication is very good.

Arif Soğukpınar, Turkey

2019-01-22 14:59:23 UTC

In my courses, when a student finishes his/her task, he/she immediately helps the others.
and sometimes I make group works and play or compete a jeopardy game.

Sara, Portugal

soares_amelia — 2019-01-22 15:07:20 UTC

I had a student who tried to succeed in mathematics, Portuguese, science ... but the student, after completing an internship at a candy store, wanted to follow a course of pastry.

Hara,

2019-01-22 15:24:56 UTC

Hara,Cyprus

2019-01-22 15:24:59 UTC

I had a student who struggled with reading and writing. However, he loved to draw and narrate stories. So I suggested that he create comics so that he could use his talent to help his learning. He loved the idea!!!

Giuseppe, Italy

profgcorsaro — 2019-01-22 15:35:19 UTC

Giuseppe, Italy

profgcorsaro — 2019-01-22 15:35:23 UTC

I teach Italian and history but I introduce my students (11-14) to computational thinking. Someone remains fascinated and so I encourage him to follow some coding course or educational robotics.

GİZEMT-TURKEY

elttakacgizem — 2019-01-22 15:41:23 UTC

I am an English teacher.I have some tudents that are not good at speaking or writing but I have recognised that they are good at drawing pictures.We have organised a Language Festival in our city and there is a part as 'Snapword'.These students have drawn very good Snapwords.We use these snapwords to memorise the new vocabulary.They have the feeling achievements and participations.

Göksel , Manisa -Turkey

gogalan — 2019-01-22 16:54:34 UTC

There are many examples for that mentioned situation. I'm sure every teacher has experienced once or probably more than once.
The most important thing here to be done would be the support of the multidirectional progression of the student. To secure this there must be a efficient communication between the parts : student , teachers , administration and parents.

Violeta Cumak, Lithuania

violeta_cumak — 2019-01-22 17:17:28 UTC

I am working in the centre of non formal education. There are at least 20 direction of different activities, which are not exist at normal school. Pupils have opportunity to create avia, ships or car models, they can create pottery things, learn photograpfy or filming, floristic technologies and etc. So, if somebody can't be very successefull at school, at our centre it is possible.

Jana, Slovenia

jana_potocnik85 — 2019-01-22 17:37:57 UTC

A pupil had learning difficulties in several areas, especially in mathematics. He also had very low self-esteem. At the school run, he beat his peers and qualified for the regional competition. He was also very successful there. He began to deal with running and his self-esteem improved. He may never be a good mathematician, but he found himself. And that counts.

Claudia de Crescenzo

maestradisogni — 2019-01-22 17:50:57 UTC

it happened not one but many times. many students who are not among the brightest at school give good results later. I think it depends on the fact that after school they can follow their interests

Rui Carvalho, Portugal

ruimbtc — 2019-01-22 17:54:49 UTC

I met a student who, no matter how hard he tried, could not get good results in English, and reached a point where he no longer connected with the discipline nor studied. As this student was very fond of computer games, I presented him with a team game that he liked very much but was played on an English server. I helped the student make a list of words related to the game, he searched for specific vocabulary to communicate online with the other players and the following year he did not have so many difficulties in English, two years later was one of the best in the class.

Derya Ümüş Cem, Turkey

2019-01-22 17:59:34 UTC

Some students in my class have low academic achievement. I direct these students who are skilled in painting to painting competitions and workshops.

Silvia, Spain

silvia_lopmar_2 — 2019-01-22 18:00:33 UTC

One student of mine had great difficulties with English. But he had a fine ear for music, so I used his favourites, group's song to engage him with the subject.

Maria Larissa,Greece.

2019-01-22 18:09:34 UTC

I have a student whofind difficult to learn some topics from Biology book but he loves painting so I ask from him to draw the subjects in the classroom.

Emma Giurlani, Italy

findingasensense — 2019-01-22 18:12:54 UTC

In all my classes there are several examples of student struggling to achieve good results in some of the subjects we teach.Some of them risk de-motivating and becoming depressed. Just this morning I spoke with one of my pupils who was in danger of leaving school because of unsatisfactory results in some of the disciplines that characterise our language course. (I'm the coordinator of our courseSince she is a very good dancer I pointed out to her how many sacrifices she is willing to do every day to improve her performances in the ballet. We discussed how much her ability to resilience in the face of the difficulties of the most complex choreography could help her to deal with the problems of logic in physics and mathematics. We decide to try to think to Maths and Physics rules as a complex choreography and she will try to repeat them with music. I hope we will succeed! It could be a fine idea for our next final show at school! Think about the title : "dancing the physics and maths"

Duygu,Turkey

duyguapladi — 2019-01-22 18:16:31 UTC

Due to the entrance exam for high school students in Turkey, many students stay away from activities related to their interests and abilities. It focuses on academic studies only. They are unhappy when they fail. Hopefully one day we can do an education focused on interest and skill, not the focus of the exam

Sara

sara_miguelez1 — 2019-01-22 18:18:18 UTC

What I do with my students when they are not interested in English is propose them to listen to songs or watch videos they like

Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, România

tomaemilia — 2019-01-22 18:40:17 UTC

Try to think about your students?
All the time I'm thinking about my students. When planning activities, I think how to help them better understand what video or Power PointT material I use to help them, what concrete materials to prepare, and what to look for on a particular thing or object to be learn. Then during the hours I keep track of them and help them.If some of them have difficulties we have had cases in which they worked in the team and the other colleagues helped him and tried as much as possible to explain. But everything was under my supervision. I was very proud of them.

selma meral-turkey

selmameral1988 — 2019-01-22 18:46:38 UTC

I do experiments with my students. we also do observations by walking in nature. we are going in parallel with course subjects.

2019-01-22 19:03:26 UTC

ry to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student?

gulsoy_sakarya — 2019-01-22 19:07:29 UTC

Reflect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you

Gül SAKARYA

gulsoy_sakarya — 2019-01-22 19:12:55 UTC

Edirne TURKEY

I work with disadvantaged students. One of my students stutter. She has difficulty in expressing herself as she talks.
Anvak loves being on stage, dancing and sports.
 I give her poems that suit her level to be successful.
He doesn't stutter when he reads these poems on stage.
I want her to stand in front of the dance events and show them to her friends. In short, I support for the success and to continue.

José María, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2019-01-22 19:28:36 UTC

It is very difficult to answer that question. Usually our work makes an invisible impression on the students and only after passing the years, some students remember us with gratitude what it was that made them change for the better.

Feyza, Ankara Turkey

2019-01-22 19:29:20 UTC

One of my students 'visual arts, one of them music, 2 of them in the field of general talent was pretty successful. As a result, we are preparing for the BILSEM exam, if they get enough point on the exam, they will be trained in these areas for a long time free.

Annibale, Italy

annibalemorsillo — 2019-01-22 19:46:34 UTC

As trainer I make short activity in the school, so I can not analyze the students carrier, but I have some example of participants that after a voluntarism experience learnt some competences that help them to find a job.

Konstantinos-Greece

connosp — 2019-01-22 19:53:46 UTC

The success off the school is to bring happy people to society.

Inge, Belgium

2019-01-22 20:35:00 UTC

Usually our students are good in their vocational training, but fail on the general subjects. We try to bring both things together and teach a lot of things they really need in their later job and their later life.

Pureza

2019-01-22 20:40:01 UTC

My students prepare oral presentations about their favorite group of music. They love it!

Nicolette

nixmill78 — 2019-01-22 20:44:22 UTC

I think that encouraging students can help them succeed and the happier they will become. Some students in our school participate in extra-curricular activities which they love and they are good at, and their self-confidence improves so much that they start improving in other subjects too.

Snježana, Croatia

smzoraja566 — 2019-01-22 21:03:00 UTC

In my class I have a student who is struggling with math, but he is excellent at football.After conversation with the student and learning agreement, the student improved his success, became a favorite at school.

Catherine, Ireland

catherine_maher_2 — 2019-01-22 21:22:09 UTC

In every class I think there are students that can struggle with certain aspects of the course. Thus, I think it is necessary to include various types of assessment. This allows students express themselves in various ways. Perhaps students could do an oral presentation or design a poster or create a project. Thus, we are catering for the various needs in our classrooms.

Madalena, Portugal

2019-01-22 21:39:33 UTC

To help a student I would have to guide him, show him the way, give ideas and suggestions to promote learning. My students usually ask me about study techniques in order to obtain better grades.

Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia

drazenka_kuzman — 2019-01-22 21:57:42 UTC

A few years ago in my class had student who had difficulty learning in elementary  school. He finished school, found a job, and I was particularly pleased about it. The task of  teacher is to find “something in the student” that will motivate him to achieve ambitions.

2019-01-22 22:12:22 UTC

flect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the stude

Nives Bogdan, Croatia

nives_bogdan — 2019-01-22 22:14:54 UTC

I had a boy who had problems with reading and writing but he was always the best in all sport activities. He was the one who always helped others in sport activities, self-confident and they understood his language problems ant tried to give him support to do it as best as he could.

Angelo, Rivoli, Italy

Angelo — 2019-01-22 22:16:55 UTC

I can tell the story of a girl fighting against anorexia. I believe and hope that my approach based on designing personalized learning paths aimed at enhancing creativity can help the student find new reasons for self-esteem. She always wants to have good grades and she told me that the school work helps her to keep bad thoughts away.

Years ago I remember that a poorly motivated student who loved football I assigned an authentic task about Julius Caesar: read some passages from De bello Gallico and get 10 tips that Julius Caesar would give to a football coach to motivate his players as he did with the his soldiers. I remember he did a very interesting work.

Luisa Lopes, Portugal

2019-01-22 22:45:46 UTC

I believe that along with differentiated strategies, technics and methodologies, projects (of any kind) may also make the difference on a student for a lifetime and, therefore stimulate them to overcome any weakness.

Now I am going to tell you a little story about a student I had, “X”.

Going back in time, to my training year, I recall having a 10th-grader, a quite shy boy who could easily be unnoticed in class because he never participated orally, not even when he was asked a question. On the other hand English was his great handicap.

One day my colleagues and I, with the help of our training teacher, applied for an European project with a Greek school.

We set hands at work … designed the project, submitted it and waited for its approval. Guess what … we succeeded …

Fifteen students travelled with us and “X” was in the group, too … to everyone´s surprise. When we landed in Greece and met our foreign friends, all the students were shy … except for “X”. I couldn´t believe my eyes. He drew everyone’s attention because he tried to communicate with everyone and succeeded within his limitations!

Back to Portugal; back to school and to the English lessons, we had a changed student … easygoing, talkative and always willing to participate in class.

Nowadays and for professional reasons, he travels a lot and the English language became his travelling companion!!!

To sum up, together with my colleagues, we helped this student understand that school is not only what we learn in 4 walls, but also outdoors … Sometimes, students need a hand to find the way to solve their “problems”, to fight their fears and to gain more confidence in themselves!

Madalena, English Teacher in Ponte de Lima, Portugal

madamacedo02 — 2019-01-22 23:26:28 UTC

Besides teaching English, I am a tutor for students who have special needs and for students who have already failed a school year. Therefore I'm used to seeing kids who struggle, who feel frustrated and who sometimes quit. My school provides extra-classes for those students and special tutoring. However it is my conviction that school achievement and success is highly dependent on the internal motivation of the students which, on its turn depends on external motivational factors such as family support, favourable social background, etc. Anyway, I suppose if a student does not perform well in some subjects, but is good in a specific field, we might try to use that interest and relate it to the activities performed in class.

Olivera, Montenegro

OliveraOlja — 2019-01-23 00:18:11 UTC

At this point I have a student who is not interested in school responsibility or what I'm talking about. Today we worked in the group on the subject of inspirational work of the future, doing it best and presenting the rest of the group. He describes the jobs he thinks he will develop in the future and explains why he thinks so. I wondered if he did not think he was studying for a job he would not be in the future?

Milijana, Serbia

2019-01-23 00:59:31 UTC

Students who have problems in expressing, or others, always give me the opportunity to explore a topic myself, to make a presentation, to graphically present matter and the like, using web tools.

Çiğdem Alvan ,Ankara Turkey

2019-01-23 06:32:22 UTC

Physics is a difficult subject and if the student has some difficulties about mathematics then he hates physics. For this kind of students I try to let them learn and improve themselves about the physical concepts, not maths.

Sophia, Greece.

dimitriadousophia — 2019-01-23 06:34:26 UTC

Self esteem is very important, especially for young students. So I always encourage my students to do their best and work hard on their talents, because that's what really makes sense for them and could really use in the future. Especiallly since there is a high increase of students with learning difficulties, personalities like Richard Branson can lead the way

Alma, Bosnia and Herzegovina

almasal78 — 2019-01-23 08:21:18 UTC

I had a student who wasn't so good in English but I discovered that she is excellent in music (singing, playing the piano) so we learned English through songs and playing instruments (I play the guitar) and singing English songs.

Marlena, Croatia

2019-01-23 08:25:16 UTC

I have a pupil who doesn't speak Croatian very well. She is great in sports, so I've encouraged her to present her sports achievments in front of all class: whenever she wins a medal (and that is almost every week) she brings her medal, photos, bib-number or any other running accessories in school. The impressions and the respect of her friends in the classroom helps her to start to talk about her success and practice her language skills.

Zrinka, Croatia

zrinka_jagodar — 2019-01-23 09:43:19 UTC

I work in elementary school with children of different possibilities, some require additional assignments and materials, and some help in the work. I had a girl who needed help in the work, but she was worth keeping track of everything she did, writing, and most of her drawing. She liked to draw and thus made it easier for her to adopt the material.

Lesya, Poland

2019-01-23 10:00:33 UTC

My student has problem in memorising, writing, reading etc. But I have never met such organizational skiils. So she has been engaged into The Students' self-governement. Together with her parent we obtained the opinion from the educational guidance and the teachers had to reduce the subjects requirements. The girl finished the secondary school, passed the matura exam. At present my ex-student is running her own business.

Claudia Italy 🐵

claudietta_ciucci — 2019-01-23 10:04:27 UTC

I have a very shy and emotionally unstable student. He needs to be reassured and increase self - esteem. I invited him to use the robot, he had to take a path and give instructions paying attention to the obstacles. He was very good and found the most original solution. I highlighted this episode.

Temel Gövce Turkey

temelgvce — 2019-01-23 10:36:09 UTC

One of my student is not good at his lesson.He wanted to leave school. I gave him responsibilities to encourage him.I talked with his family. I took him to Tarsus Forest School.He drawed good paintings. He is going to secondery school now .

Leyla, Turkey

2019-01-23 10:42:17 UTC

I let a shy student in the classroom to make a presentation about whatever topic he/she chooses. This helps constructing a self esteem that could lead to higher achievement in any case. I always think encouraging students in fields where they are strong could motivate them about meeting higher standards.

Christine Mata

2019-01-23 11:12:06 UTC

Some of my students struggle to the language barrier and more successful in practical real life situations. I can help students by giving more practical situations in my lessons

Elisa, Italy

2019-01-23 11:31:13 UTC

There are weak students in every class, for example those who come from countries when studying English have to cope with the difficulty of passing from their language to Italian and the English. I have a student in my class who arrived last year from Japan. Whenever I realize he is in trouble I try to assure him that he is doing a great piece of job and remind him that I couldn't be so good in Japanese!!!
I also make clear that I don't look at grammar only when I evaluate him but take special care of his engagement

Sarah Mallia, Malta

2019-01-23 11:52:26 UTC

One of my students struggles a lot to get good grades however he is very good in sports and always comes first in races etc.... we always make a huge deal when this happens and remind students that we are all good at something. This also helps to build a stronger self esteem.

Andrada, Romania

2019-01-23 12:41:34 UTC

In my country, the study of two foreign languages is.compulsory. It's usually French and English that we study, but also Italian, German and Spanish. Not all students have great skills for languages, but they have skills in other fields. I once had a student who didn't get on very well with English, but she was very good at Social Sciences. She went to Sociology and during an Erasmus, she had the change to speak English, and she was forced to use it,so then she discovered that she liked that language. N

Gamze, Turkey

2019-01-23 12:48:47 UTC

One of students struggled in mathematics but he had good grades from other lessons such as physics, chemistry etc. After some studies together I realised that he had some lacks of prior knowledge and he also had difficulties to understand some concepts in math since they are abstract. So I tried to explain him the subjects in other ways by dramatization, drawing, the help of some youtube videos. Moreover his english was very good, and I offered him to translate Turkish questions in English by the way he read the questions carefully and strated to understand. And after those he did enough repeating exercises on the prior subjects. Now he is going to graduate from High evel mathematics course in IB program.

Fernando Mota, Portugal!

2019-01-23 13:22:04 UTC

Basically, some cases where students are focused on practicing a sport with "some" success, such as football, they end up having difficulties getting good grades.
The way I usually help them passes, above all, through informal learning, through dialogue with them I present to them my own example, in which, with their age, I also played in a federated way with "some" success , but studied hard at the same time, because he was not absolutely sure that he would practice this sport in a professional way.
With some it is resulting, with others not even ...

NİLÜFER GÜREŞÇİ

nil35b — 2019-01-23 13:22:55 UTC

I've convinced a girl student who is not very good at her lectures but who likes to play football with her boys and talked with her family in my field and sent them to the football school in our town.

D.,

2019-01-23 13:26:34 UTC

I hava a student with dyslexia and A Using technology in my class I helped him with his confidence and motivated him for studying.

Adérito, Agualva-Cacém

2019-01-23 13:26:34 UTC

I do not remember any case

Vida, Lithuania

bavidaa — 2019-01-23 13:37:34 UTC

One girl did not follow the geometry, she wanted to improve the grade, I suggested to make a poster of geometric figures. She has created an interesting and complex drawing. Until then, her artistic skills were not known.

Ali Cem, Turkey

2019-01-23 13:38:07 UTC

I advise all my students to do things that what they know best and what they want to do most.

Arnaud, France

arperrier — 2019-01-23 13:40:24 UTC

Last year, I had a pupil who was struggling with mathematics and french (I teach in France). But he loved playing Minecraft and I was amazed the first time he showed us how he could build a house in few minutes. It was amazing. He had learnt to play years ago and he already had built his own city.

Fatma Banu Özbek

2019-01-23 14:20:13 UTC

Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey

2019-01-23 14:20:16 UTC

Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey

2019-01-23 14:20:17 UTC

I had a student who played basketball very well but he had really low English marks. I thought he didnt have time to study because of his practices but his other subjects had good marks. After a while, I decided to study with him after school time one to one that way I realized that he needed to study more to learn a langauge which is a completely different skill than learning a subject. Now, with extra work he is doing better.

María de Arriba (Spain)

2019-01-23 14:58:53 UTC

María de Arriba (Spain)

2019-01-23 14:58:57 UTC

This year I´ve a student that didn´t understand how to elaborate graphs (create the correct scale and how organize the data), I show her graphs from newspapers and news that were wrong to confuse the audience and then she realised how important is to represent properly and clearly the data. We´ve done some graphs together and now she enjoy activities with graphs.

Miguel Correia, Portugal

2019-01-23 15:43:35 UTC

I'm a math teacher at a music school. I have several students who struggle with mathematics but I try to support them in their study and appreciate any effort to overcome their difficulties, also attending their concerts and individual presentations so that they feel confident in me and that I trust them.

I try to show that with method and organization they manage to overcome their difficulties and I give them support whenever necessary.

CROATIA,

2019-01-23 16:14:08 UTC

Some of my student have problems with speaking English, as a foreign language. They just find it very difficult to transform their thoughts in words. I try not to force them use just English words, but rather let them use some Croatian words which I help them translate, so they know that it's ok for them to try even they are not so good like the rest of the class. Also, I try to find out in which area they feel most comfortable and when doing something conected I give them the main role, so they can express themselves in a good way and feel successful.

Roberto, Italy

roberto_giglietto — 2019-01-23 16:29:47 UTC

Some student are really bad in my subject. Whenever I can, I try to tutor and have personalized teaching. But it is time consuming

Soraya, Portugal

sorayaroliveira — 2019-01-23 16:41:42 UTC

I’ll never forget a student that I had in my 3rd year of teaching: He was not a good student, in any of the subjects from the 9th grade (except Gymnastics). He was a rather bad behaved one too. Since I started with his class, every teacher told me to be carefull with him because he would be a problem.

Luckily I didn’t pay much attention to those warnings and talked with the boy about other things (outside the classroom, during a break) and told him about where I came from and got to know what he liked doing (he was crazy about football, of course). So I manage to get some curricular contents around his interest – football. Since then, he was one of my most interested students, always trying to know things. And of course I always tried to transfer things to his (and the other students’) interests. I always had his best attention ever since.

Daniela , Malta

daniela_dimech — 2019-01-23 16:47:55 UTC

Two years ago I was all the time hearing of a student who was causing problems in class. When I talked to him, he told me Miss i am good at nothing. I can't do Maths, I find English boring and I hate all other subjects. I never pass my exams. I ll never succeed. After talking to and observing the student for a few weeks, I realised that he could be good at acting and so I asked him to join the drama club to put up a play for the celebration day. he refused. I insisted and told him that we were not going to put up a play but produce a film. Miraculously he accepted and I can say that he rose to the occasion. He did a wonderful job. He became the star of the school and realised that he could become popular by doing good things and not by misbehaving. I was so happy for him and still remember his words at the end of the project: Miss I never believed that I would be able to do it! I told him : Dear I always knew you, you CAN! This is the trailer of the film
https://www.facebook.com/blatalbajda/videos/787416404756087/

Teresa M., Spain: Four years ago I had a student in vocational training. She was brilliant at everything but English because she had always studied French. She was very hard-working and I supported, encouraged and helped her as much as I could but all she needed was self-confidence. She passed her final exams with very good marks: "when there is a will, there's a way". It was great!! She was great!!

mtmoranma — 2019-01-23 16:56:05 UTC

Fikret yvz Turkey

fyavuzdalaman1 — 2019-01-23 17:28:12 UTC

when I worked in secondary school ,I had agood students but his lessons were not good.about 6 years later he was in military school ,I was suprised ,I asked how?he said I studied more and mate carefull in lysee the I passede the exams.
Isaid ''BRAVOO

Cândida Passos, Portugal

candidasampaiopassos — 2019-01-23 18:16:40 UTC

I have a student who is very lazy. At first he didn't want to do anything, A term has passed and now he do somethings.For example he likes speaking and he has got a good speech. So, at the beginning of each lesson I say him to speak about something he likes. This is a motivation for him...All his colleagues listen to him with interest

Heval

2019-01-23 18:44:02 UTC

Heval Durak

2019-01-23 18:44:06 UTC

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2019-01-23 18:44:06 UTC

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2019-01-23 18:44:08 UTC

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2019-01-23 18:44:09 UTC

Semra YALMANCI YÜCEL,TURKEY

semrayalmanci — 2019-01-23 18:50:29 UTC

I had a student. she was withdrawn. I gave him little tasks every day. 15 days after my student who never talked to me "what is my new task," he asked.

2019-01-23 19:06:11 UTC

my students are not interested my lesson they dont like it they dont want to joın the lesson

Dumitru, Scumpia Moldova

gruscadumitru20 — 2019-01-23 19:52:28 UTC

The student I am talking about is an university student right now. He studies the human rights.
At school he was very good in the most subjects, his favourite was English. During these lessons he found out information about people and their culture, their way of living.
that why he has decided to be lawyer, to help his community to become better.

ı have a student not good at maths ,social studies and other many lessons ,but drow great pictures.. ı always say hım,you will be a Picasso,ı love your drawings, he believed himself,ıf you want ,you do the best and he think ı can achieve,succes come slowly

nazlinry — 2019-01-23 19:55:45 UTC

Daniela, Italy

2019-01-23 20:19:58 UTC

I had a disabled student who studied very hard human sciences, getting good marks notwithstanding my colleagues and his disability. Now he is a human rights lawyer.

Renata, Zadar

ruic_renata — 2019-01-23 20:25:14 UTC

I had a student who did not want to learn chemistry, but he was an excellent drawer. I enabled him to get a part of knowledge (and grades) drawing comic books. Later, he become successful architect.

Yes I have had a similar student - but we found a way to help him by motivation and full engagement - all via effective coaching

2019-01-23 20:25:52 UTC

Brankica, Croatia

2019-01-23 21:02:25 UTC

I had a student who wasn't good at English at all, but was very good at karate. So, I worked individually with her for a few times, and found out that she was making progress. I believe the individual approach helped her.

2019-01-23 21:08:32 UTC

I had a student who was strugling with language and math
But he was great in art. When i give him credit for that his selfasteem get higher and i could notice improvement in other fields too.

Elsa - Portugal

elsaurbanomartins20 — 2019-01-23 21:32:41 UTC

I remember a student a few years ago who struggled in every subject but he was very good at English. He had Special Education Needs and in every subject there were adaptations and different types of evaluation, but not in English. He was brilliant. He loved watching cartoons on Network and listening to music.

Lídia Mota, Portugal

sanchesmlidia — 2019-01-23 21:55:17 UTC

Today I speak with one of my students, he didn´t do one of the activities of the class. I tell him that the work it´s important and asked him about is interests. He told me e enjoy skating, and show me a good video of him skating. The conclusion it was work it´s important to make things better.

Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal

2019-01-23 22:03:56 UTC

I have a student who doesn't like formal classes, but he's very good in sports and physical education. He's about to go to an important football team. I've been trying to show him the importance of knowing foreign langues if he needs to go abroad. One of this days he did an oral presentation about sport and he did it well

Jasna, Croatia

2019-01-23 22:46:02 UTC

I’ve had a student who has failed every exam in Croatian language (his maternal language) but he was excellent in English language. So I try to make parallels between languages and I would explain to him rule for Croatian language by compare it to English rules. That was very helpful for him.

2019-01-23 22:50:16 UTC

I speak with student. I work differents games

Michela, Italy

2019-01-23 23:03:14 UTC

Some years ago I had a students who always got the worst marks in all subjects except music. He was very talented indeed. My school helped him become a musician, and he succeeded.

Manuela Silva, Portugal

mmsilva46 — 2019-01-23 23:07:34 UTC

I teach vocational courses and I’ve had all kinds of students in these classes. I remember one student who loved cooking and being a chef was his greatest dream. As I teach English I kept them (the chef’s class) motivated by linking their interests to the contents they learnt. We always watched / listened at the beginning of lessons to short youtube videos of people cooking, dialogues at restaurants or just famous chefs sharing their experiences. Of course, they couldn’t understand everything, but they were interested and always wanted to know what was going on in the videos. Even misbehaved students responded positively. Nowadays many of them work in hotels here in Madeira and whenever I meet them they enjoy sharing with me their experiences with foreigner customers and how they now acknowledge the importance of speaking a foreign language.

Sebahat Yalçın,izmir Turkey

sebahatylcn — 2019-01-23 23:14:29 UTC

A few years ago I met a pupil who was bad at English class. During my lessons he was very shy and got really bad marks.I talked with his class teacher and mum.I noticed that he was a great kid-football player.His mum said that a big sports club invited him and offered him to join their kids football team.After I got this good news I appreciated him.I tried to get his attention by talking about football.Also I told the benefit of learning English if he can achieve to play in a foreign country's team in the future.

Faruk Yıldız, Turkey

omfayildiz — 2019-01-23 23:50:52 UTC

I was a student of computer programming who was able to improve himself but could not get high grades from the exams. I led him to project competitions and technology fairs. When he presented his projects, he received a job offer and started to write a program without graduation and get financial gain. Now he is graduating and still continuing to improve and gain in the software field.

Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria

dimitriaayanska — 2019-01-24 06:51:05 UTC

I always talk with my students about their lives and interests, about their dreams. And then I try to find links between studying English and their desired goals in life, which is always easy because English is so multiplicable. For example, I have many students who would like to become editors, writers, businessmen, teachers, designers, ect. all around the world. So, talking about that, they understand the need of knowledge in that area. Also, there are some shy kids among my 5th graders and I always try to get them involved by making them laugh, telling them jokes about myself so that they can feel more comfortable and less awkward about themselves. And it works! :)

Giorgia, Romania

giorgiagroza — 2019-01-24 08:05:06 UTC

Two years ago I had a student who does not succed at exams at Roamnian Language and Mathematics, she could not learn, but she had a great talent at picture. I adviced her and I talk with her mother to make them think that is the best solution for her to continue to study is to attend to an Art School for next years. She went to exams and she was in the first 10 admited at Art School.

Dan Sovan-Romania

2019-01-24 08:40:16 UTC

I kindly recall the case of a middle school student with whom I insisted to prepare for the biologists in order to participate in the county olympics, although her interest in this discipline was not too high. She got a mediocre place from the students I had prepared at that Olympics. However, I encouraged her to study biology, and at high school she qualified three times in the national phase, and now she is a medical student.

Anita,Croatia : I have a student who is a good mathematician, but he struggles with learning the formula of acid, salt .... The house does not teach. He only teaches at the classroom. I asked him to come to the teaching for the gifted students and included it in the project. I said he will soon have an excellent grade of chemistry because soon we have tasks (mass fraction, empirical formula ...) in which he as a good mathematician will shine. At that time, I was constantly actively engaged in observation, sometimes gave good, sometimes bad reviews to his work. After two months, the student responded to a series of praise and began to learn more at home. His project helped him a lot for the practical work that needed math skills. He got the connection between the subject and, most importantly, he could and knew. He felt better in class It has better contacts with other students in the classroom. I hired him to sign up for a school math competition. He has achieved very good success.

akruzice — 2019-01-24 09:11:52 UTC

İSHAK KURT

kurtishak16 — 2019-01-24 09:54:03 UTC

First of all, I observed it very well in the classroom. I met his parents and I visited their house. We found her interests and abilities in scientific methods by discussing with the School Counseling service. We have indicated that he should implement different methods for his own goals. The student who wants to be an engineer is now a good musician.

Helen, Greece

2019-01-24 10:16:37 UTC

I have a child who is very good in history but he struggles with learning all history dates.

Helena - Portugal

helena0almeida — 2019-01-24 10:48:42 UTC

Last year I had a student who was great in Football. She is a girl, the goalkeeper, and she played with the boys because she was a really good player. At school things weren´t so easy... I always tried to empower her by remembering that she is good at something, we all are. But some other areas require more work, because we are not so naturally good at. She managed to achieve their goals in the English subject.

Sandra Oliveira, Portugal

2019-01-24 11:12:29 UTC

Last year I was teaching a professional course and one of the students was struggling hard to finish all the modules of the year. In that course they have to train and do an internship in an Institution for 5 weeks. He made his internship in a nursing home and he was sweet and regardfull and hard working to the senior residents. I was his advisor and talk to him and encourage him to stydy instead of giving up. After explaining the situation, the teachers´s concil agred to help him and allowed him to repeat one exame so he could finish this year.

Isabel Carioca

isabel_carioca — 2019-01-24 12:23:44 UTC

Portugal

I have a student that knows everything about movies but has bad marks in maths, so I tried to make him learn maths by watching videos and building is own videos to explain what he learnt.

This strategy worked and now he likes maths.

Anda Laura Silea, Romania

andasilea1980 — 2019-01-24 15:27:31 UTC

I had a students that struggled to have good marks and tryed his best to succed in school. Unfortunately, his social orgin was the cause of profund discrimination. I tryed to encourage him that the social and ethnic background is not that important and that he should learn the traditions and the language of his ethnic group (Romani) rather than deny what he really is. Today, this student is suporting as a volunter the romi comunities while working in Belgium.

Patrícia Campos, Portugal

patricia_campos1 — 2019-01-24 15:51:05 UTC

For 3 year I had a student that was amazing in music and english but struggled in other subjects, especially those related to sciences.
He was such a good musician that he gave concerts once a week, and couldn´t respond to all the offers he received, otherwise he wouldn´t attend school....
In 7th grade his final scores were not good and he almost had to repeat the year. Luckily for him the team of teachers recognized it was better to give him a chance and in 8th and 9th grade he became a little better in sciences and mostly more motivated and conscious and his grades became better.
Today he continues to play and studies music in a arts school with good grades.

SandraDeSousa, Portugal

2019-01-24 16:15:43 UTC

For 8 years she has been a mentor, coordinator and curator of a project "Parade Chair" _ The chairs of our industry and the great artistic names of the world ", included in a mega project Art On Chairs.
What began with a small project of a small school, met all expectations of students, teachers, mayors and ministers.
From the port the project traveled to Spain, France, Italy, England, Dubai and China.
One day I would like to share all the details with you all ...

Lalitha India

lilyraj — 2019-01-24 16:49:43 UTC

I had a student in As level in 2016. Her score in IGCSE was very mediocre, but her passion for art was amazing. She had not opted for Art and Design as one of the subjects. However, after talking to her and counselling her, she took Art along with IT and English for her A levels.
Her performance in Arts was superb and now she is an undergrad student in NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology (INDIA)

Another example. This is way back to 2002, when I was a science teacher for the middle school. I had a student , physically challenged,. He had difficulty in writing and memorising he hated .However,he had great interest in computers. Taking advantage of this ability of the student, I made him the editor of my class room newsletter. He would research on the topics and would come up with interesting articles for the newsletter. This made him a star in my class and teachers. He passed his grade 10 in 2004 with an average score. He pursued his interest and sought a great position in an iT company in the Capital city of India.

Ana, Portugal

anarplcorreia — 2019-01-24 17:04:52 UTC

I once had a student who was really ggod in English, but failed in most of other subjects. When I tried to understand why I discovered that he learned English because he loved Rap. So I suggested that he tried to create rap songs about some contents for the English class. And the result was amazing. It really helped the other students to learn. So then I suggested he do the same for other subjects. And that helped him get the motivation he needed to get interested in what he was leaning in geography, Chemistry, History, and so on.

Kate, Croatia

kate_mihaljevic11 — 2019-01-24 17:05:48 UTC

I had a student who wasn't doing well with grammar but I noticed he has a talent for acting and that's when I included him in the drama class. He was brilliant! I guess later on, he realized he's not an outcast because of his bad grades and he started coming to extra classes where other kids helped him with grammar. Sometimes, it's not all in having great methods and inovations, but maybe just giving your students a chance to show their worthy and talented in something and that way, they will feel more secure with themselves

Vera Lourenço - Portugal

vera_lourenco1 — 2019-01-24 17:17:58 UTC

I always tell this story to my students, that I had a student which was very interested and very hardworking, but her grades did not correspond to what she studied, because she was very insecure. She was very good at PE and arts, but in theorical subjects her marks weren’t satisfactory. She asked me for help, as I was the class director, but what I often did was talking to her, saying that she would succeed, but that she had to believe her abilities and skills. I was her Portuguese teacher for three years and when she went to secondary school she became one of the best students of her class. She succeeded to enter one of the best universities in Portugal and she is an architect

Vesna, Serbia

vesnastankovic666 — 2019-01-24 17:20:29 UTC

There are always students who struggle to get good grades at my class, usually they feel pressured by their parents or peers. My strategy is to make them feel good about themselves and not to feel bad if they're not getting the grades other expect from them. From there on, we move into what they enjoy, like and what they're good at and then we find ways to bring that into other areas. For example, I have a student who is great at football and sports in general but he had the impression that he's not good at anything else and that he can't be. By incorporating more PE in my lessons and allowing him to take a lead in TPR activities (during his 1st and 2nd grade), then relating grammar and vocabulary to his favourite sport, allowing him to talk about that he realized that he can learn English and be satisfied with his learning progress. Together, we also made progress with his parents to accept that he's not having aspirations to have excellent grades or pursue science

Lucia, Italy

2019-01-24 17:23:28 UTC

Last year I had a student who had no feeling for the English language and had bad marks. I instructed her to dismiss grammar and use English to do things she loved, over the summer. She was instructed to read her favourite stories in English, watch her favourite films in English and sing songs aloud, if she so felt. This year she has changed her attitude to the subject and has good marks.

Eduarda Sousa

edsfsousa — 2019-01-24 17:33:55 UTC

A few years ago I hhad a student who struggled to get good grades in

Eduarda Sousa

edsfsousa — 2019-01-24 17:34:41 UTC

A few years ago I hhad a student who struggled to get good grades but often failed. Specially, English. He had a specific area of interest which was cooking and baking. So I got him to explore this area of vocabulary (recipes, mainly, cooking programmes, youtube channels, etc).
It turns out he made it and he is now a sucessful cake designer with his own business.

Gülşen Korucu/Turkey

2019-01-24 17:55:17 UTC

I had a girl student, they loved learning english, but she did not believe herself.She loved reading and comics , I suggest that she read english books,every day she started to come near me and talked with me about her english books and new words in the book. I always increased her self confident with some words and friendly conversations.Now She studies in English teacher department and she is a perfect university students ,she just needed a mentor, a proper approach , and a supporter ..

Maria Natália Couto, Covilhã, Portugal

niacouto — 2019-01-24 18:23:23 UTC

Many years ago I had a students who was preparing to become an engineer and he, actually worked his STEM hard and he enrolled mechanical engineering in a prestigious university in Portugal. I attended first year in college all right, bur to my surprise one day he popped up in our school to ask me if I could help him prepare for the national exam in English, which would enable him to change his career path. For the rest of that school year, we both have worked hard and he succeeded in the exam and got into college for another degree (Modern languages and Literature). He is currently my colleague - a teacher of English and has taught, I would say, mostly all over the place. Last time I heard from him he was in Wales.

Fabiola

2019-01-24 18:27:06 UTC

A few years ago I had a student who didn't like studying math because he said that he never managed to get good grades. So tried to propose simple exercises to achieve the main goals He increased his self confident and then he asked me harder excercise because he wanted to achieve new skills.

Raquel Martins

2019-01-24 18:34:23 UTC

I can share the story of a student who struggled to get good grades in all disciplines, but was always eager to go to the halfway to play football. This student has managed, with difficulties, to fulfill the obligatory schooling and now she is recognized and has much merit in the world of the feminine soccer.
I helped the student, encouraging her to follow her dream, with the help in the studies and mainly with constant positive reinforcement. The dream commands the life and with the support that it had of the teachers and the parents managed to fulfill its design.

Leticia Gil. Spain.

leticiaalfonsovi — 2019-01-24 18:37:29 UTC

In the stage of early childhood education, students do not focus only on one of the areas of learning. As a teacher I try to work through the multiple intelligences that Gardner proposed years ago, taking into account that each student develops one or the other

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2019-01-24 18:47:09 UTC

I teach technology in lower secondary school. I had a student that struggled to get good grades but he was a talented taxidermist. I discovered his interest by chance and I started making questions. He explained me about materials, techniques, how this interested started and his plan for his future...my lesson turned into his lesson. He got so confident that, from that moment on, he started improve his grades.

Cristina Dias, Portugal

crisprof7 — 2019-01-24 19:04:53 UTC

I have lots of stories, as I already teached professional courses. There was one girl that had already failed twice and she was adviced to subscribe a professional course in the gardening field. She loved the subjects, she turned the best student in class and after completing her sudies she got a good job. Now she's planning everything to open her own business.
This girl just needed to be in an area she liked, with the knowledge acquired, the love for the gardening and the self-confidence we all, teachers, helped her to be a well succeeded woman.

Žaklina Croatia

zaki_kvesic — 2019-01-24 19:15:28 UTC

Me and my class have worked on many etwinning projects, and we have absolutly loved it! My students love meeting new friends and working with them online. The thing my students enjoy the most in class is when we watch some films, videos, listen to or sing some songs. I give my students the option to choose all of our etwinning projects, so that they can develop their motivation for school, and they even want to stay after class to work on our etwinning projects.

Maria Helena , Portugal

escolasdamoita — 2019-01-24 20:00:55 UTC

Through the years I have been teaching there is always a percentage of students that hate school in general and my subject, English, specifically.

I remember a case from 8 years ago, one of my students who bragged that she would never learn English and all her grades were very low. After the first term I talked to her in private and asked her if she knew what she wanted to do in her future and to my surprise she answered I want to be an air hostess. I asked her how she was going to become that without English. She just shrank her shoulders and did not answer.

A week after our talk, I gathered all the material I had from some former courses I had taken to become an air hostess (when I was younger and before becoming a teacher). I organized a parallel “curriculum” around the material just for her and showed it to her saying that if she wanted to we could meet once a week and I would help her understand the work of an air hostess. She was very pleased with the idea and during the whole school year and also the next year she worked very hard on it (I normally have the same students two years in a row.).

With her growing interest in English came better grades, she didn´t get brilliant, but she managed to have reasonable grades and even got into college.

This year to my surprise, she came back to school to talk to me and ask me if I could write a recommendation letter, because she was finally going to apply to her dream job: air hostess.

She told me she had been constantly improving her English and she was now ready to live her dream. I was very happy for her.

Mirela, Croatia

klaricmi — 2019-01-24 20:08:55 UTC

I had a student who was intelligent and bright but not very interested in my subject. He wanted to be an artist but he had to pass my subject with good grades to get there. I had a talk with him asking him to define areas of interest (at least some) in my subject so we can focus on that. I did not want to be strict towards him because I always tried to respect students interests and his were quite clear and yet I had to grade him and I knew it will not end well unless he starts to study at least some minimum content. He understood the importance of passing my subject in the end, got a good grade and I hope he is happy being an artist now.

Emilia A./Romania

teacherro — 2019-01-24 20:26:50 UTC

I remember some years ago I helped a pupil to learn English by extra lessons, giving him advice.Later, he graduated the Foreign Languages Faculty /University but he realized he wasn't for him being a teacher.So he decided to follow the courses of a 2nd University on the topic of Psychology.
Unfortunately here, we teach our students , they specialize a certain field and later when they are looking for a job, surprisingly they change the field of their previous specialization.Nowadays young people have to be ready and well prepared to change their jobs, to move from job to job, they have to be multidisciplinary prepared to face the real world.

Gönül Ekşi,Turkey

eksigonul — 2019-01-24 20:30:11 UTC

My student was having trouble explaining himself by speaking or writing.But he liked to paint.I encouraged him.He told himself by drawing.

İLKNUR GÖZERİ

2019-01-24 20:33:26 UTC

I have a creative student at Third Grade of Primary School like all other students.She is generally the winner of the classical exams done and seen important by other teachers.Luckily her mother thinks like me that she gives her daughter game and investigation based learning at home.She calls her friends of the same class to theır house,play games with them,teach nursery rhymes,create poems with them like my education at school.Even she wrote a beautiful creative poem for me on Teachers' Day.Her poem isn't the winner of Teachers' Day Poem Competition but she won my heart again by that poem.She was volunteered to take part in our International eTwinning Project.She learned Culture of The United Kingdom by putting theır national costume prepared by her mother and eating theır English cake and even building a model of Buckingham Palace with her friends and family in Turkey.I think her student role is a good sample for changing from passive answering question asked by teacher on exams to active,volunteered role of asking questions to learn English Language and another culture in our International Project.

Alex_PT

teacheralex_dua — 2019-01-24 20:56:44 UTC

Being a teacher for so long has been challenging and highly rewarding in human terms.
I’ve taught many different levels – from primary to adults – and besides all students being unique and having their own interests, I’ve tried to come close to them, either at school during school breaks, or during field trips, in cinema outings, coffees…you name it.

I’ve also taught vocational courses with complicated students – tough to deal with due to their equally tough lives and upbringing, and many with learning difficulties, especially in the Foreign Language. A couple of years ago, I planned a reading club…on Fridays, last morning class, we would all read a book our school library had purchased.

Indeed, I had asked them about topics that would interest them, chose some books (in Portuguese and in English – graded readers) and ordered them. I took them into class, each picked one up and they would spend 45 min reading silently.

To sum up, not all managed to finish their book, but I had three who read two books. Some years later, one of them approached me while I was shopping and told me how impactful and memorable one of the books had been. He had read about Jamie Oliver, searched for his Fifteen Restaurant, watched youtube videos and was determined to become a chef. And he did!

Ana Paula, Portugal

2019-01-24 21:31:35 UTC

For the last 20 years I have met many different students, some very good, some okay and some that struggled (or not) to get a better grade. I have worked with many professional courses and I have been the head teacher of s sports course for the years now. One of the students always worked very hard but she didn’t have good grades during middle school but with my help and encouragement she became the best student of the whole class. In fact, she was one of the students with many difficulties in English, but I constantly talked to her and helped her see that our daily life is full of English. So she started to listen to music and the lyrics of the song carefully, she watched films with subtitles in English and she started playing games in English. Now, she is not the best English student in class but she does reasonably well and she works really hard for it. I have another students in the 7^th grade, level 3, who has special needs and he is always saying he is “dumb”, but we got a catchy word for him “slow, veryyyyyy slowwww” you can do it and the fact is that he is participating more in the class activities and is always trying to participate because he understood something. This is fulfilling both for him and for me.

Remzo Destovic

remzodestovic — 2019-01-24 22:19:11 UTC

I usually speak with my students of my clasroom about another subjects if they have problem. For example we speak about Biology, how they can to have good marks. In our digital clasroom we resarech about some topic from Biology.

Margarida, Portugal

margaridabzzz — 2019-01-24 22:27:09 UTC

This year I tutor some students. In one of the classes where we were working on the emotions, one student chose insecurity as one of the emotions with which she identified herself.
We talked about her choice and the student told me that she feels very insecure in most classes and that the fear of making mistakes and faults often means that she does not participate and does not try.
I know she practices gymnastics and then I asked her if she felt insecure when she was in the gym. She replied, "Of course not, everything is fine with gymnastics." So I asked her if she could do everything right the first time she had to do something new in the gym and she said no. I asked again, "So what do you do when you can not at first?" She replied that she would repeat the exercise until she succeeded. So I told her that it was this attitude she had to bring to school: try, repeat, try, until she can.
In this situation I just wanted to show her that she was not insecure that she could change her perspective on herself and for that I tried to use one of the things she liked best.

Demet -Turkey

cetincagricidemet — 2019-01-24 22:27:42 UTC

It is easier for the student to learn by learning activities according to the region

Lejla Hujdur, B&H

lejla_hujdur — 2019-01-24 22:50:22 UTC

Since I use eTwinning projects in my classroom since 2015. I often see students that do great things in the projects - they are motivated and creative, but in ordinary class they do not have good results. I think that it has very much to do with that non-formal learning create emotions during learning and it is visible in extra motivaton and creativity.

Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEY

2019-01-24 23:31:16 UTC

A few years ago I had a student who was born and stayed in Belguim for around 12 years and came to Turkey. She was my student in Language class to study English or other foreign languages at unversity. She did well in the exam, yet she resulted in studying kitchen arts and cooking in Belguim now! All I could do during the studying process was to motivate her for the more and better of what she could do. I think it worked!

My students are

2019-01-24 23:37:10 UTC

Marina Stanojlović Mirčić, Serbia

marinastmircic — 2019-01-24 23:42:59 UTC

In my class when students have bad marks, I always try to find the solution, together with teachers and parents.

Claudya, Romania

claudia_neacsa — 2019-01-25 00:21:04 UTC

There are many talented kids . We have to discover their potential and encourage them.

Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal

silviamg_teixeira83 — 2019-01-25 00:29:04 UTC

In the last 14 years, I have met many different students, some very good, many well and some who have struggled to get a better grade. That does not mean they were bad or lazy students. Some of them tried hard to be successful, but for many different reasons, it was harder for them. I remember a student, a few years ago, who was struggling in almost every subject. He had special education needs and there were adaptations and different types of assessment in all subject, but not in English. He was brilliant in English! So, we decided to work on some of the other subjects in English to motivate and spark his interest.

fatma AVCI, TURKEY

fatma_epo — 2019-01-25 09:57:28 UTC

I approach my students with love, I want them to trust me first. I want them not to be afraid of making mistakes and not to fear me. I do my best to communicate positively

Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta , Turkey

2019-01-25 10:23:20 UTC

I had a good picture and a singing student. but he was not very successful in his classes. I advised him to participate in painting and music courses and enter the conservatory.

Lurdes - Portugal

mlurdesnljesus — 2019-01-25 11:42:18 UTC

Since I organize every year a students’ exchange with a Dutch school, I always encourage the ones who have lots of difficulties in English to participate. And it has paid off! I have several examples of students who weren’t even able to make a short presentation in class and that thanks to participating in such programmes are now studying in universities abroad.

Lurdes - Portugal

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Lurdes - Portugal

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Ana Clara Grecu, Romania

anaclaragrecu — 2019-01-25 12:51:21 UTC

I have noticed that it is not always the children who are struggling to do something they do not like at school, but rather, their parents are pushing them to something that does not fit them. The children try to get to know them better and see what skills they have, what they like the most and how they understand it more easily. Only after I have formed an overview I try to convince the parents that it is in the interests of their own child to let them develop their predominant skills. Because the world needs not only engineers and mathematicians, but also artists, musicians, ballerinas, I tell them.

Birgül Ç.-Turkey

birgulcelikler — 2019-01-25 13:05:47 UTC

I have a student who is 10^th grade high school student and 16 years old. She has lots of trouble in math and science classes. On the other hand, she is great as a singer. I have known since she was in the prep class. She has improved herself day by day and her voice is incredible now. As a physics teacher, I always tell my students that “The grades in the exams do not sufficient to express real you. You are real source of expressing yourself. If you find a way to express yourself, trace that road!”

Dilek Erdağ Bek

dilekerdag — 2019-01-25 14:09:35 UTC

It isn’t a life changing example but I have a student who was very silent in class. Her grades were good but she wasn’t eager to join the class actively. She is now in an e-Twinning project. She is more active in the class. You can easily feel her self-confidence during the classes. Sometimes just giving a chance to show their abilities in different fields works.

Sabine, Belgium

2019-01-25 14:38:26 UTC

I've had many pupils who wanted to be oriented to a manual job but their parents didn't want. I let them try some days in the class they wanted to join, and had after that a discussion with them and their parents, to re-think the orientation.

António, Portugal

2019-01-25 15:30:17 UTC

Being a teacher for over 20 years many different students passed, many stories. It's the story of all teachers. In my first year teaching I had a class with 14/15 years old 6th graders... What have I done? Nothing special, just got to them and did all I could to make them switch their relation with learning. That school year ended, and a few other ones...
One day, walking on my city, a young boy approched me calling me teacher and saying that he was studying engeneering at university, and thanked me for my effort.

Patrizia Italy

patrizia_lucchelli — 2019-01-25 15:35:41 UTC

In my years of work, now about 35, I met several really good students who have found excellent occupations. The last of which I want to tell you is Orazio who despite having obtained the highest marks and having obtained the Diploma in the company address, will soon open a shop selling flowers. He is very good with his hands making floral arrangements

Laura, Romania

Laura_C — 2019-01-25 16:39:40 UTC

Three years ago, I had a student with special educational requirements. She was struggling to get good results on all the subjects, but this was very difficult. I found out that her passion is gastronomy. In my classes, I gave her to do tasks by using the taught elements, but with the theme of cooking. I offered her modern working tools and she managed to make some beautiful projects. She even participated in a contest.
Now she works as a cook, which makes her very happy.

Marina, Croatia

2019-01-25 16:44:46 UTC

Most students do not like my subject. They are successful in languages, nature, ....

Math is not easy, especially if students do not have enough knowledge. For me, such students are even more challenging. I work through relationships with everyday life, with their small projects approaching them as close as possible.

Yesterday I was very happy when a student who have very bad mark told my: „Teacher today's class was too good. I would like one more.“

Esada Čirić-Delić

esada_ciric — 2019-01-25 17:32:36 UTC

I have a student who struggles with learning difficulties when it comes to reading in mother-tongue. However, his use and the knowledge of digital tools helps him excel in other subjects as he can see in his mind what and how it should be done before all other students. So we focus on association and individual work as he needs time to read and he prefers to do it when not surrounded by "noisy" classroom.

Emiliana Rufo, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2019-01-25 17:41:02 UTC

I had and have some foreign students who really had/have difficulties with Italian Language and all related subjects (History, Literature, Geography) and Maths/Science but they were/are really great in Languages. I encourage them to develop and improve their language skills and continue studying them.

Mira, Croatia

mirar467 — 2019-01-25 18:00:05 UTC

In my long-standing practice, I had many students who were successful in one field and had difficulties on the other. I've always been trying to find stronger parts and build them, to help the student with supplementary work. Motivation is very important, but also co-operation with parents and the professional service of the school.

TUĞBA DUYURUCU

tgbdyrc — 2019-01-25 18:08:58 UTC

TURKEY
my daughter was taking bad grades in painting at primary school.Because her drawings very different. middle school teacher understood her.

Diana Pádua, Portugal

dianapatriciapadua — 2019-01-25 18:32:17 UTC

A few years ago I had a student with dyslexia and learning English, understandably, was quite difficult for him. He was responsible for the school radio and he was really good at it. I took advantage of that and we discussed a lot around the topic “Music” and used songs in our tutorials. He understood that English was really important and he got motivated and engaged and managed to improve his English. I’ve followed his career path (we’re still friends on facebook) and he has become a very successful digital multimedia technician.

Maria Elena, Italy

mariaelena_tozzi68 — 2019-01-25 19:02:34 UTC

In this year I had experience , my students did't like English like subject. I introduced eTwinning platform in my class. THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE ELECTRONIC TWINS. Now they love this language, they speak with good pronunciation and read fastly. Read their book in easy way.

Paula Pereira, Portugal

2019-01-25 19:27:02 UTC

I had and have many students who don´t like to read. I help them by doing a classroom library. They bring the books that they prefer and exchange with each other. It´s a great activity for students to start enjoying reading and talk with each other about books and literature.

Nihan

2019-01-25 19:31:09 UTC

One of my first graders has difficulty in learning languages, however I know that she displays great skills in music. That’s why I always start or end with a song for her to learn the topics we work on. I also give her a song list to practice.

Benedetta, Italy

roncaratib — 2019-01-25 19:36:49 UTC

Some years ago I had a student who wanted to give up because he thought to have chosen the wrong kind of school. I encouraged him to improve the knowledge of some topics he liked, using freely the Internet at home. Now he study proficiently other subjects at University.

2019-01-25 19:51:36 UTC

students are good in many areas, they easily use phones, computers, but they have problems in study disciplines. I have noticed that the student's success requires encouragement and trust from the teacher.

Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy

soleemare_a — 2019-01-25 20:03:14 UTC

Last year one of my students had some difficulties in studying English Literature. I tried to help her with simple tasks and letting her choose topics and themes. This made her develop more self confidence. At the end of the school year, she succeeded in her final exam and now she is attending university.

Fernando Baptista

fnbaptista — 2019-01-25 20:48:47 UTC

My student A ... has always had difficulties in learning and even integrates inclusive education and I can not force him to read aloud to colleagues.
For three years I was telling him to read to me alone the stories of the reading manual or of a book of his choice and taste.
She never wanted to undergo peer evaluation until she found that her parents were reading to her younger brother F ... a story when she goes to bed and can not fall asleep.
Well, my student A ... came and asked me to tell his mother that he can already read to someone and that he wanted to replace the parents in this task.
What better example to improve a task that the curriculum requires with a practice within the family and in the modesty of the home.
Today in class he raised his hand and said that he wanted to read the study text in the class ...

Carmen; León, Spain

2019-01-25 22:09:53 UTC

Almost at the beginning of my career, I had a student in my classroom who was in his last year of studies ( it was "COU" at the time in Spain). I always thought he had in mind going to university because he always got very good results, but to my surprise, one day I talked to her mother and she told me that his plans were completely different: he had agreed to finish secondary school and "bachillerato" but, in exchange, he wanted to become a hairdresser , which was his real dream: He opened a barber's shop not long after that and he still works there. I don't think I really helped him because I was only his teacher for a year but I've always admired his determined attitude.

Adeviye Alcıl TURKEY

deyados — 2019-01-25 23:03:25 UTC

the lessons were not good although my student tried to get good grade.She had problems with his family.recognized the situation and made a one-to-one interview.we began to understand each other.

João Nunes, Portugal

nunes_jcs — 2019-01-25 23:57:21 UTC

I have had a student in the 8th form who had always had difficulty in learning about most of the subjects. It was a nightmare for him to be inside a classroom listening to the teacher. Later on, he had the chance of learning something more practical and that he loved doing. This made him change completely; he felt more motivated and now he is one of the best in his area.
As a teacher, I talked to him several times and tried to help him choose his way. Eventually, he agreed to try something different from traditional teaching and he succeeded.

Rute Vieira, Portugal

rutecvieira — 2019-01-26 00:39:53 UTC

I had a student who didn’t want to learn or participate in any of the activities given. After several attempts, I tried to know more about his interests. For example, I created exercises about his favourite music band. This changed his point of view and he tried to follow up the lessons / activities.

Sunčica, Croatia

2019-01-26 01:02:22 UTC

I had a student (I was a head of the class, "mama-bear") which came to me with her mother on the first parent-teacher meeting to inform me that she will fail maths that year. And it was the begginig of the year, with no grades yet! Then I realized she had really bad experience in primary school where she was conviced, by the maths teacher unfortunately, that she has "limited abilities". I worked hard throughout the year to remove that misconception out of her head, but finally she had no problem getting good grades in maths and we often laughed about that first fear. Didn't tell her but I was furious with that primary school teacher! And so I also realized how important teacher job is. We have to observe and solve problems. We can empower and we can discourage, and our effect on them is hard to get rid off :)

Paula Cotter Cabral

paulacotter70 — 2019-01-26 01:30:37 UTC

I have a 7th grade student that doesn't have interest in class in general, but when I stay close to him, asking him about his own activities outside school and then try to link to the subject we are working with that day, things seem to get clarified. In order to convince him to speak in class I asked him how he would like to present: by recording in video, by recording in audio format, in a process of dialogue with me or in other way... he thought and promised that this term he would not fail.

Ana Pereira, Portugal Some years ago I had a student interested on theatre, who was frustrated with school. His passion was acting but to attend the acting school he had to move to Lisbon and his parents were totally against. In my classroom he always had his moment: summarizing the main ideas, presenting a subject or concept, comenting other students presentations, sharing curiosities, videos, songs. He enjoyed this moments, was very well accepted by classmates and became a committed student.

2019-01-26 01:38:44 UTC

Cecília, Portugal

cecijart — 2019-01-26 03:07:07 UTC

I had a student who struggled to get good grades and who later succeeded as a horse trainer, his passion from an early age. I have tried to organize teaching by making the emergent issues of daily life and student life profitable; based on diversified materials and resources, providing for the experimentation of diversified techniques, instruments and forms of work; organizing cooperative learning activities, oriented towards the integration and exchange of knowledge; I supported the student in articulation with his interests, in discovering the different forms of organization of his learning and in carrying out activities on his own initiative, valuing in the evaluation of his learning, the production of free and self-designed works; propitiated learning situations conducive to the promotion of self-esteem and self-confidence.

Marco, Italy

2019-01-26 05:13:51 UTC

I can not bring a specific case because I only became a teacher this year and I still lack a little 'experience. However, I can describe with which approach I can enjoy food and beverage cost: I always start with the explanation from very concrete examples, where students can identify themselves and then the calculations no longer become something only abstract but much more concrete and real

Maria Emília Baptista - Portugal

2019-01-26 07:12:39 UTC

In basic education, I had a group of students that were unsuccessful throughout their learning. With the class council teachers we planned interdisciplinar activities in order to motivate them, we had study visits to museums and sportif camps where they could socialized, could be in contact with nature and practice diferente sports, such as fencing. In my subject, there was a time to speak about what they wanted and some contents were developed using the program Hotpotatoes and games which they loved. They have succeeded and finished basic education. I keep seeing some of them, now that they already have their own children.

I think I helped these students by trying to bring to the classroom some activities according to their interests, more interrelated with their daily lives, more focused on their learning, in a climate of greater closeness and affectivity.

Ester Degennaro,Italy

esterdegennaro — 2019-01-26 08:15:15 UTC

I had a student who had serious difficulties in English, especially his approach to English was due to a certain passivity and not to his inabilities. His inclusion in the eTwinning project gave him a breakthrough as a student. Unexpectedly, he became interested in the activities, giving his contributions to the group work. Since then he has learned to approach the English language in a different way.

I have a student (10 years old), she has got

inmanegrete — 2019-01-26 09:25:43 UTC

language needs, vey shy . In a formal Spanish , Maths or Science lesson she gets blocked whenever I ask her to come to the board or give one answer to a question. I started doing drama in Arts and she succeeded. . Playing a role in a non formal context she has been able to overcome that blockage . Little by little she is getting more confidence. Howver, it will take long but it will be worth doing it.

Gonca Esendemir

gesendemir — 2019-01-26 09:49:04 UTC

Sure I have. I always tried to find ways that the student can relate what I teach with what he/she already knows. That association make my job always easier and increases the interest of the student.

Cláudia de Sousa - PORTUGAL

2019-01-26 09:49:58 UTC

I once had a student with many cognitive difficulties. Her name is Matilde. Matilde was a students with special needs and having a student that doesn’t dominate her own mother tongue is very hard to help her understand, read, write and speak a foreign language, even if that language is English, as is this case.

Matilde lacked autonomy, she lacked interest for she didn’t understand the use for being in my classroom at all. To make it even more difficult, she was surrounded by peers who loved English and were very concerned with their grades. It was, I recognize, penalizing for her and I had to do something for this teenager in the 7^th grade.

One day, as they were preparing an oral presentation, Matilde told me she didn’t want to talk about any of the provided topics.

I directly asked her what she would like to talk about, I remember asking for her favourite animal.

“O cavalo” (“the horse”) she said, and the horse it would be. Now, I did allow her to prepare her presentation in the language in which she was more comfortable in (Portuguese).

The question to me was: would I be able to help Matilde feel useful, capable and have her gain in the future with that, or would I insist in giving her a poor grade because I previously knew that she would not be able to do it in English. I obviously chose to make a difference in her life.

On the day of her presentation, all of her colleagues got to know that Matilde had a hobby, a hobby which she was really dedicated to. Matilde loved horses because she did horse-riding and to our amazement, she did it very well. That lesson made all the difference in her life, for she felt admired, respected and recognized by all.

After many years, I was told that Matilde won many medals and with the help of her parents, she became the owner of a rural tourism (bed and breakfast) in Portugal (Our'em) and the horse-riding teacher in the place…well that responsibility was solely hers! :

ELENA QUILES

elena_quiles — 2019-01-26 11:40:23 UTC

I cannot tell the case of a student because I am finishing my master so I haven't work as a teacher yet. However, I think that I will provide extra help to that student and I would talk to them saying that we cannot get good grades in all subjects. Each of us has different abilities and interests. Some of us are good at Maths, others at sports and others at languages. It doesn't mater. The important thing is to progress through our intrests so that they become more advanced and we are happy doing what we love.

Jorge Estrela, Portugal

jorge_a_estrela — 2019-01-26 12:04:05 UTC

When teaching the Health discipline I came across a group of students presenting some difficulty in understanding the concepts of hormonal regulation, especially diabetes. As I was aware of the students' interest in dance, music and theater, I proposed that they create a video, illustrating the most relevant symptoms of diabetes. The result was very positive as it led students to research and seek to better understand diabetes so they could develop a video (combining dance, representation and music) with symptoms of diabetes.
The accompaniment of these students during the development of this project was fundamental, giving some suggestions and providing some tools and orientations for the development of competences, consolidating their knowledge and learning.

Renata, Croatia

renata_bernic — 2019-01-26 12:55:28 UTC

If I know what good students are, I will try to get it closer. Eg. If a student has problems reading the literary works I have given and likes to read what I choose, I will give him the opportunity to present something in the classroom at his own choice.

Ecem, İzmir

ecemaknt — 2019-01-26 13:39:41 UTC

I am a secondary school teacher and some of my students always say they dont know English they cant undersand English or they cant pronounce English words correctly. As the time passes, I focus more on not to teach them but to have fun in English lessons by playing games, watcing short videos and listening songs. As they having fun, their motivation increase and I start to focus on word memorizing techniques, then I pass to sentence level, matching, even coloring at their level! With this way, they start to say the words or play games eagerly and they learn the target words, or structures in the classroom. Even if they cant learn, at least they have fun!

Eugénia Abreu - Portugal

2019-01-26 14:24:45 UTC

Whenever students aren’t able to achieve the grades they expect, when they can’t for some reason achieve their goals, or even when they have difficulties in understanding concepts, I try to get hold of their previous experiences and conversations, bringing these into the classroom so as to include them in the lesson.

I tried to reach one of the students I had with some cognitive difficulties by bringing different materials to class and by having him manipulate them in such a way that he did understand what was being taught. This student discovered a different way of learning, of working, of constructing his own knowledge. He started sharing ideas with his classmates and enjoying working in groups. He even made new friends.

By diversifying activities, this student discovered other abilities and what I tried to do was to help him develop them using the provided knowledge. At the end of the year, I tried to guide him through a professional course so that he could feel more useful and motivated in his learning process. This experience was a success both for the student at the end of the course and for myself as his teacher.

Arlete Leitão

2019-01-26 15:00:55 UTC

There are students that tell us at the beginning of the school year “I don’t understand this. I’ve always had bad marks.” As an English teacher I often hear this. So, the first thing to do, even before starting actually teaching anything, is to try to motivate them. It isn’t easy. To make kids understand that they know more than they think, I usually bring easy activities to the first lessons. For instance, I use songs they like, and after doing a fill in the blanks’ activity with easy words, they sing it altogether.

I can think of a student who told me the same at the beginning of the 8^th form. She was very good at Handicrafts and Art and participated in the Art Club activities. So, her works were always among the best ones, when there were contests of Christmas and Valentine cards and Halloween masks.

I praised her for her talent and valued her participation in these activities, when I assessed her in English. As she also liked doing PowerPoint presentations, I asked her if she would like to do some presentations to illustrate the topics and vocabulary we were studying, which she presented proudly to the class. This motivated her in her learning process.

All teachers encouraged her to pursue her dream. She finished a Professional course (12^th Form) in the area of Art and, afterwards she could get a good position working as a graphic designer in a factory that produces plastic molds. Besides this, she is also an artist and paints and sells her paintings.

Hacer Turan TURKEYI have a fearful but lovely student. She has been in my class for 3 years.She has always been quiet and a little shy to join the lesson. One day I got a phone call from her parents saying that she felt very stressful before English lessons and they urgently needed help. Afterwards, I spent some time with the student. She told me about her hesitations, her fear of appearing silly in fronf of her friends. We talked and talked… …Finally, I managed to convince her that ‘’making mistake ‘’ is not someting horrible. I cannot belive the progress she has made since then. She takes good grades from exams .she ‘s more self-confident person now. I am very happyyy

2019-01-26 15:07:23 UTC

Sandra V.

knjiznica_tsck — 2019-01-26 15:19:58 UTC

We have one class for students with disabilities. Although most of such students do not want to stand out, the last two generations were just the opposite. They were glad to be involved in school activities, asking them to be photographed and publishing their names. Although most of them have poor intellectual abilities, they all found a job immediately after high school and worked very well in the workplace.

Nida Turkey

nidaturkelay — 2019-01-26 15:27:03 UTC

I prepared a personal studying plan and asked her regularly about the plan, If she could follow or she wanted to change anything.

Olinda, Portugal

olindamartins — 2019-01-26 16:05:13 UTC

I usually sit a low grade student next to a better student - the low grade student gets benefit from this and the final results are much better for both. It happens that when they have to roleplay a dialogue or a drama sketch, the low-grade student also gives his/her contribution to the dialogue. When they roleplay it, it´s very common that the low grade student really assumes the character and shows his performing skills with a lot more of enthusiasm. He/she feels that he´s been an important part of it and the colleagues have appreciated the performance

Marta, Portugal

martoliveira12 — 2019-01-26 16:11:35 UTC

Last year, I had, a student who had great difficulties in learning English. However, she was a very good at drawing and enjoyed doing this. So, together we built an illustrated dictionary, where she would write a word she didn't know, search for its meaning, write a sentence using the word and lastly make an illustration related to that word.
This contributed to a more significant learning process.

Ksenija, Slovenia

ksenija_pecnik1 — 2019-01-26 16:28:29 UTC

I have a 12-year-old student who struggles in academic fields but is a fabulous dancer and aestetic designer. The formal environment supresses her.

Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal

anacorreia1 — 2019-01-26 16:43:16 UTC

In the first class he was just one more smiling face among many others. I was going to get to know them throughout the year and everything was going to be perfect. But it wasn’t. It never is. He got distant, distracted, unable to focus or keep track of contents. He got me worried.

I started paying even more attention to details: What was he distracted with? What were his eyes looking at? Was he bored or absent minded? Was he struggling with the subject or was it something else? What did he do outside, in the playground? Who did he play with? What did he do? Did he play at all?

I started playing around and talking to him more often during breaks: a joke, a question, a smile.

Taking interest, that’s what I did. I won precious information on his tastes, his way of dealing with things, his feelings. I won precious information on how to help him. I won him. I understood his distance towards intellectual contents and his enormous ability to deal with animals. Tried to pick up from there to catch his attention to English class. Succeeded - he did his best in class (he was not good at English but became great at not giving up). I’m sure he is going to be a great person and a competent worker, no matter what school path he follows.

p.s. – this is a true story, but it mixes the stories of many students who challenged me… that’s what I love most about “imperfect” students, they are the ones who teach us to pay attention.

Rui, Portugal

ruitei57 — 2019-01-26 17:16:56 UTC

This year I have one disable student - Samuel his is name - and he likes to do I.C.T. works and robotics. Yesterday, I help him to solve one problem with a Arduino project and he was so happy.
This was in my History class.

Gulum, Izmır

2019-01-26 17:25:58 UTC

When a student has diffucilties i let her or him to study with another student in the class. They learn from each other.

Laura, Italia

lauranasci — 2019-01-26 17:32:02 UTC

Instant feedback support me every day expecially with students that have difficulties in learning Italian: a positive and motivating feedback helps them to feel rewarded for their efforts in reading and writing.

Filomena Alijaj, Portugal

2019-01-26 17:34:14 UTC

So many students over the years...well, I will pick the one student that is the most recent case - it is a fresh story and the ending is still absolutely open.
He is a smart kid who never really managed to get past the burden that comes with not passing the year - In Portugal our system still works like that - you pass or you fail a grade. When you fail, in more cases than one, you will fail again and become part of a complicated set of students that are labelled - unfit for school - and therefore thrown into another system - that will teach them nothing special, demand very little of them and pass them eventually because they have to.
This particular kid has three fails in different years. He is smart, witty and quite interesting to talk to. He was placed in a dead-end form and expected to do as he was told and therefore get some kind of vocational degree. I have to say that from day one he needed rules, tasks, a quick pace (lessons could not drag along aimslessly) and above all the wish to be pushed forward towards a goal. I have to say he is doing extremely well and I've never seen someone work so hard, meet deadlines and try to help others in class as this particular student. He is involved in a tutorial group that helps other colleagues of his to organize their classwork and he is thriving - all it took was the wish not to be just another stereotype of the school system he is in. He is a great role model to his peers.

Hayriye Senturk Turkey

2019-01-26 19:05:56 UTC

If we need to adapt to our class, the things that attract the attention of children are very different, they do not demand much for everything that every child likes. We can attract their attention with different games.

Luísa Pires, Portugal

luisap36 — 2019-01-26 19:10:41 UTC

I have had some students who are not particularly good at English but have very good grades at other subjects – especially those that involve more memorization and exercises. Usually they are good at grammar (they study the rules, practising drills) but are not good at interpreting texts or understanding written/ spoken messages. When they come to me, asking for suggestions on how to improve their language skills, I always ask them – “what are you interested in? what do you like doing in your freetime?” Then I tell them to look for things in English about those preferences, and give them suggestions if I know some in particular.

Celeste Simões, Portugal

celestesimoes67 — 2019-01-26 19:19:28 UTC

Well, I have so many stories… I know so many kids who struggled to have good grades, some of them didn’t really know if they were going to finish school or not, and now they are successful, because they understood the importance of having a formal education as well, or they chose a different path and they are quite happy with it. My message is always that they can be successful in whatever they decide to do; the answer is never to give up. More than teaching contents I try to teach them values that will help them go through life and take the most of it. From time to time I get messages from my students telling me how much they learned from me and this really makes me proud!

Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey

2019-01-26 19:19:50 UTC

I have a student who is really not interested in English. I tried different things to draw his attention. One day i learned that he loves dancing and that week we would learn stating abilities. I wanted him to prepare a video about dancing and say that "I can dance." He did it and when we watched it in the classroom all of the students admire him and he was proud. That day he changed his approach to the lesson and prepared us some other videos now he is one of the bests in my classroom.

Yesim Yıldoğan, Turkey

yyildogan — 2019-01-26 19:27:43 UTC

One of my students was not good at English but found out that he is good at engineering. He likes fixing things and thinking about other ways to use things or solutions for scientific problems.We went to a science fair as a school trip and this sparked him.Now he is developing projects for competitions.And I also started to learn about STEM thanks to him.

Clara Vitorino

cmvitorino2 — 2019-01-26 19:31:04 UTC

Three years ago I had a student who didn’t my classes nor the subject portuguese literature. He never did homework and during class was distrated whispering song and making noises as if the table was a drum. He was studying music in his free time in the Conservatory. Everything changed when I asked him to relate all research works to music: he was free to choose the format (a song, a video, a comparison between a poem of the program and a music he liked). In his first “good” and “interested” presentation he brought a guitar a played music at the same time he recited a poem… I’m glad to say that in the external exam, necessary to go to the university, he got a good mark and could choose where to go. But not always stories end so well, sometimes I don’t have enough know how or imagination to get through the students minds… and when I’m conscient of that it makes me sad...

Tanja, Croatia

2019-01-26 19:34:45 UTC

I've got a student who is struggling with basic English, but very, very good in Art.

Raquel Santiago, Portugal

prof_raquelsantiago — 2019-01-26 19:54:18 UTC

I once had a student who misbehaved and disturbed my classes. He loved to draw, so I asked him to draw one of his heroes for me and used it in the test - students had to identify body parts. He was so happy, that he really changed his behaviour in class.

Still, I still have students who don't like to participate or speak in class, some are very interested in online games and so, I allow them to speak and write about their games and they tend to participate more eagerly

Reyhan, Turkey

reyhangndodu — 2019-01-26 20:06:49 UTC

I had a student who was good at art and drawing but little interest in English. He used to prefer drawing during English lessons to attend the activities. I told him that he had awesome pictures and asked him to draw what we were talking about. He started to draw caricatures of us, wrote the sentences we said, drew pictures about the books we read. After a while, he was good at English,too.

Anunciação Rocha, Portugal

mariarocha30 — 2019-01-26 20:20:28 UTC

The situation I want to share with you is that of a student who did not attend the class because she had many economic difficulties and this made her feel apart.

One day I discovered that the student loved English and spoke fluent language
As I was developing an eTwinning project, I asked her if she would like to participate in the working group.
She was responsible for communications in English with elements from other countries. The interaction with the other elements of the group, and later with the class, improved significantly!

Mara Machado, Portugal

maracamachado — 2019-01-26 20:30:40 UTC

A few years ago I had a student who liked to pursue a veterinary medicine course, the father had a farm and would like to work with his father. The fact is that the student did not have grades that would allow him to enter this course, and my discipline was crucial. I tried in the first instance to encourage and motivate him but I realized that I would hardly achieve the desired marks. I tried to find out if I liked other functions on Thursday and when I taught the contents related to the preparation of solutions, I approached examples related to the preparation and production of fertilizers. Gradually the student realized that there were other functions that he would also like to play on the fifth. The student did not actually follow higher education, he would be able to join another course, but he preferred to stay in his father's farm.

Suncezgb, Croatia

2019-01-26 20:57:59 UTC

I have students who struggle with science classes, but they are great in sports, art ... I have a student with ADHD who is talented for drawing. Instead of writing I ask him to make a drawing (representing the concepts). He does it great.

Marta Martins, Portugal

marta_sil_martins — 2019-01-26 21:08:17 UTC

This academic year, I came across, from the diagnostic evaluation applied, with a 5th year student who was at the level of the 2nd year of schooling. This student presents a diagnosis of dyslexia and difficulties in reading and writing, which conditioned the learning of mathematics.

Realizing that his greatest desire was to reach the level of his classmates and starting from a survey of his knowledge and difficulties, I drew up a plan of action adapted and suitable to his situation. I have therefore endeavored to provide him with a learning environment that would enable to achieve his goal. Thus, using a more individualized and personalized teaching, respecting the pace of work, using manipulatives, concrete situations, differentiated work sheets and using interactive methodologies, I was able to acquire the necessary prerequisites during the first period and essential for the monitoring of the 5th year mathematics program, in the field of numbers and operations.

It has been fantastic to see him overcome every obstacle, to overcome each step/difficulty with success; see his enthusiasm and commitment in the accomplishment of the tasks and the recognition of his peers.

In fact, when we know our students, when we listen to them, when we put them at the center of the teaching-learning process, they learn more and better, because they are motivated and committed to overcoming the challenges that we propose to them and even if they find difficulties they continue to try .

Cláudia S. , Portugal

claudiraquel — 2019-01-26 21:10:51 UTC

First of all, when I have in my classroom students with difficulties, I prefer focusing on what they can achieve instead of focusing on what they can't do... I help them to succeed doing specific activities, giving positive reinforcement and consequently, encouraging their participation in the classes. It has been fruitful because it helps to make the students more confident and to increase their self-esteem. So, the fact that they can participate and give the correct answers helps them to continue focused on their learning. They feel they are part of the learning process, part of the class and more important, they can achieve sucess. Yes, they can do it!

Jelena Perkovic, Croatia

2019-01-26 21:17:35 UTC

I often have students who struggle with Croatian language and maths but excell in arts and science. i help students in additional classes and by talking with their parents and giving them pointers in how to help them at home

Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY

benerkanerden — 2019-01-26 21:19:39 UTC

I had a student who didn't like math. I asked him to set the number of in-game games. I've left all of your recruitments, subtractions and chapters. He learned mathematics was used in real life. I saw the peanuts the classmates brought. I gave you the duty to separate and distribute the pecans. Now he knew a very good math.

Rute Vieira, Portugal

rute_sofia — 2019-01-26 21:36:21 UTC

I have a student with some difficulty in exposing herself, participating in the classroom and I implemented in the class a project called "show and tell" in which each student can present a theme of their interest ... this student, who usually has difficulty in participating, took to the class an overboard ... talked about who invented it, how it worked, the safety rules ... I saw this student talking and participating as I have never seen! It is proof that when it is something of your interest, learning happens naturally

Antonija, Croatia

tonka312 — 2019-01-26 22:32:33 UTC

Antonija, Croatia

tonka312 — 2019-01-26 22:32:49 UTC

I have students who have difficulties with grammar, but their drawings are outstanding. They want to become artists so I encourage them to illustrate some situations and tenses and that helped them a lot.

Ana Teresa Gonçalves

2019-01-26 22:34:03 UTC

Teresa Cândido

tpcandido — 2019-01-26 23:03:31 UTC

I had a student who had problems to get good marks at several subjects during 7^th, 8^th and 9^th grades. Therefore, I suggested to him to study in a professional course. He did so and finished his secondary education with good marks, he made an internship (in computers) in a private hospital and now he works there. I think it’s important to guide our students to help them succeed. Another student of mine who had problems with her marks in secondary school has now a successful business as a beautician (make-up and nails). I always tell my students that school is important, but their marks do not define who they are. So, they should always believe in themselves and find what they really like doing and pursue their dreams. Everybody is good at something, and that something sometimes is not taught at school. I think formal teaching sometimes kills creativity and give students the idea that they aren’t worth. We need to fight against this.

Sandra Gomes, Portugal

sandragomes — 2019-01-26 23:17:10 UTC

Last year I had a 9th grade student who was quite reluctant to do any kind of task related to school. He had average marks in the various school subjects. To my surprise, at the end of the 1st term, I discovered he excelled as a violinist and that he had won at least a first prize in a national competition. So, I'm sure that whenever I used music or songs in the classroom he would be more attentive. Still, at the end of the year he decided to proceed his studies in a conservatory of music. I do believe that he made the right choice because he was passionate about classical music.

Aleksandra

abrmbota — 2019-01-27 00:07:54 UTC

I have a student who is extremely bad in math. I have included them in the eTwinning project and it's task is to explore the historical part of the mathematical theme. He's very good in it. His favorite subject is history.

Cristina Santos; Portugal Once I had a very shy student who didn’t want to speak in public and he had to make an oral presentation. When the day came he missed the class, then missed a second time, just because he didn’t want to speak. So I remembered that he can make a video with his voice and present the topic to the class. It was a success.

mcris_espl — 2019-01-27 00:57:31 UTC

I had a student with learning disabilities that struggled for several years to learn the same things in the same way. He wanted to be a military in the future. The teachers with the family looked for a different way of schooling. He started a professional course in a institution and at the same time he was attending to some classes in my school. He finished the 9th grade with 18 years. Today he is a military

2019-01-27 01:23:39 UTC

Maria Afonso, Portugal

maria_afonso08 — 2019-01-27 02:02:50 UTC

Last year I had a student that came from Africa.
He was so shy. He never opened his mouth in my English clas.
I couldn't find out what was his problem.
On the second term, after the first evaluation test, I was shocked with his negative feedback.
I spoke with him and told him that if he wanted to talk with me about anything, he could count on me.
A few days later he asked to talk to me and he told me that never in his life had english classes.
He asked for help and each week after his classes he started meeting with me as a tutor.
His hardworking gave good results and today he is on the 7th grade. I still am his proud tutor teacher.

Rosalba - Rome

rosalba1963 — 2019-01-27 07:55:21 UTC

The student I want to talk about is a student with learning difficulties. I met him last year, he attends the last school year, but hates school and he is really frustrated about tests in general, even if they are planned for him in advance. I think he has accumulated many frustrations in his school life, furthermore his mother, a teacher, justifies all his bad behaviour using dyslexia as his defence and this situation doesn't help him at all. I've tried to make him join the e-platform, but He is the only one in his class who refuses digital activities. When I discovered he is good at drawing I suggested him to create mind maps by drawings which help him in the oral test. But the most important thing I'd like to make him understand is that school teachers evaluate the outcomes but not his person.

ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE

oz_ogrtmn — 2019-01-27 08:40:52 UTC

I'm a primary school teacher. All of my students have different abilities. We've been with them for 3 years. We have been working on a project basis for three years. We need a lot of different talent to do projects. Sometimes you need to draw a beautiful picture, sometimes write a very nice article, sometimes use the good computer, sometimes do research ... Here, right here every child finds his / her favorite, talented job. She's trying to develop herself in another field.
I do not know the language of my students coming from Syria immigration Turkish language does not show much, but the picture is very beautiful and makes itself accepted.
My student who doesn't like mathematics sings very well.
These are our differences and we are beautiful with our differences.

Tena, Croatia

2019-01-27 08:58:49 UTC

I had a student who was not interested in math (I teach math) but crazy for the Rubik's cube. I gave him the task to find out all the strategies to fold the Rubik's cube and then analyze them. Which way is the fastest, most effective, most complicated and so on... He was using math and he was not even aware od it. This lit a small spark in him to learn math more.

Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia

2019-01-27 09:00:27 UTC

This can be a story of more students.
For example, Velimir showed no interest in the subject, but I motivated him by allowing him to include some of his comic strips in the individual works we worked on at the time.

Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal

zelia_nunes — 2019-01-27 09:12:43 UTC

Since non-formal and informal learning is not socially valued as formal learning, the teacher's action should be to provide moments of information / training that allow students to see the importance, complementarity and advantage of formal, non-formal and informal learning. On the other hand, difficulty and failure can create demotivation in the learning process.

The example already mentioned in point A1.3, regarding the Theater project, is a good example of the way in which an activity carried out with motivation can help the students to finish their studies and, in several cases, came to define the profession as in the case of actor and set designer. This happens with 2 of my students. The tasks carried out over the years have developed different competences associated to the technical domain, but also in the social sphere.

Mine, Turkey

2019-01-27 10:27:56 UTC

I had a student who doesn't like geography. For him geography lessons is unnecessary. In one school trip to the Ephesus Ancient City (Ionian city), I took an information about Menderes river was carried lots of alüvion and fulled Ephesus hourbour so the city were lost of importance trade connection because of this.... He can realize what geography effect our daily life. He was impressed.

Elisabete Pires

pirelisabete — 2019-01-27 10:46:21 UTC

I have a very shy and emotionally student. In the first period, she struggled because she didn’t understand what I really want to do in the class. Last year, they had another teacher and I teach in a different way.

She was always saying ‘I don’t know what you want me to do!’, ‘I don’t understand what you want!’, ‘I don’t know how to do that!’, ‘I don’t want to work in group, I prefer to do the project alone.’ She’s an incredible singer and one day in the class we heard a song. The class started to sing and she finded her place in my class.

I invited her to choose the project and her group. Now she’s very good and found the most original solution and work in the project with her peers.

I have a google classroom where I send them activities, games,... anything I find interesting for them to learn in a informal way. I also put french musics. She needed to be reassured and increase herself.

Ana Perak,Croatia

anap2711 — 2019-01-27 11:10:55 UTC

I have a very quiet student and I didn´t know that she like explore untill we work on geography project last month.Students had to explore five destinations in Asia, and they made a tour in Tourbuilder. She did great job, I was surprised.

Cinzia G. Fontanive

nicomd — 2019-01-27 11:12:50 UTC

Italy
I had a student who wasn't motivated and didn't participate in the lessons. He was keen on ICT and when I started to use Edmodo to share tasks , videos or activities he was the first to work on them.

2019-01-27 11:40:24 UTC

Cinzia G. Fontanive Cinzia G. Fontanive Italy I had a student who wasn't motivated and didn't participate in the lessons. He was keen on ICT and when I started to use Edmodo to share tasks , videos or activities he was the first to work on them. Ana Perak,Croatia Ana Perak,Croatia I have a very quiet student and I didn´t know that she like explore untill we work on geography project last month.Students had to explore five destinations in Asia, and they made a tour in Tourbuilder. She did great job, I was surprised. Elisabete Pires Elisabete Pires I have a very shy and emotionally student. In the first period, she struggled because she didn’t understand what I really want to do in the class. Last year, they had another teacher and I teach in a different way. She was always saying ‘I don’t know what you want me to do!’, ‘I don’t understand what you want!’, ‘I don’t know how to do that!’, ‘I don’t want to work in group, I prefer to do the project alone.’ She’s an incredible singer and one day in the class we heard a song. The class started to sing and she finded her place in my class. I invited her to choose the project and her group. Now she’s very good and found the most original solution and work in the project with her peers. I have a google classroom where I send them activities, games,... anything I find interesting for them to learn in a informal way. I also put french musics. She needed to be reassured and increase herself. Mine, Turkey Mine, Turkey I had a student who doesn't like geography. For him geography lessons is unnecessary. In one school trip to the Ephesus Ancient City (Ionian city), I took an information about Menderes river was carried lots of alüvion and fulled Ephesus hourbour so the city were lost of importance trade connection because of this.... He can realize what geography effect our daily life. He was impressed. ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE I'm a primary school teacher. All of my students have different abilities. We've been with them for 3 years. We have been working on a project basis for three years. We need a lot of different talent to do projects. Sometimes you need to draw a beautiful picture, sometimes write a very nice article, sometimes use the good computer, sometimes do research ... Here, right here every child finds his / her favorite, talented job. She's trying to develop herself in another field. I do not know the language of my students coming from Syria immigration Turkish language does not show much, but the picture is very beautiful and makes itself accepted. My student who doesn't like mathematics sings very well. These are our differences and we are beautiful with our differences. Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal Since non-formal and informal learning is not socially valued as formal learning, the teacher's action should be to provide moments of information / training that allow students to see the importance, complementarity and advantage of formal, non-formal and informal learning. On the other hand, difficulty and failure can create demotivation in the learning process. The example already mentioned in point A1.3, regarding the Theater project, is a good example of the way in which an activity carried out with motivation can help the students to finish their studies and, in several cases, came to define the profession as in the case of actor and set designer. This happens with 2 of my students. The tasks carried out over the years have developed different competences associated to the technical domain, but also in the social sphere. Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia This can be a story of more students. For example, Velimir showed no interest in the subject, but I motivated him by allowing him to include some of his comic strips in the individual works we worked on at the time. Tena, Croatia Tena, Croatia I had a student who was not interested in math (I teach math) but crazy for the Rubik's cube. I gave him the task to find out all the strategies to fold the Rubik's cube and then analyze them. Which way is the fastest, most effective, most complicated and so on... He was using math and he was not even aware od it. This lit a small spark in him to learn math more. Rosalba - Rome Rosalba - Rome The student I want to talk about is a student with learning difficulties. I met him last year, he attends the last school year, but hates school and he is really frustrated about tests in general, even if they are planned for him in advance. I think he has accumulated many frustrations in his school life, furthermore his mother, a teacher, justifies all his bad behaviour using dyslexia as his defence and this situation doesn't help him at all. I've tried to make him join the e-platform, but He is the only one in his class who refuses digital activities. When I discovered he is good at drawing I suggested him to create mind maps by drawings which help him in the oral test. But the most important thing I'd like to make him understand is that school teachers evaluate the outcomes but not his person. Maria Afonso, Portugal Maria Afonso, Portugal Last year I had a student that came from Africa. He was so shy. He never opened his mouth in my English clas. I couldn't find out what was his problem. On the second term, after the first evaluation test, I was shocked with his negative feedback. I spoke with him and told him that if he wanted to talk with me about anything, he could count on me. A few days later he asked to talk to me and he told me that never in his life had english classes. He asked for help and each week after his classes he started meeting with me as a tutor. His hardworking gave good results and today he is on the 7th grade. I still am his proud tutor teacher. I had a student with learning disabilities that struggled for several years to learn the same things in the same way. He wanted to be a military in the future. The teachers with the family looked for a different way of schooling. He started a professional course in a institution and at the same time he was attending to some classes in my school. He finished the 9th grade with 18 years. Today he is a military I had a student with learning disabilities that struggled for several years to learn the same things in the same way. He wanted to be a military in the future. The teachers with the family looked for a different way of schooling. He started a professional course in a institution and at the same time he was attending to some classes in my school. He finished the 9th grade with 18 years. Today he is a military Cristina Santos; Portugal Once I had a very shy student who didn’t want to speak in public and he had to make an oral presentation. When the day came he missed the class, then missed a second time, just because he didn’t want to speak. So I remembered that he can make a video with his voice and present the topic to the class. It was a success. Cristina Santos; Portugal Once I had a very shy student who didn’t want to speak in public and he had to make an oral presentation. When the day came he missed the class, then missed a second time, just because he didn’t want to speak. So I remembered that he can make a video with his voice and present the topic to the class. It was a success. Aleksandra Aleksandra I have a student who is extremely bad in math. I have included them in the eTwinning project and it's task is to explore the historical part of the mathematical theme. He's very good in it. His favorite subject is history. Sandra Gomes, Portugal Sandra Gomes, Portugal Last year I had a 9th grade student who was quite reluctant to do any kind of task related to school. He had average marks in the various school subjects. To my surprise, at the end of the 1st term, I discovered he excelled as a violinist and that he had won at least a first prize in a national competition. So, I'm sure that whenever I used music or songs in the classroom he would be more attentive. Still, at the end of the year he decided to proceed his studies in a conservatory of music. I do believe that he made the right choice because he was passionate about classical music. Teresa Cândido Teresa Cândido I had a student who had problems to get good marks at several subjects during 7th, 8th and 9th grades. Therefore, I suggested to him to study in a professional course. He did so and finished his secondary education with good marks, he made an internship (in computers) in a private hospital and now he works there. I think it’s important to guide our students to help them succeed. Another student of mine who had problems with her marks in secondary school has now a successful business as a beautician (make-up and nails). I always tell my students that school is important, but their marks do not define who they are. So, they should always believe in themselves and find what they really like doing and pursue their dreams. Everybody is good at something, and that something sometimes is not taught at school. I think formal teaching sometimes kills creativity and give students the idea that they aren’t worth. We need to fight against this. Ana Teresa Gonçalves Ana Teresa Gonçalves Antonija, Croatia Antonija, Croatia Antonija, Croatia Antonija, Croatia I have students who have difficulties with grammar, but their drawings are outstanding. They want to become artists so I encourage them to illustrate some situations and tenses and that helped them a lot. Rute Vieira, Portugal Rute Vieira, Portugal I have a student with some difficulty in exposing herself, participating in the classroom and I implemented in the class a project called "show and tell" in which each student can present a theme of their interest ... this student, who usually has difficulty in participating, took to the class an overboard ... talked about who invented it, how it worked, the safety rules ... I saw this student talking and participating as I have never seen! It is proof that when it is something of your interest, learning happens naturally Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY I had a student who didn't like math. I asked him to set the number of in-game games. I've left all of your recruitments, subtractions and chapters. He learned mathematics was used in real life. I saw the peanuts the classmates brought. I gave you the duty to separate and distribute the pecans. Now he knew a very good math. Jelena Perkovic, Croatia Jelena Perkovic, Croatia I often have students who struggle with Croatian language and maths but excell in arts and science. i help students in additional classes and by talking with their parents and giving them pointers in how to help them at home Cláudia S. , Portugal Cláudia S. , Portugal First of all, when I have in my classroom students with difficulties, I prefer focusing on what they can achieve instead of focusing on what they can't do... I help them to succeed doing specific activities, giving positive reinforcement and consequently, encouraging their participation in the classes. It has been fruitful because it helps to make the students more confident and to increase their self-esteem. So, the fact that they can participate and give the correct answers helps them to continue focused on their learning. They feel they are part of the learning process, part of the class and more important, they can achieve sucess. Yes, they can do it! Marta Martins, Portugal Marta Martins, Portugal This academic year, I came across, from the diagnostic evaluation applied, with a 5th year student who was at the level of the 2nd year of schooling. This student presents a diagnosis of dyslexia and difficulties in reading and writing, which conditioned the learning of mathematics. Realizing that his greatest desire was to reach the level of his classmates and starting from a survey of his knowledge and difficulties, I drew up a plan of action adapted and suitable to his situation. I have therefore endeavored to provide him with a learning environment that would enable to achieve his goal. Thus, using a more individualized and personalized teaching, respecting the pace of work, using manipulatives, concrete situations, differentiated work sheets and using interactive methodologies, I was able to acquire the necessary prerequisites during the first period and essential for the monitoring of the 5th year mathematics program, in the field of numbers and operations. It has been fantastic to see him overcome every obstacle, to overcome each step/difficulty with success; see his enthusiasm and commitment in the accomplishment of the tasks and the recognition of his peers. In fact, when we know our students, when we listen to them, when we put them at the center of the teaching-learning process, they learn more and better, because they are motivated and committed to overcoming the challenges that we propose to them and even if they find difficulties they continue to try . Suncezgb, Croatia Suncezgb, Croatia I have students who struggle with science classes, but they are great in sports, art ... I have a student with ADHD who is talented for drawing. Instead of writing I ask him to make a drawing (representing the concepts). He does it great. Mara Machado, Portugal Mara Machado, Portugal A few years ago I had a student who liked to pursue a veterinary medicine course, the father had a farm and would like to work with his father. The fact is that the student did not have grades that would allow him to enter this course, and my discipline was crucial. I tried in the first instance to encourage and motivate him but I realized that I would hardly achieve the desired marks. I tried to find out if I liked other functions on Thursday and when I taught the contents related to the preparation of solutions, I approached examples related to the preparation and production of fertilizers. Gradually the student realized that there were other functions that he would also like to play on the fifth. The student did not actually follow higher education, he would be able to join another course, but he preferred to stay in his father's farm. Anunciação Rocha, Portugal Anunciação Rocha, Portugal The situation I want to share with you is that of a student who did not attend the class because she had many economic difficulties and this made her feel apart. One day I discovered that the student loved English and spoke fluent language As I was developing an eTwinning project, I asked her if she would like to participate in the working group. She was responsible for communications in English with elements from other countries. The interaction with the other elements of the group, and later with the class, improved significantly! Reyhan, Turkey Reyhan, Turkey I had a student who was good at art and drawing but little interest in English. He used to prefer drawing during English lessons to attend the activities. I told him that he had awesome pictures and asked him to draw what we were talking about. He started to draw caricatures of us, wrote the sentences we said, drew pictures about the books we read. After a while, he was good at English,too. Tanja, Croatia Tanja, Croatia I've got a student who is struggling with basic English, but very, very good in Art. Clara Vitorino Clara Vitorino Three years ago I had a student who didn’t my classes nor the subject portuguese literature. He never did homework and during class was distrated whispering song and making noises as if the table was a drum. He was studying music in his free time in the Conservatory. Everything changed when I asked him to relate all research works to music: he was free to choose the format (a song, a video, a comparison between a poem of the program and a music he liked). In his first “good” and “interested” presentation he brought a guitar a played music at the same time he recited a poem… I’m glad to say that in the external exam, necessary to go to the university, he got a good mark and could choose where to go. But not always stories end so well, sometimes I don’t have enough know how or imagination to get through the students minds… and when I’m conscient of that it makes me sad... Yesim Yıldoğan, Turkey Yesim Yıldoğan, Turkey One of my students was not good at English but found out that he is good at engineering. He likes fixing things and thinking about other ways to use things or solutions for scientific problems.We went to a science fair as a school trip and this sparked him.Now he is developing projects for competitions.And I also started to learn about STEM thanks to him. Raquel Santiago, Portugal Raquel Santiago, Portugal I once had a student who misbehaved and disturbed my classes. He loved to draw, so I asked him to draw one of his heroes for me and used it in the test - students had to identify body parts. He was so happy, that he really changed his behaviour in class. Still, I still have students who don't like to participate or speak in class, some are very interested in online games and so, I allow them to speak and write about their games and they tend to participate more eagerly Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey I have a student who is really not interested in English. I tried different things to draw his attention. One day i learned that he loves dancing and that week we would learn stating abilities. I wanted him to prepare a video about dancing and say that "I can dance." He did it and when we watched it in the classroom all of the students admire him and he was proud. That day he changed his approach to the lesson and prepared us some other videos now he is one of the bests in my classroom. Celeste Simões, Portugal Celeste Simões, Portugal Well, I have so many stories… I know so many kids who struggled to have good grades, some of them didn’t really know if they were going to finish school or not, and now they are successful, because they understood the importance of having a formal education as well, or they chose a different path and they are quite happy with it. My message is always that they can be successful in whatever they decide to do; the answer is never to give up. More than teaching contents I try to teach them values that will help them go through life and take the most of it. From time to time I get messages from my students telling me how much they learned from me and this really makes me proud! Luísa Pires, Portugal Luísa Pires, Portugal I have had some students who are not particularly good at English but have very good grades at other subjects – especially those that involve more memorization and exercises. Usually they are good at grammar (they study the rules, practising drills) but are not good at interpreting texts or understanding written/ spoken messages. When they come to me, asking for suggestions on how to improve their language skills, I always ask them – “what are you interested in? what do you like doing in your freetime?” Then I tell them to look for things in English about those preferences, and give them suggestions if I know some in particular. Hayriye Senturk Turkey Hayriye Senturk Turkey If we need to adapt to our class, the things that attract the attention of children are very different, they do not demand much for everything that every child likes. We can attract their attention with different games. Filomena Alijaj, Portugal Filomena Alijaj, Portugal So many students over the years...well, I will pick the one student that is the most recent case - it is a fresh story and the ending is still absolutely open. He is a smart kid who never really managed to get past the burden that comes with not passing the year - In Portugal our system still works like that - you pass or you fail a grade. When you fail, in more cases than one, you will fail again and become part of a complicated set of students that are labelled - unfit for school - and therefore thrown into another system - that will teach them nothing special, demand very little of them and pass them eventually because they have to. This particular kid has three fails in different years. He is smart, witty and quite interesting to talk to. He was placed in a dead-end form and expected to do as he was told and therefore get some kind of vocational degree. I have to say that from day one he needed rules, tasks, a quick pace (lessons could not drag along aimslessly) and above all the wish to be pushed forward towards a goal. I have to say he is doing extremely well and I've never seen someone work so hard, meet deadlines and try to help others in class as this particular student. He is involved in a tutorial group that helps other colleagues of his to organize their classwork and he is thriving - all it took was the wish not to be just another stereotype of the school system he is in. He is a great role model to his peers. Laura, Italia Laura, Italia Instant feedback support me every day expecially with students that have difficulties in learning Italian: a positive and motivating feedback helps them to feel rewarded for their efforts in reading and writing. Gulum, Izmır Gulum, Izmır When a student has diffucilties i let her or him to study with another student in the class. They learn from each other. Rui, Portugal Rui, Portugal This year I have one disable student - Samuel his is name - and he likes to do I.C.T. works and robotics. Yesterday, I help him to solve one problem with a Arduino project and he was so happy. This was in my History class. Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal In the first class he was just one more smiling face among many others. I was going to get to know them throughout the year and everything was going to be perfect. But it wasn’t. It never is. He got distant, distracted, unable to focus or keep track of contents. He got me worried. I started paying even more attention to details: What was he distracted with? What were his eyes looking at? Was he bored or absent minded? Was he struggling with the subject or was it something else? What did he do outside, in the playground? Who did he play with? What did he do? Did he play at all? I started playing around and talking to him more often during breaks: a joke, a question, a smile. Taking interest, that’s what I did. I won precious information on his tastes, his way of dealing with things, his feelings. I won precious information on how to help him. I won him. I understood his distance towards intellectual contents and his enormous ability to deal with animals. Tried to pick up from there to catch his attention to English class. Succeeded - he did his best in class (he was not good at English but became great at not giving up). I’m sure he is going to be a great person and a competent worker, no matter what school path he follows. p.s. – this is a true story, but it mixes the stories of many students who challenged me… that’s what I love most about “imperfect” students, they are the ones who teach us to pay attention. Ksenija, Slovenia Ksenija, Slovenia I have a 12-year-old student who struggles in academic fields but is a fabulous dancer and aestetic designer. The formal environment supresses her. Marta, Portugal Marta, Portugal Last year, I had, a student who had great difficulties in learning English. However, she was a very good at drawing and enjoyed doing this. So, together we built an illustrated dictionary, where she would write a word she didn't know, search for its meaning, write a sentence using the word and lastly make an illustration related to that word. This contributed to a more significant learning process. Olinda, Portugal Olinda, Portugal I usually sit a low grade student next to a better student - the low grade student gets benefit from this and the final results are much better for both. It happens that when they have to roleplay a dialogue or a drama sketch, the low-grade student also gives his/her contribution to the dialogue. When they roleplay it, it´s very common that the low grade student really assumes the character and shows his performing skills with a lot more of enthusiasm. He/she feels that he´s been an important part of it and the colleagues have appreciated the performance Nida Turkey Nida Turkey I prepared a personal studying plan and asked her regularly about the plan, If she could follow or she wanted to change anything. Sandra V. Sandra V. We have one class for students with disabilities. Although most of such students do not want to stand out, the last two generations were just the opposite. They were glad to be involved in school activities, asking them to be photographed and publishing their names. Although most of them have poor intellectual abilities, they all found a job immediately after high school and worked very well in the workplace. Hacer Turan TURKEYI have a fearful but lovely student. She has been in my class for 3 years.She has always been quiet and a little shy to join the lesson. One day I got a phone call from her parents saying that she felt very stressful before English lessons and they urgently needed help. Afterwards, I spent some time with the student. She told me about her hesitations, her fear of appearing silly in fronf of her friends. We talked and talked… …Finally, I managed to convince her that ‘’making mistake ‘’ is not someting horrible. I cannot belive the progress she has made since then. She takes good grades from exams .she ‘s more self-confident person now. I am very happyyy Hacer Turan TURKEYI have a fearful but lovely student. She has been in my class for 3 years.She has always been quiet and a little shy to join the lesson. One day I got a phone call from her parents saying that she felt very stressful before English lessons and they urgently needed help. Afterwards, I spent some time with the student. She told me about her hesitations, her fear of appearing silly in fronf of her friends. We talked and talked… …Finally, I managed to convince her that ‘’making mistake ‘’ is not someting horrible. I cannot belive the progress she has made since then. She takes good grades from exams .she ‘s more self-confident person now. I am very happyyy Arlete Leitão Arlete Leitão There are students that tell us at the beginning of the school year “I don’t understand this. I’ve always had bad marks.” As an English teacher I often hear this. So, the first thing to do, even before starting actually teaching anything, is to try to motivate them. It isn’t easy. To make kids understand that they know more than they think, I usually bring easy activities to the first lessons. For instance, I use songs they like, and after doing a fill in the blanks’ activity with easy words, they sing it altogether. I can think of a student who told me the same at the beginning of the 8th form. She was very good at Handicrafts and Art and participated in the Art Club activities. So, her works were always among the best ones, when there were contests of Christmas and Valentine cards and Halloween masks. I praised her for her talent and valued her participation in these activities, when I assessed her in English. As she also liked doing PowerPoint presentations, I asked her if she would like to do some presentations to illustrate the topics and vocabulary we were studying, which she presented proudly to the class. This motivated her in her learning process. All teachers encouraged her to pursue her dream. She finished a Professional course (12th Form) in the area of Art and, afterwards she could get a good position working as a graphic designer in a factory that produces plastic molds. Besides this, she is also an artist and paints and sells her paintings. Eugénia Abreu - Portugal Eugénia Abreu - Portugal Whenever students aren’t able to achieve the grades they expect, when they can’t for some reason achieve their goals, or even when they have difficulties in understanding concepts, I try to get hold of their previous experiences and conversations, bringing these into the classroom so as to include them in the lesson. I tried to reach one of the students I had with some cognitive difficulties by bringing different materials to class and by having him manipulate them in such a way that he did understand what was being taught. This student discovered a different way of learning, of working, of constructing his own knowledge. He started sharing ideas with his classmates and enjoying working in groups. He even made new friends. By diversifying activities, this student discovered other abilities and what I tried to do was to help him develop them using the provided knowledge. At the end of the year, I tried to guide him through a professional course so that he could feel more useful and motivated in his learning process. This experience was a success both for the student at the end of the course and for myself as his teacher. Ecem, İzmir Ecem, İzmir I am a secondary school teacher and some of my students always say they dont know English they cant undersand English or they cant pronounce English words correctly. As the time passes, I focus more on not to teach them but to have fun in English lessons by playing games, watcing short videos and listening songs. As they having fun, their motivation increase and I start to focus on word memorizing techniques, then I pass to sentence level, matching, even coloring at their level! With this way, they start to say the words or play games eagerly and they learn the target words, or structures in the classroom. Even if they cant learn, at least they have fun! Renata, Croatia Renata, Croatia If I know what good students are, I will try to get it closer. Eg. If a student has problems reading the literary works I have given and likes to read what I choose, I will give him the opportunity to present something in the classroom at his own choice. Jorge Estrela, Portugal Jorge Estrela, Portugal When teaching the Health discipline I came across a group of students presenting some difficulty in understanding the concepts of hormonal regulation, especially diabetes. As I was aware of the students' interest in dance, music and theater, I proposed that they create a video, illustrating the most relevant symptoms of diabetes. The result was very positive as it led students to research and seek to better understand diabetes so they could develop a video (combining dance, representation and music) with symptoms of diabetes. The accompaniment of these students during the development of this project was fundamental, giving some suggestions and providing some tools and orientations for the development of competences, consolidating their knowledge and learning. ELENA QUILES ELENA QUILES I cannot tell the case of a student because I am finishing my master so I haven't work as a teacher yet. However, I think that I will provide extra help to that student and I would talk to them saying that we cannot get good grades in all subjects. Each of us has different abilities and interests. Some of us are good at Maths, others at sports and others at languages. It doesn't mater. The important thing is to progress through our intrests so that they become more advanced and we are happy doing what we love. Cláudia de Sousa - PORTUGAL Cláudia de Sousa - PORTUGAL I once had a student with many cognitive difficulties. Her name is Matilde. Matilde was a students with special needs and having a student that doesn’t dominate her own mother tongue is very hard to help her understand, read, write and speak a foreign language, even if that language is English, as is this case. Matilde lacked autonomy, she lacked interest for she didn’t understand the use for being in my classroom at all. To make it even more difficult, she was surrounded by peers who loved English and were very concerned with their grades. It was, I recognize, penalizing for her and I had to do something for this teenager in the 7th grade. One day, as they were preparing an oral presentation, Matilde told me she didn’t want to talk about any of the provided topics. I directly asked her what she would like to talk about, I remember asking for her favourite animal. “O cavalo” (“the horse”) she said, and the horse it would be. Now, I did allow her to prepare her presentation in the language in which she was more comfortable in (Portuguese). The question to me was: would I be able to help Matilde feel useful, capable and have her gain in the future with that, or would I insist in giving her a poor grade because I previously knew that she would not be able to do it in English. I obviously chose to make a difference in her life. On the day of her presentation, all of her colleagues got to know that Matilde had a hobby, a hobby which she was really dedicated to. Matilde loved horses because she did horse-riding and to our amazement, she did it very well. That lesson made all the difference in her life, for she felt admired, respected and recognized by all. After many years, I was told that Matilde won many medals and with the help of her parents, she became the owner of a rural tourism (bed and breakfast) in Portugal (Our'em) and the horse-riding teacher in the place…well that responsibility was solely hers! : Gonca Esendemir Gonca Esendemir Sure I have. I always tried to find ways that the student can relate what I teach with what he/she already knows. That association make my job always easier and increases the interest of the student. I have a student (10 years old), she has got I have a student (10 years old), she has got language needs, vey shy . In a formal Spanish , Maths or Science lesson she gets blocked whenever I ask her to come to the board or give one answer to a question. I started doing drama in Arts and she succeeded. . Playing a role in a non formal context she has been able to overcome that blockage . Little by little she is getting more confidence. Howver, it will take long but it will be worth doing it. Ester Degennaro,Italy Ester Degennaro,Italy I had a student who had serious difficulties in English, especially his approach to English was due to a certain passivity and not to his inabilities. His inclusion in the eTwinning project gave him a breakthrough as a student. Unexpectedly, he became interested in the activities, giving his contributions to the group work. Since then he has learned to approach the English language in a different way. Maria Emília Baptista - Portugal Maria Emília Baptista - Portugal In basic education, I had a group of students that were unsuccessful throughout their learning. With the class council teachers we planned interdisciplinar activities in order to motivate them, we had study visits to museums and sportif camps where they could socialized, could be in contact with nature and practice diferente sports, such as fencing. In my subject, there was a time to speak about what they wanted and some contents were developed using the program Hotpotatoes and games which they loved. They have succeeded and finished basic education. I keep seeing some of them, now that they already have their own children. I think I helped these students by trying to bring to the classroom some activities according to their interests, more interrelated with their daily lives, more focused on their learning, in a climate of greater closeness and affectivity. Marco, Italy Marco, Italy I can not bring a specific case because I only became a teacher this year and I still lack a little 'experience. However, I can describe with which approach I can enjoy food and beverage cost: I always start with the explanation from very concrete examples, where students can identify themselves and then the calculations no longer become something only abstract but much more concrete and real Cecília, Portugal Cecília, Portugal I had a student who struggled to get good grades and who later succeeded as a horse trainer, his passion from an early age. I have tried to organize teaching by making the emergent issues of daily life and student life profitable; based on diversified materials and resources, providing for the experimentation of diversified techniques, instruments and forms of work; organizing cooperative learning activities, oriented towards the integration and exchange of knowledge; I supported the student in articulation with his interests, in discovering the different forms of organization of his learning and in carrying out activities on his own initiative, valuing in the evaluation of his learning, the production of free and self-designed works; propitiated learning situations conducive to the promotion of self-esteem and self-confidence. Ana Pereira, Portugal Some years ago I had a student interested on theatre, who was frustrated with school. His passion was acting but to attend the acting school he had to move to Lisbon and his parents were totally against. In my classroom he always had his moment: summarizing the main ideas, presenting a subject or concept, comenting other students presentations, sharing curiosities, videos, songs. He enjoyed this moments, was very well accepted by classmates and became a committed student. Ana Pereira, Portugal Some years ago I had a student interested on theatre, who was frustrated with school. His passion was acting but to attend the acting school he had to move to Lisbon and his parents were totally against. In my classroom he always had his moment: summarizing the main ideas, presenting a subject or concept, comenting other students presentations, sharing curiosities, videos, songs. He enjoyed this moments, was very well accepted by classmates and became a committed student. Paula Cotter Cabral Paula Cotter Cabral I have a 7th grade student that doesn't have interest in class in general, but when I stay close to him, asking him about his own activities outside school and then try to link to the subject we are working with that day, things seem to get clarified. In order to convince him to speak in class I asked him how he would like to present: by recording in video, by recording in audio format, in a process of dialogue with me or in other way... he thought and promised that this term he would not fail. Sunčica, Croatia Sunčica, Croatia I had a student (I was a head of the class, "mama-bear") which came to me with her mother on the first parent-teacher meeting to inform me that she will fail maths that year. And it was the begginig of the year, with no grades yet! Then I realized she had really bad experience in primary school where she was conviced, by the maths teacher unfortunately, that she has "limited abilities". I worked hard throughout the year to remove that misconception out of her head, but finally she had no problem getting good grades in maths and we often laughed about that first fear. Didn't tell her but I was furious with that primary school teacher! And so I also realized how important teacher job is. We have to observe and solve problems. We can empower and we can discourage, and our effect on them is hard to get rid off :) Rute Vieira, Portugal Rute Vieira, Portugal I had a student who didn’t want to learn or participate in any of the activities given. After several attempts, I tried to know more about his interests. For example, I created exercises about his favourite music band. This changed his point of view and he tried to follow up the lessons / activities. João Nunes, Portugal João Nunes, Portugal I have had a student in the 8th form who had always had difficulty in learning about most of the subjects. It was a nightmare for him to be inside a classroom listening to the teacher. Later on, he had the chance of learning something more practical and that he loved doing. This made him change completely; he felt more motivated and now he is one of the best in his area. As a teacher, I talked to him several times and tried to help him choose his way. Eventually, he agreed to try something different from traditional teaching and he succeeded. Adeviye Alcıl TURKEY Adeviye Alcıl TURKEY the lessons were not good although my student tried to get good grade.She had problems with his family.recognized the situation and made a one-to-one interview.we began to understand each other. Carmen; León, Spain Carmen; León, Spain Almost at the beginning of my career, I had a student in my classroom who was in his last year of studies ( it was "COU" at the time in Spain). I always thought he had in mind going to university because he always got very good results, but to my surprise, one day I talked to her mother and she told me that his plans were completely different: he had agreed to finish secondary school and "bachillerato" but, in exchange, he wanted to become a hairdresser , which was his real dream: He opened a barber's shop not long after that and he still works there. I don't think I really helped him because I was only his teacher for a year but I've always admired his determined attitude. Fernando Baptista Fernando Baptista My student A ... has always had difficulties in learning and even integrates inclusive education and I can not force him to read aloud to colleagues. For three years I was telling him to read to me alone the stories of the reading manual or of a book of his choice and taste. She never wanted to undergo peer evaluation until she found that her parents were reading to her younger brother F ... a story when she goes to bed and can not fall asleep. Well, my student A ... came and asked me to tell his mother that he can already read to someone and that he wanted to replace the parents in this task. What better example to improve a task that the curriculum requires with a practice within the family and in the modesty of the home. Today in class he raised his hand and said that he wanted to read the study text in the class ... Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy Last year one of my students had some difficulties in studying English Literature. I tried to help her with simple tasks and letting her choose topics and themes. This made her develop more self confidence. At the end of the school year, she succeeded in her final exam and now she is attending university. students are good in students are good in many areas, they easily use phones, computers, but they have problems in study disciplines. I have noticed that the student's success requires encouragement and trust from the teacher. Benedetta, Italy Benedetta, Italy Some years ago I had a student who wanted to give up because he thought to have chosen the wrong kind of school. I encouraged him to improve the knowledge of some topics he liked, using freely the Internet at home. Now he study proficiently other subjects at University. Nihan Nihan One of my first graders has difficulty in learning languages, however I know that she displays great skills in music. That’s why I always start or end with a song for her to learn the topics we work on. I also give her a song list to practice. Paula Pereira, Portugal Paula Pereira, Portugal I had and have many students who don´t like to read. I help them by doing a classroom library. They bring the books that they prefer and exchange with each other. It´s a great activity for students to start enjoying reading and talk with each other about books and literature. TUĞBA DUYURUCU TUĞBA DUYURUCU TURKEY my daughter was taking bad grades in painting at primary school.Because her drawings very different. middle school teacher understood her. Maria Elena, Italy Maria Elena, Italy In this year I had experience , my students did't like English like subject. I introduced eTwinning platform in my class. THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE ELECTRONIC TWINS. Now they love this language, they speak with good pronunciation and read fastly. Read their book in easy way. Mira, Croatia Mira, Croatia In my long-standing practice, I had many students who were successful in one field and had difficulties on the other. I've always been trying to find stronger parts and build them, to help the student with supplementary work. Motivation is very important, but also co-operation with parents and the professional service of the school. Emiliana Rufo, Italy Emiliana Rufo, Italy I had and have some foreign students who really had/have difficulties with Italian Language and all related subjects (History, Literature, Geography) and Maths/Science but they were/are really great in Languages. I encourage them to develop and improve their language skills and continue studying them. Esada Čirić-Delić Esada Čirić-Delić I have a student who struggles with learning difficulties when it comes to reading in mother-tongue. However, his use and the knowledge of digital tools helps him excel in other subjects as he can see in his mind what and how it should be done before all other students. So we focus on association and individual work as he needs time to read and he prefers to do it when not surrounded by "noisy" classroom. Marina, Croatia Marina, Croatia Most students do not like my subject. They are successful in languages, nature, .... Math is not easy, especially if students do not have enough knowledge. For me, such students are even more challenging. I work through relationships with everyday life, with their small projects approaching them as close as possible. Yesterday I was very happy when a student who have very bad mark told my: „Teacher today's class was too good. I would like one more.“ Diana Pádua, Portugal Diana Pádua, Portugal A few years ago I had a student with dyslexia and learning English, understandably, was quite difficult for him. He was responsible for the school radio and he was really good at it. I took advantage of that and we discussed a lot around the topic “Music” and used songs in our tutorials. He understood that English was really important and he got motivated and engaged and managed to improve his English. I’ve followed his career path (we’re still friends on facebook) and he has become a very successful digital multimedia technician. Laura, Romania Laura, Romania Three years ago, I had a student with special educational requirements. She was struggling to get good results on all the subjects, but this was very difficult. I found out that her passion is gastronomy. In my classes, I gave her to do tasks by using the taught elements, but with the theme of cooking. I offered her modern working tools and she managed to make some beautiful projects. She even participated in a contest. Now she works as a cook, which makes her very happy. Patrizia Italy Patrizia Italy In my years of work, now about 35, I met several really good students who have found excellent occupations. The last of which I want to tell you is Orazio who despite having obtained the highest marks and having obtained the Diploma in the company address, will soon open a shop selling flowers. He is very good with his hands making floral arrangements António, Portugal António, Portugal Being a teacher for over 20 years many different students passed, many stories. It's the story of all teachers. In my first year teaching I had a class with 14/15 years old 6th graders... What have I done? Nothing special, just got to them and did all I could to make them switch their relation with learning. That school year ended, and a few other ones... One day, walking on my city, a young boy approched me calling me teacher and saying that he was studying engeneering at university, and thanked me for my effort. Sabine, Belgium Sabine, Belgium I've had many pupils who wanted to be oriented to a manual job but their parents didn't want. I let them try some days in the class they wanted to join, and had after that a discussion with them and their parents, to re-think the orientation. Dilek Erdağ Bek Dilek Erdağ Bek It isn’t a life changing example but I have a student who was very silent in class. Her grades were good but she wasn’t eager to join the class actively. She is now in an e-Twinning project. She is more active in the class. You can easily feel her self-confidence during the classes. Sometimes just giving a chance to show their abilities in different fields works. Birgül Ç.-Turkey Birgül Ç.-Turkey I have a student who is 10th grade high school student and 16 years old. She has lots of trouble in math and science classes. On the other hand, she is great as a singer. I have known since she was in the prep class. She has improved herself day by day and her voice is incredible now. As a physics teacher, I always tell my students that “The grades in the exams do not sufficient to express real you. You are real source of expressing yourself. If you find a way to express yourself, trace that road!” Ana Clara Grecu, Romania Ana Clara Grecu, Romania I have noticed that it is not always the children who are struggling to do something they do not like at school, but rather, their parents are pushing them to something that does not fit them. The children try to get to know them better and see what skills they have, what they like the most and how they understand it more easily. Only after I have formed an overview I try to convince the parents that it is in the interests of their own child to let them develop their predominant skills. Because the world needs not only engineers and mathematicians, but also artists, musicians, ballerinas, I tell them. Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal Since I organize every year a students’ exchange with a Dutch school, I always encourage the ones who have lots of difficulties in English to participate. And it has paid off! I have several examples of students who weren’t even able to make a short presentation in class and that thanks to participating in such programmes are now studying in universities abroad. Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal Since I organize every year a students’ exchange with a Dutch school, I always encourage the ones who have lots of difficulties in English to participate. And it has paid off! I have several examples of students who weren’t even able to make a short presentation in class and that thanks to participating in such programmes are now studying in universities abroad. Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal Since I organize every year a students’ exchange with a Dutch school, I always encourage the ones who have lots of difficulties in English to participate. And it has paid off! I have several examples of students who weren’t even able to make a short presentation in class and that thanks to participating in such programmes are now studying in universities abroad. Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta , Turkey Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta , Turkey I had a good picture and a singing student. but he was not very successful in his classes. I advised him to participate in painting and music courses and enter the conservatory. fatma AVCI, TURKEY fatma AVCI, TURKEY I approach my students with love, I want them to trust me first. I want them not to be afraid of making mistakes and not to fear me. I do my best to communicate positively Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal In the last 14 years, I have met many different students, some very good, many well and some who have struggled to get a better grade. That does not mean they were bad or lazy students. Some of them tried hard to be successful, but for many different reasons, it was harder for them. I remember a student, a few years ago, who was struggling in almost every subject. He had special education needs and there were adaptations and different types of assessment in all subject, but not in English. He was brilliant in English! So, we decided to work on some of the other subjects in English to motivate and spark his interest. Claudya, Romania Claudya, Romania There are many talented kids . We have to discover their potential and encourage them. Marina Stanojlović Mirčić, Serbia Marina Stanojlović Mirčić, Serbia In my class when students have bad marks, I always try to find the solution, together with teachers and parents. My students are My students are Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEY Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEY A few years ago I had a student who was born and stayed in Belguim for around 12 years and came to Turkey. She was my student in Language class to study English or other foreign languages at unversity. She did well in the exam, yet she resulted in studying kitchen arts and cooking in Belguim now! All I could do during the studying process was to motivate her for the more and better of what she could do. I think it worked! Lejla Hujdur, B&H Lejla Hujdur, B&H Since I use eTwinning projects in my classroom since 2015. I often see students that do great things in the projects - they are motivated and creative, but in ordinary class they do not have good results. I think that it has very much to do with that non-formal learning create emotions during learning and it is visible in extra motivaton and creativity. Demet -Turkey Demet -Turkey It is easier for the student to learn by learning activities according to the region Margarida, Portugal Margarida, Portugal This year I tutor some students. In one of the classes where we were working on the emotions, one student chose insecurity as one of the emotions with which she identified herself. We talked about her choice and the student told me that she feels very insecure in most classes and that the fear of making mistakes and faults often means that she does not participate and does not try. I know she practices gymnastics and then I asked her if she felt insecure when she was in the gym. She replied, "Of course not, everything is fine with gymnastics." So I asked her if she could do everything right the first time she had to do something new in the gym and she said no. I asked again, "So what do you do when you can not at first?" She replied that she would repeat the exercise until she succeeded. So I told her that it was this attitude she had to bring to school: try, repeat, try, until she can. In this situation I just wanted to show her that she was not insecure that she could change her perspective on herself and for that I tried to use one of the things she liked best. Remzo Destovic Remzo Destovic I usually speak with my students of my clasroom about another subjects if they have problem. For example we speak about Biology, how they can to have good marks. In our digital clasroom we resarech about some topic from Biology. Ana Paula, Portugal Ana Paula, Portugal For the last 20 years I have met many different students, some very good, some okay and some that struggled (or not) to get a better grade. I have worked with many professional courses and I have been the head teacher of s sports course for the years now. One of the students always worked very hard but she didn’t have good grades during middle school but with my help and encouragement she became the best student of the whole class. In fact, she was one of the students with many difficulties in English, but I constantly talked to her and helped her see that our daily life is full of English. So she started to listen to music and the lyrics of the song carefully, she watched films with subtitles in English and she started playing games in English. Now, she is not the best English student in class but she does reasonably well and she works really hard for it. I have another students in the 7th grade, level 3, who has special needs and he is always saying he is “dumb”, but we got a catchy word for him “slow, veryyyyyy slowwww” you can do it and the fact is that he is participating more in the class activities and is always trying to participate because he understood something. This is fulfilling both for him and for me. Alex_PT Alex_PT Being a teacher for so long has been challenging and highly rewarding in human terms. I’ve taught many different levels – from primary to adults – and besides all students being unique and having their own interests, I’ve tried to come close to them, either at school during school breaks, or during field trips, in cinema outings, coffees…you name it. I’ve also taught vocational courses with complicated students – tough to deal with due to their equally tough lives and upbringing, and many with learning difficulties, especially in the Foreign Language. A couple of years ago, I planned a reading club…on Fridays, last morning class, we would all read a book our school library had purchased. Indeed, I had asked them about topics that would interest them, chose some books (in Portuguese and in English – graded readers) and ordered them. I took them into class, each picked one up and they would spend 45 min reading silently. To sum up, not all managed to finish their book, but I had three who read two books. Some years later, one of them approached me while I was shopping and told me how impactful and memorable one of the books had been. He had read about Jamie Oliver, searched for his Fifteen Restaurant, watched youtube videos and was determined to become a chef. And he did! İLKNUR GÖZERİ İLKNUR GÖZERİ I have a creative student at Third Grade of Primary School like all other students.She is generally the winner of the classical exams done and seen important by other teachers.Luckily her mother thinks like me that she gives her daughter game and investigation based learning at home.She calls her friends of the same class to theır house,play games with them,teach nursery rhymes,create poems with them like my education at school.Even she wrote a beautiful creative poem for me on Teachers' Day.Her poem isn't the winner of Teachers' Day Poem Competition but she won my heart again by that poem.She was volunteered to take part in our International eTwinning Project.She learned Culture of The United Kingdom by putting theır national costume prepared by her mother and eating theır English cake and even building a model of Buckingham Palace with her friends and family in Turkey.I think her student role is a good sample for changing from passive answering question asked by teacher on exams to active,volunteered role of asking questions to learn English Language and another culture in our International Project. Gönül Ekşi,Turkey Gönül Ekşi,Turkey My student was having trouble explaining himself by speaking or writing.But he liked to paint.I encouraged him.He told himself by drawing. Emilia A./Romania Emilia A./Romania I remember some years ago I helped a pupil to learn English by extra lessons, giving him advice.Later, he graduated the Foreign Languages Faculty /University but he realized he wasn't for him being a teacher.So he decided to follow the courses of a 2nd University on the topic of Psychology. Unfortunately here, we teach our students , they specialize a certain field and later when they are looking for a job, surprisingly they change the field of their previous specialization.Nowadays young people have to be ready and well prepared to change their jobs, to move from job to job, they have to be multidisciplinary prepared to face the real world. Mirela, Croatia Mirela, Croatia I had a student who was intelligent and bright but not very interested in my subject. He wanted to be an artist but he had to pass my subject with good grades to get there. I had a talk with him asking him to define areas of interest (at least some) in my subject so we can focus on that. I did not want to be strict towards him because I always tried to respect students interests and his were quite clear and yet I had to grade him and I knew it will not end well unless he starts to study at least some minimum content. He understood the importance of passing my subject in the end, got a good grade and I hope he is happy being an artist now. Maria Helena , Portugal Maria Helena , Portugal Through the years I have been teaching there is always a percentage of students that hate school in general and my subject, English, specifically. I remember a case from 8 years ago, one of my students who bragged that she would never learn English and all her grades were very low. After the first term I talked to her in private and asked her if she knew what she wanted to do in her future and to my surprise she answered I want to be an air hostess. I asked her how she was going to become that without English. She just shrank her shoulders and did not answer. A week after our talk, I gathered all the material I had from some former courses I had taken to become an air hostess (when I was younger and before becoming a teacher). I organized a parallel “curriculum” around the material just for her and showed it to her saying that if she wanted to we could meet once a week and I would help her understand the work of an air hostess. She was very pleased with the idea and during the whole school year and also the next year she worked very hard on it (I normally have the same students two years in a row.). With her growing interest in English came better grades, she didn´t get brilliant, but she managed to have reasonable grades and even got into college. This year to my surprise, she came back to school to talk to me and ask me if I could write a recommendation letter, because she was finally going to apply to her dream job: air hostess. She told me she had been constantly improving her English and she was now ready to live her dream. I was very happy for her. Žaklina Croatia Žaklina Croatia Me and my class have worked on many etwinning projects, and we have absolutly loved it! My students love meeting new friends and working with them online. The thing my students enjoy the most in class is when we watch some films, videos, listen to or sing some songs. I give my students the option to choose all of our etwinning projects, so that they can develop their motivation for school, and they even want to stay after class to work on our etwinning projects. Amelia De Chiara, Italy Amelia De Chiara, Italy I teach technology in lower secondary school. I had a student that struggled to get good grades but he was a talented taxidermist. I discovered his interest by chance and I started making questions. He explained me about materials, techniques, how this interested started and his plan for his future...my lesson turned into his lesson. He got so confident that, from that moment on, he started improve his grades. Leticia Gil. Spain. Leticia Gil. Spain. In the stage of early childhood education, students do not focus only on one of the areas of learning. As a teacher I try to work through the multiple intelligences that Gardner proposed years ago, taking into account that each student develops one or the other Raquel Martins Raquel Martins I can share the story of a student who struggled to get good grades in all disciplines, but was always eager to go to the halfway to play football. This student has managed, with difficulties, to fulfill the obligatory schooling and now she is recognized and has much merit in the world of the feminine soccer. I helped the student, encouraging her to follow her dream, with the help in the studies and mainly with constant positive reinforcement. The dream commands the life and with the support that it had of the teachers and the parents managed to fulfill its design. Fabiola Fabiola A few years ago I had a student who didn't like studying math because he said that he never managed to get good grades. So tried to propose simple exercises to achieve the main goals He increased his self confident and then he asked me harder excercise because he wanted to achieve new skills. Maria Natália Couto, Covilhã, Portugal Maria Natália Couto, Covilhã, Portugal Many years ago I had a students who was preparing to become an engineer and he, actually worked his STEM hard and he enrolled mechanical engineering in a prestigious university in Portugal. I attended first year in college all right, bur to my surprise one day he popped up in our school to ask me if I could help him prepare for the national exam in English, which would enable him to change his career path. For the rest of that school year, we both have worked hard and he succeeded in the exam and got into college for another degree (Modern languages and Literature). He is currently my colleague - a teacher of English and has taught, I would say, mostly all over the place. Last time I heard from him he was in Wales. Gülşen Korucu/Turkey Gülşen Korucu/Turkey I had a girl student, they loved learning english, but she did not believe herself.She loved reading and comics , I suggest that she read english books,every day she started to come near me and talked with me about her english books and new words in the book. I always increased her self confident with some words and friendly conversations.Now She studies in English teacher department and she is a perfect university students ,she just needed a mentor, a proper approach , and a supporter .. Eduarda Sousa Eduarda Sousa A few years ago I hhad a student who struggled to get good grades in Eduarda Sousa Eduarda Sousa A few years ago I hhad a student who struggled to get good grades but often failed. Specially, English. He had a specific area of interest which was cooking and baking. So I got him to explore this area of vocabulary (recipes, mainly, cooking programmes, youtube channels, etc). It turns out he made it and he is now a sucessful cake designer with his own business. Cristina Dias, Portugal Cristina Dias, Portugal I have lots of stories, as I already teached professional courses. There was one girl that had already failed twice and she was adviced to subscribe a professional course in the gardening field. She loved the subjects, she turned the best student in class and after completing her sudies she got a good job. Now she's planning everything to open her own business. This girl just needed to be in an area she liked, with the knowledge acquired, the love for the gardening and the self-confidence we all, teachers, helped her to be a well succeeded woman. Lucia, Italy Lucia, Italy Last year I had a student who had no feeling for the English language and had bad marks. I instructed her to dismiss grammar and use English to do things she loved, over the summer. She was instructed to read her favourite stories in English, watch her favourite films in English and sing songs aloud, if she so felt. This year she has changed her attitude to the subject and has good marks. Vesna, Serbia Vesna, Serbia There are always students who struggle to get good grades at my class, usually they feel pressured by their parents or peers. My strategy is to make them feel good about themselves and not to feel bad if they're not getting the grades other expect from them. From there on, we move into what they enjoy, like and what they're good at and then we find ways to bring that into other areas. For example, I have a student who is great at football and sports in general but he had the impression that he's not good at anything else and that he can't be. By incorporating more PE in my lessons and allowing him to take a lead in TPR activities (during his 1st and 2nd grade), then relating grammar and vocabulary to his favourite sport, allowing him to talk about that he realized that he can learn English and be satisfied with his learning progress. Together, we also made progress with his parents to accept that he's not having aspirations to have excellent grades or pursue science Vera Lourenço - Portugal Vera Lourenço - Portugal I always tell this story to my students, that I had a student which was very interested and very hardworking, but her grades did not correspond to what she studied, because she was very insecure. She was very good at PE and arts, but in theorical subjects her marks weren’t satisfactory. She asked me for help, as I was the class director, but what I often did was talking to her, saying that she would succeed, but that she had to believe her abilities and skills. I was her Portuguese teacher for three years and when she went to secondary school she became one of the best students of her class. She succeeded to enter one of the best universities in Portugal and she is an architect Kate, Croatia Kate, Croatia I had a student who wasn't doing well with grammar but I noticed he has a talent for acting and that's when I included him in the drama class. He was brilliant! I guess later on, he realized he's not an outcast because of his bad grades and he started coming to extra classes where other kids helped him with grammar. Sometimes, it's not all in having great methods and inovations, but maybe just giving your students a chance to show their worthy and talented in something and that way, they will feel more secure with themselves Ana, Portugal Ana, Portugal I once had a student who was really ggod in English, but failed in most of other subjects. When I tried to understand why I discovered that he learned English because he loved Rap. So I suggested that he tried to create rap songs about some contents for the English class. And the result was amazing. It really helped the other students to learn. So then I suggested he do the same for other subjects. And that helped him get the motivation he needed to get interested in what he was leaning in geography, Chemistry, History, and so on. Lalitha India Lalitha India I had a student in As level in 2016. Her score in IGCSE was very mediocre, but her passion for art was amazing. She had not opted for Art and Design as one of the subjects. However, after talking to her and counselling her, she took Art along with IT and English for her A levels. Her performance in Arts was superb and now she is an undergrad student in NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology (INDIA) Another example. This is way back to 2002, when I was a science teacher for the middle school. I had a student , physically challenged,. He had difficulty in writing and memorising he hated .However,he had great interest in computers. Taking advantage of this ability of the student, I made him the editor of my class room newsletter. He would research on the topics and would come up with interesting articles for the newsletter. This made him a star in my class and teachers. He passed his grade 10 in 2004 with an average score. He pursued his interest and sought a great position in an iT company in the Capital city of India. SandraDeSousa, Portugal SandraDeSousa, Portugal For 8 years she has been a mentor, coordinator and curator of a project "Parade Chair" _ The chairs of our industry and the great artistic names of the world ", included in a mega project Art On Chairs. What began with a small project of a small school, met all expectations of students, teachers, mayors and ministers. From the port the project traveled to Spain, France, Italy, England, Dubai and China. One day I would like to share all the details with you all ... Patrícia Campos, Portugal Patrícia Campos, Portugal For 3 year I had a student that was amazing in music and english but struggled in other subjects, especially those related to sciences. He was such a good musician that he gave concerts once a week, and couldn´t respond to all the offers he received, otherwise he wouldn´t attend school.... In 7th grade his final scores were not good and he almost had to repeat the year. Luckily for him the team of teachers recognized it was better to give him a chance and in 8th and 9th grade he became a little better in sciences and mostly more motivated and conscious and his grades became better. Today he continues to play and studies music in a arts school with good grades. Anda Laura Silea, Romania Anda Laura Silea, Romania I had a students that struggled to have good marks and tryed his best to succed in school. Unfortunately, his social orgin was the cause of profund discrimination. I tryed to encourage him that the social and ethnic background is not that important and that he should learn the traditions and the language of his ethnic group (Romani) rather than deny what he really is. Today, this student is suporting as a volunter the romi comunities while working in Belgium. Isabel Carioca Isabel Carioca Portugal I have a student that knows everything about movies but has bad marks in maths, so I tried to make him learn maths by watching videos and building is own videos to explain what he learnt. This strategy worked and now he likes maths. Sandra Oliveira, Portugal Sandra Oliveira, Portugal Last year I was teaching a professional course and one of the students was struggling hard to finish all the modules of the year. In that course they have to train and do an internship in an Institution for 5 weeks. He made his internship in a nursing home and he was sweet and regardfull and hard working to the senior residents. I was his advisor and talk to him and encourage him to stydy instead of giving up. After explaining the situation, the teachers´s concil agred to help him and allowed him to repeat one exame so he could finish this year. Helen, Greece Helen, Greece I have a child who is very good in history but he struggles with learning all history dates. İSHAK KURT İSHAK KURT First of all, I observed it very well in the classroom. I met his parents and I visited their house. We found her interests and abilities in scientific methods by discussing with the School Counseling service. We have indicated that he should implement different methods for his own goals. The student who wants to be an engineer is now a good musician. Anita,Croatia : I have a student who is a good mathematician, but he struggles with learning the formula of acid, salt .... The house does not teach. He only teaches at the classroom. I asked him to come to the teaching for the gifted students and included it in the project. I said he will soon have an excellent grade of chemistry because soon we have tasks (mass fraction, empirical formula ...) in which he as a good mathematician will shine. At that time, I was constantly actively engaged in observation, sometimes gave good, sometimes bad reviews to his work. After two months, the student responded to a series of praise and began to learn more at home. His project helped him a lot for the practical work that needed math skills. He got the connection between the subject and, most importantly, he could and knew. He felt better in class It has better contacts with other students in the classroom. I hired him to sign up for a school math competition. He has achieved very good success. Anita,Croatia : I have a student who is a good mathematician, but he struggles with learning the formula of acid, salt .... The house does not teach. He only teaches at the classroom. I asked him to come to the teaching for the gifted students and included it in the project. I said he will soon have an excellent grade of chemistry because soon we have tasks (mass fraction, empirical formula ...) in which he as a good mathematician will shine. At that time, I was constantly actively engaged in observation, sometimes gave good, sometimes bad reviews to his work. After two months, the student responded to a series of praise and began to learn more at home. His project helped him a lot for the practical work that needed math skills. He got the connection between the subject and, most importantly, he could and knew. He felt better in class It has better contacts with other students in the classroom. I hired him to sign up for a school math competition. He has achieved very good success. Helena - Portugal Helena - Portugal Last year I had a student who was great in Football. She is a girl, the goalkeeper, and she played with the boys because she was a really good player. At school things weren´t so easy... I always tried to empower her by remembering that she is good at something, we all are. But some other areas require more work, because we are not so naturally good at. She managed to achieve their goals in the English subject. Dan Sovan-Romania Dan Sovan-Romania I kindly recall the case of a middle school student with whom I insisted to prepare for the biologists in order to participate in the county olympics, although her interest in this discipline was not too high. She got a mediocre place from the students I had prepared at that Olympics. However, I encouraged her to study biology, and at high school she qualified three times in the national phase, and now she is a medical student. Giorgia, Romania Giorgia, Romania Two years ago I had a student who does not succed at exams at Roamnian Language and Mathematics, she could not learn, but she had a great talent at picture. I adviced her and I talk with her mother to make them think that is the best solution for her to continue to study is to attend to an Art School for next years. She went to exams and she was in the first 10 admited at Art School. Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria I always talk with my students about their lives and interests, about their dreams. And then I try to find links between studying English and their desired goals in life, which is always easy because English is so multiplicable. For example, I have many students who would like to become editors, writers, businessmen, teachers, designers, ect. all around the world. So, talking about that, they understand the need of knowledge in that area. Also, there are some shy kids among my 5th graders and I always try to get them involved by making them laugh, telling them jokes about myself so that they can feel more comfortable and less awkward about themselves. And it works! :) Faruk Yıldız, Turkey Faruk Yıldız, Turkey I was a student of computer programming who was able to improve himself but could not get high grades from the exams. I led him to project competitions and technology fairs. When he presented his projects, he received a job offer and started to write a program without graduation and get financial gain. Now he is graduating and still continuing to improve and gain in the software field. Sebahat Yalçın,izmir Turkey Sebahat Yalçın,izmir Turkey A few years ago I met a pupil who was bad at English class. During my lessons he was very shy and got really bad marks.I talked with his class teacher and mum.I noticed that he was a great kid-football player.His mum said that a big sports club invited him and offered him to join their kids football team.After I got this good news I appreciated him.I tried to get his attention by talking about football.Also I told the benefit of learning English if he can achieve to play in a foreign country's team in the future. Manuela Silva, Portugal Manuela Silva, Portugal I teach vocational courses and I’ve had all kinds of students in these classes. I remember one student who loved cooking and being a chef was his greatest dream. As I teach English I kept them (the chef’s class) motivated by linking their interests to the contents they learnt. We always watched / listened at the beginning of lessons to short youtube videos of people cooking, dialogues at restaurants or just famous chefs sharing their experiences. Of course, they couldn’t understand everything, but they were interested and always wanted to know what was going on in the videos. Even misbehaved students responded positively. Nowadays many of them work in hotels here in Madeira and whenever I meet them they enjoy sharing with me their experiences with foreigner customers and how they now acknowledge the importance of speaking a foreign language. Michela, Italy Michela, Italy Some years ago I had a students who always got the worst marks in all subjects except music. He was very talented indeed. My school helped him become a musician, and he succeeded. I speak with student I speak with student. I work differents games Jasna, Croatia Jasna, Croatia I’ve had a student who has failed every exam in Croatian language (his maternal language) but he was excellent in English language. So I try to make parallels between languages and I would explain to him rule for Croatian language by compare it to English rules. That was very helpful for him. Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal I have a student who doesn't like formal classes, but he's very good in sports and physical education. He's about to go to an important football team. I've been trying to show him the importance of knowing foreign langues if he needs to go abroad. One of this days he did an oral presentation about sport and he did it well Lídia Mota, Portugal Lídia Mota, Portugal Today I speak with one of my students, he didn´t do one of the activities of the class. I tell him that the work it´s important and asked him about is interests. He told me e enjoy skating, and show me a good video of him skating. The conclusion it was work it´s important to make things better. Elsa - Portugal Elsa - Portugal I remember a student a few years ago who struggled in every subject but he was very good at English. He had Special Education Needs and in every subject there were adaptations and different types of evaluation, but not in English. He was brilliant. He loved watching cartoons on Network and listening to music. I had a student who I had a student who was strugling with language and math But he was great in art. When i give him credit for that his selfasteem get higher and i could notice improvement in other fields too. Brankica, Croatia Brankica, Croatia I had a student who wasn't good at English at all, but was very good at karate. So, I worked individually with her for a few times, and found out that she was making progress. I believe the individual approach helped her. Yes I have had a similar student - but we found a way to help him by motivation and full engagement - all via effective coaching Yes I have had a similar student - but we found a way to help him by motivation and full engagement - all via effective coaching Renata, Zadar Renata, Zadar I had a student who did not want to learn chemistry, but he was an excellent drawer. I enabled him to get a part of knowledge (and grades) drawing comic books. Later, he become successful architect. Daniela, Italy Daniela, Italy I had a disabled student who studied very hard human sciences, getting good marks notwithstanding my colleagues and his disability. Now he is a human rights lawyer. ı have a student not good at maths ,social studies and other many lessons ,but drow great pictures.. ı always say hım,you will be a Picasso,ı love your drawings, he believed himself,ıf you want ,you do the best and he think ı can achieve,succes come slowly ı have a student not good at maths ,social studies and other many lessons ,but drow great pictures.. ı always say hım,you will be a Picasso,ı love your drawings, he believed himself,ıf you want ,you do the best and he think ı can achieve,succes come slowly Dumitru, Scumpia Moldova Dumitru, Scumpia Moldova The student I am talking about is an university student right now. He studies the human rights. At school he was very good in the most subjects, his favourite was English. During these lessons he found out information about people and their culture, their way of living. that why he has decided to be lawyer, to help his community to become better. my students are not my students are not interested my lesson they dont like it they dont want to joın the lesson Semra YALMANCI YÜCEL,TURKEY Semra YALMANCI YÜCEL,TURKEY I had a student. she was withdrawn. I gave him little tasks every day. 15 days after my student who never talked to me "what is my new task," he asked. Heval Durak Muğla- Heval Durak Muğla- Heval Durak M Heval Durak M Heval Durak Heval Durak Heval Durak Muğla Heval Durak Muğla Heval Heval Cândida Passos, Portugal Cândida Passos, Portugal I have a student who is very lazy. At first he didn't want to do anything, A term has passed and now he do somethings.For example he likes speaking and he has got a good speech. So, at the beginning of each lesson I say him to speak about something he likes. This is a motivation for him...All his colleagues listen to him with interest Fikret yvz Turkey Fikret yvz Turkey when I worked in secondary school ,I had agood students but his lessons were not good.about 6 years later he was in military school ,I was suprised ,I asked how?he said I studied more and mate carefull in lysee the I passede the exams. Isaid ''BRAVOO Teresa M., Spain: Four years ago I had a student in vocational training. She was brilliant at everything but English because she had always studied French. She was very hard-working and I supported, encouraged and helped her as much as I could but all she needed was self-confidence. She passed her final exams with very good marks: "when there is a will, there's a way". It was great!! She was great!! Teresa M., Spain: Four years ago I had a student in vocational training. She was brilliant at everything but English because she had always studied French. She was very hard-working and I supported, encouraged and helped her as much as I could but all she needed was self-confidence. She passed her final exams with very good marks: "when there is a will, there's a way". It was great!! She was great!! Daniela , Malta Daniela , Malta Two years ago I was all the time hearing of a student who was causing problems in class. When I talked to him, he told me Miss i am good at nothing. I can't do Maths, I find English boring and I hate all other subjects. I never pass my exams. I ll never succeed. After talking to and observing the student for a few weeks, I realised that he could be good at acting and so I asked him to join the drama club to put up a play for the celebration day. he refused. I insisted and told him that we were not going to put up a play but produce a film. Miraculously he accepted and I can say that he rose to the occasion. He did a wonderful job. He became the star of the school and realised that he could become popular by doing good things and not by misbehaving. I was so happy for him and still remember his words at the end of the project: Miss I never believed that I would be able to do it! I told him : Dear I always knew you, you CAN! This is the trailer of the film https://www.facebook.com/blatalbajda/videos/787416404756087/ Soraya, Portugal Soraya, Portugal I’ll never forget a student that I had in my 3rd year of teaching: He was not a good student, in any of the subjects from the 9th grade (except Gymnastics). He was a rather bad behaved one too. Since I started with his class, every teacher told me to be carefull with him because he would be a problem. Luckily I didn’t pay much attention to those warnings and talked with the boy about other things (outside the classroom, during a break) and told him about where I came from and got to know what he liked doing (he was crazy about football, of course). So I manage to get some curricular contents around his interest – football. Since then, he was one of my most interested students, always trying to know things. And of course I always tried to transfer things to his (and the other students’) interests. I always had his best attention ever since. Roberto, Italy Roberto, Italy Some student are really bad in my subject. Whenever I can, I try to tutor and have personalized teaching. But it is time consuming CROATIA, CROATIA, Some of my student have problems with speaking English, as a foreign language. They just find it very difficult to transform their thoughts in words. I try not to force them use just English words, but rather let them use some Croatian words which I help them translate, so they know that it's ok for them to try even they are not so good like the rest of the class. Also, I try to find out in which area they feel most comfortable and when doing something conected I give them the main role, so they can express themselves in a good way and feel successful. Miguel Correia, Portugal Miguel Correia, Portugal I'm a math teacher at a music school. I have several students who struggle with mathematics but I try to support them in their study and appreciate any effort to overcome their difficulties, also attending their concerts and individual presentations so that they feel confident in me and that I trust them. I try to show that with method and organization they manage to overcome their difficulties and I give them support whenever necessary. María de Arriba (Spain) María de Arriba (Spain) This year I´ve a student that didn´t understand how to elaborate graphs (create the correct scale and how organize the data), I show her graphs from newspapers and news that were wrong to confuse the audience and then she realised how important is to represent properly and clearly the data. We´ve done some graphs together and now she enjoy activities with graphs. María de Arriba (Spain) María de Arriba (Spain) Ali Cem, Turkey Ali Cem, Turkey I advise all my students to do things that what they know best and what they want to do most. Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey I had a student who played basketball very well but he had really low English marks. I thought he didnt have time to study because of his practices but his other subjects had good marks. After a while, I decided to study with him after school time one to one that way I realized that he needed to study more to learn a langauge which is a completely different skill than learning a subject. Now, with extra work he is doing better. Fatma Banu Özbek Fatma Banu Özbek Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Arnaud, France Arnaud, France Last year, I had a pupil who was struggling with mathematics and french (I teach in France). But he loved playing Minecraft and I was amazed the first time he showed us how he could build a house in few minutes. It was amazing. He had learnt to play years ago and he already had built his own city. Vida, Lithuania Vida, Lithuania One girl did not follow the geometry, she wanted to improve the grade, I suggested to make a poster of geometric figures. She has created an interesting and complex drawing. Until then, her artistic skills were not known. D., D., I hava a student with dyslexia and A Using technology in my class I helped him with his confidence and motivated him for studying. Adérito, Agualva-Cacém Adérito, Agualva-Cacém I do not remember any case NİLÜFER GÜREŞÇİ NİLÜFER GÜREŞÇİ I've convinced a girl student who is not very good at her lectures but who likes to play football with her boys and talked with her family in my field and sent them to the football school in our town. Fernando Mota, Portugal! Fernando Mota, Portugal! Basically, some cases where students are focused on practicing a sport with "some" success, such as football, they end up having difficulties getting good grades. The way I usually help them passes, above all, through informal learning, through dialogue with them I present to them my own example, in which, with their age, I also played in a federated way with "some" success , but studied hard at the same time, because he was not absolutely sure that he would practice this sport in a professional way. With some it is resulting, with others not even ... Gamze, Turkey Gamze, Turkey One of students struggled in mathematics but he had good grades from other lessons such as physics, chemistry etc. After some studies together I realised that he had some lacks of prior knowledge and he also had difficulties to understand some concepts in math since they are abstract. So I tried to explain him the subjects in other ways by dramatization, drawing, the help of some youtube videos. Moreover his english was very good, and I offered him to translate Turkish questions in English by the way he read the questions carefully and strated to understand. And after those he did enough repeating exercises on the prior subjects. Now he is going to graduate from High evel mathematics course in IB program. Andrada, Romania Andrada, Romania In my country, the study of two foreign languages is.compulsory. It's usually French and English that we study, but also Italian, German and Spanish. Not all students have great skills for languages, but they have skills in other fields. I once had a student who didn't get on very well with English, but she was very good at Social Sciences. She went to Sociology and during an Erasmus, she had the change to speak English, and she was forced to use it,so then she discovered that she liked that language. N Sarah Mallia, Malta Sarah Mallia, Malta One of my students struggles a lot to get good grades however he is very good in sports and always comes first in races etc.... we always make a huge deal when this happens and remind students that we are all good at something. This also helps to build a stronger self esteem. Elisa, Italy Elisa, Italy There are weak students in every class, for example those who come from countries when studying English have to cope with the difficulty of passing from their language to Italian and the English. I have a student in my class who arrived last year from Japan. Whenever I realize he is in trouble I try to assure him that he is doing a great piece of job and remind him that I couldn't be so good in Japanese!!! I also make clear that I don't look at grammar only when I evaluate him but take special care of his engagement Christine Mata Christine Mata Some of my students struggle to the language barrier and more successful in practical real life situations. I can help students by giving more practical situations in my lessons Leyla, Turkey Leyla, Turkey I let a shy student in the classroom to make a presentation about whatever topic he/she chooses. This helps constructing a self esteem that could lead to higher achievement in any case. I always think encouraging students in fields where they are strong could motivate them about meeting higher standards. Temel Gövce Turkey Temel Gövce Turkey One of my student is not good at his lesson.He wanted to leave school. I gave him responsibilities to encourage him.I talked with his family. I took him to Tarsus Forest School.He drawed good paintings. He is going to secondery school now . Claudia Italy 🐵 Claudia Italy 🐵 I have a very shy and emotionally unstable student. He needs to be reassured and increase self - esteem. I invited him to use the robot, he had to take a path and give instructions paying attention to the obstacles. He was very good and found the most original solution. I highlighted this episode. Lesya, Poland Lesya, Poland My student has problem in memorising, writing, reading etc. But I have never met such organizational skiils. So she has been engaged into The Students' self-governement. Together with her parent we obtained the opinion from the educational guidance and the teachers had to reduce the subjects requirements. The girl finished the secondary school, passed the matura exam. At present my ex-student is running her own business. Zrinka, Croatia Zrinka, Croatia I work in elementary school with children of different possibilities, some require additional assignments and materials, and some help in the work. I had a girl who needed help in the work, but she was worth keeping track of everything she did, writing, and most of her drawing. She liked to draw and thus made it easier for her to adopt the material. Marlena, Croatia Marlena, Croatia I have a pupil who doesn't speak Croatian very well. She is great in sports, so I've encouraged her to present her sports achievments in front of all class: whenever she wins a medal (and that is almost every week) she brings her medal, photos, bib-number or any other running accessories in school. The impressions and the respect of her friends in the classroom helps her to start to talk about her success and practice her language skills. Alma, Bosnia and Herzegovina Alma, Bosnia and Herzegovina I had a student who wasn't so good in English but I discovered that she is excellent in music (singing, playing the piano) so we learned English through songs and playing instruments (I play the guitar) and singing English songs. Çiğdem Alvan ,Ankara Turkey Çiğdem Alvan ,Ankara Turkey Physics is a difficult subject and if the student has some difficulties about mathematics then he hates physics. For this kind of students I try to let them learn and improve themselves about the physical concepts, not maths. Sophia, Greece. Sophia, Greece. Self esteem is very important, especially for young students. So I always encourage my students to do their best and work hard on their talents, because that's what really makes sense for them and could really use in the future. Especiallly since there is a high increase of students with learning difficulties, personalities like Richard Branson can lead the way Milijana, Serbia Milijana, Serbia Students who have problems in expressing, or others, always give me the opportunity to explore a topic myself, to make a presentation, to graphically present matter and the like, using web tools. Olivera, Montenegro Olivera, Montenegro At this point I have a student who is not interested in school responsibility or what I'm talking about. Today we worked in the group on the subject of inspirational work of the future, doing it best and presenting the rest of the group. He describes the jobs he thinks he will develop in the future and explains why he thinks so. I wondered if he did not think he was studying for a job he would not be in the future? Madalena, English Teacher in Ponte de Lima, Portugal Madalena, English Teacher in Ponte de Lima, Portugal Besides teaching English, I am a tutor for students who have special needs and for students who have already failed a school year. Therefore I'm used to seeing kids who struggle, who feel frustrated and who sometimes quit. My school provides extra-classes for those students and special tutoring. However it is my conviction that school achievement and success is highly dependent on the internal motivation of the students which, on its turn depends on external motivational factors such as family support, favourable social background, etc. Anyway, I suppose if a student does not perform well in some subjects, but is good in a specific field, we might try to use that interest and relate it to the activities performed in class. Luisa Lopes, Portugal Luisa Lopes, Portugal I believe that along with differenciated strategies, technics and methologies, projects (of any kind) may also make the difference on a student for a lifetime and, therefore stimulate them to overcome any weakness. Now I am going to tell you a little story about a student I had, “X”. Going back in time, to my training year, I recall having a 10th-grader, a quite shy boy who could easily be unnoticed in class because he never participated orally, not even when he was asked a question. On the other hand English was his great handicap. One day my colleagues and I, with the help of our training teacher, applied for an European project with a Greek school. We set hands at work … designed the project, submited it and waited for its approval. Guess what … we succeeded … Fifteen students travelled with us and “X” was in the group, too … to everyone´s surprise. When we landed in Greece and met our foreign friends, all the students were shy … except for “X”. I couldn´t believe my eyes. He drew everyone’s attention because he tried to communicate with everyone and succeeded within his limitations! Back to Portugal; back to school and to the English lessons, we had a changed student … easygoing, talkative and always willing to participate in class. Nowadays and for professional reasons, he travels alot and the English language became his travelling companion!!! To sum up, together with my colleagues, we helped this student understand that school is not only what we learn in 4 walls, but also outdoors … Sometimes, students need a hand to find the way to solve their “problems”, to fight their fears and to gain more confidence in themselves! Angelo, Rivoli, Italy Angelo, Rivoli, Italy I can tell the story of a girl fighting against anorexia. I believe and hope that my approach based on designing personalized learning paths aimed at enhancing creativity can help the student find new reasons for self-esteem. She always wants to have good grades and she told me that the school work helps her to keep bad thoughts away. Years ago I remember that a poorly motivated student who loved football I assigned an authentic task about Julius Caesar: read some passages from De bello Gallico and get 10 tips that Julius Caesar would give to a football coach to motivate his players as he did with the his soldiers. I remember he did a very interesting work. Nives Bogdan, Croatia Nives Bogdan, Croatia I had a boy who had problems with reading and writing but he was always the best in all sport activities. He was the one who always helped others in sport activities, self-confident and they understood his language problems ant tried to give him support to do it as best as he could. flect and share Try to th flect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the stude Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia A few years ago in my class had student who had difficulty learning in elementary school. He finished school, found a job, and I was particularly pleased about it. The task of teacher is to find “something in the student” that will motivate him to achieve ambitions. Madalena, Portugal Madalena, Portugal To help a student I would have to guide him, show him the way, give ideas and suggestions to promote learning. My students usually ask me about study techniques in order to obtain better grades. Catherine, Ireland Catherine, Ireland In every class I think there are students that can struggle with certain aspects of the course. Thus, I think it is necessary to include various types of assessment. This allows students express themselves in various ways. Perhaps students could do an oral presentation or design a poster or create a project. Thus, we are catering for the various needs in our classrooms. Snježana, Croatia Snježana, Croatia In my class I have a student who is struggling with math, but he is excellent at football.After conversation with the student and learning agreement, the student improved his success, became a favorite at school. Nicolette Nicolette I think that encouraging students can help them succeed and the happier they will become. Some students in our school participate in extra-curricular activities which they love and they are good at, and their self-confidence improves so much that they start improving in other subjects too. Pureza Pureza My students prepare oral presentations about their favorite group of music. They love it! Inge, Belgium Inge, Belgium Usually our students are good in their vocational training, but fail on the general subjects. We try to bring both things together and teach a lot of things they really need in their later job and their later life. Konstantinos-Greece Konstantinos-Greece The success off the school is to bring happy people to society. Annibale, Italy Annibale, Italy As trainer I make short activity in the school, so I can not analyze the students carrier, but I have some example of participants that after a voluntarism experience learnt some competences that help them to find a job. Feyza, Ankara Turkey Feyza, Ankara Turkey One of my students 'visual arts, one of them music, 2 of them in the field of general talent was pretty successful. As a result, we are preparing for the BILSEM exam, if they get enough point on the exam, they will be trained in these areas for a long time free. José María, Spain José María, Spain It is very difficult to answer that question. Usually our work makes an invisible impression on the students and only after passing the years, some students remember us with gratitude what it was that made them change for the better. Gül SAKARYA Gül SAKARYA Edirne TURKEY I work with disadvantaged students. One of my students stutter. She has difficulty in expressing herself as she talks. Anvak loves being on stage, dancing and sports. I give her poems that suit her level to be successful. He doesn't stutter when he reads these poems on stage. I want her to stand in front of the dance events and show them to her friends. In short, I support for the success and to continue. Reflect and share Try to Reflect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you selma meral-turkey selma meral-turkey I do experiments with my students. we also do observations by walking in nature. we are going in parallel with course subjects. ry to think of your own s ry to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student? Derya Ümüş Cem, Turkey Derya Ümüş Cem, Turkey Some students in my class have low academic achievement. I direct these students who are skilled in painting to painting competitions and workshops. Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, România Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, România Try to think about your students? All the time I'm thinking about my students. When planning activities, I think how to help them better understand what video or Power PointT material I use to help them, what concrete materials to prepare, and what to look for on a particular thing or object to be learn. Then during the hours I keep track of them and help them.If some of them have difficulties we have had cases in which they worked in the team and the other colleagues helped him and tried as much as possible to explain. But everything was under my supervision. I was very proud of them. Sara Sara What I do with my students when they are not interested in English is propose them to listen to songs or watch videos they like Duygu,Turkey Duygu,Turkey Due to the entrance exam for high school students in Turkey, many students stay away from activities related to their interests and abilities. It focuses on academic studies only. They are unhappy when they fail. Hopefully one day we can do an education focused on interest and skill, not the focus of the exam Emma Giurlani, Italy Emma Giurlani, Italy In all my classes there are several examples of student struggling to achieve good results in some of the subjects we teach.Some of them risk de-motivating and becoming depressed. Just this morning I spoke with one of my pupils who was in danger of leaving school because of unsatisfactory results in some of the disciplines that characterise our language course. (I'm the coordinator of our courseSince she is a very good dancer I pointed out to her how many sacrifices she is willing to do every day to improve her performances in the ballet. We discussed how much her ability to resilience in the face of the difficulties of the most complex choreography could help her to deal with the problems of logic in physics and mathematics. We decide to try to think to Maths and Physics rules as a complex choreography and she will try to repeat them with music. I hope we will succeed! It could be a fine idea for our next final show at school! Think about the title : "dancing the physics and maths" Maria Larissa,Greece. Maria Larissa,Greece. I have a student whofind difficult to learn some topics from Biology book but he loves painting so I ask from him to draw the subjects in the classroom. Silvia, Spain Silvia, Spain One student of mine had great difficulties with English. But he had a fine ear for music, so I used his favourites, group's song to engage him with the subject. Rui Carvalho, Portugal Rui Carvalho, Portugal I met a student who, no matter how hard he tried, could not get good results in English, and reached a point where he no longer connected with the discipline nor studied. As this student was very fond of computer games, I presented him with a team game that he liked very much but was played on an English server. I helped the student make a list of words related to the game, he searched for specific vocabulary to communicate online with the other players and the following year he did not have so many difficulties in English, two years later was one of the best in the class. Claudia de Crescenzo Claudia de Crescenzo it happened not one but many times. many students who are not among the brightest at school give good results later. I think it depends on the fact that after school they can follow their interests Jana, Slovenia Jana, Slovenia A pupil had learning difficulties in several areas, especially in mathematics. He also had very low self-esteem. At the school run, he beat his peers and qualified for the regional competition. He was also very successful there. He began to deal with running and his self-esteem improved. He may never be a good mathematician, but he found himself. And that counts. Violeta Cumak, Lithuania Violeta Cumak, Lithuania I am working in the centre of non formal education. There are at least 20 direction of different activities, which are not exist at normal school. Pupils have opportunity to create avia, ships or car models, they can create pottery things, learn photograpfy or filming, floristic technologies and etc. So, if somebody can't be very successefull at school, at our centre it is possible. Göksel , Manisa -Turkey Göksel , Manisa -Turkey There are many examples for that mentioned situation. I'm sure every teacher has experienced once or probably more than once. The most important thing here to be done would be the support of the multidirectional progression of the student. To secure this there must be a efficient communication between the parts : student , teachers , administration and parents. GİZEMT-TURKEY GİZEMT-TURKEY I am an English teacher.I have some tudents that are not good at speaking or writing but I have recognised that they are good at drawing pictures.We have organised a Language Festival in our city and there is a part as 'Snapword'.These students have drawn very good Snapwords.We use these snapwords to memorise the new vocabulary.They have the feeling achievements and participations. Giuseppe, Italy Giuseppe, Italy Giuseppe, Italy Giuseppe, Italy I teach Italian and history but I introduce my students (11-14) to computational thinking. Someone remains fascinated and so I encourage him to follow some coding course or educational robotics. Hara, Hara, Hara,Cyprus Hara,Cyprus I had a student who struggled with reading and writing. However, he loved to draw and narrate stories. So I suggested that he create comics so that he could use his talent to help his learning. He loved the idea!!! Sara, Portugal Sara, Portugal I had a student who tried to succeed in mathematics, Portuguese, science ... but the student, after completing an internship at a candy store, wanted to follow a course of pastry. Arif Soğukpınar, Turkey Arif Soğukpınar, Turkey In my courses, when a student finishes his/her task, he/she immediately helps the others. and sometimes I make group works and play or compete a jeopardy game. Sibel Mersin/turkey Sibel Mersin/turkey I am trying to teach students who do not succeed in mathematics lesson by using the songs they know in music class. Sometimes I even ask children. They adapt the songs to the subjects they want to learn. Turkish lessons in the garden with chalk we learned the vocabulary we have done writing activities. They're having fun. Özlem DOĞRU, TR Özlem DOĞRU, TR My student is 11 aged a girl. his academic succe is low but she read poems very good. another students ina same situation but his relationships anda communication is very good. Aurora, Slovenia Aurora, Slovenia I prepare a group work, four kids in every group helping each other to have a good result. One has to search for information, another writtes, another draws.... and one have to present the job to others... The result was so great that we did an exposition in the school hall and ask parents to visit our work. All the groups work very good and all the kids with problems in one field felt very good collaborating Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia There are a lot of students who are great in some areas but not in others.We have to encourage them and strenght them in what they are successful Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia The Hacı Ömer Erarslan Bursa Turkey Hacı Ömer Erarslan Bursa Turkey All students has their good and bad parts, they must transfer the bad to good and provide their talents. Every student needs to be interested in his / her own fields Barbara Matysek, Poland Barbara Matysek, Poland I think most of us teachers have students who struggle to get good grades but have got many other talents. In my school there is a girl who has to work really hard to get good grades but sings so beautifully. She has a real talent for that. There is also a group of students who have problems with learning but are great in sport activities. We try to encourage these students to develop their talents. Carla Paiva, Portugal Carla Paiva, Portugal Unfortunately, I can't say I have already had a student that became a brilliant sportsperson or artist. However, last year I had a student that was autistic and he had lots of difficulties not only in subjects like maths but also in their social relations. Nevertheless he was a very good student at English and History. He developed his English skills as he watched videos about historical events. I was lucky to develop a close relationship with him. He was very curious and sometimes asked me difficult questions that I didn't know quite well how to explain to him. And he was never satisfied with my answers. It wasn't easy but it was a great challenge. I was also able to learn a lot from him. He participated in my Erasmus+ project and the Romanian teachers were amazed at his skills. Now he is studying in the languages and human science area, and I'm sure he will be successful in life. Antonino Antonino I know a student who had many learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. His parents insisted that he should go to college which made the student's life very difficult. He was a sad and frustrated student with his school results. I decided to speak with the student's parents and, after long reflections, they came to the conclusion that it would be best for your child to pursue a more practical professional course. Today is an adult fully satisfied with his work as a car mechanic. Ana, Croatia Ana, Croatia There are a lot of students who are great in some areas but bad at others. As a foreign language teacher I understand that there are students who are naturally not good at languages and I don't force them and punish them if they don't do well. Communication is the key. The most important thing is to accept that there is a problem and to find a satisfactory way to overcoming the problem for both student and the teacher. Lídia, Portugal Lídia, Portugal Back in 2007 I remember having had one student who felt frustrated because he wasn't able to match his own expectations in terms of success (and grades) within the area of Science and Technology. I remember we talked a lot and without imposing any particular career path, I think I was able to help him spark his interests beyond Science and Technology. He ended up enrolling in a Vocational Course in the field of tourism and restoration. At this stage I also met with his mother who agreed with his decision. After this course he took up higher studies in restoration and is presently working with one of the most prestiged Portuguese chefs. In fact, he is getting more and more famous every day. I have a student at home :) she suffers from dyslexia.she struggles how to read and write to have good grades but she is going to be an artist because she thinksshe is gifted in painting I have a student at home :) she suffers from dyslexia.she struggles how to read and write to have good grades but she is going to be an artist because she thinksshe is gifted in painting Lacramioara,Romania Lacramioara,Romania We had students who did not excel at physical Olympics, but were very good at implementing practical projects. We help them form their skills and today some of them are good engineering students. Filipa, Portugal Filipa, Portugal I've always had students that hated English or Portuguese because they had bad grades. I had a student that didn't succeed in English but he was a Maths genius. I told him that everyone has an Achilles heel - mine was Maths! Güneş K;Turkey Güneş K;Turkey One of my students he has not good grades in math but he is successful in robotic coding Jorge Conde, Portugal Jorge Conde, Portugal Nowadays we know that there are different intelligences, so it's quite common that some students prefer some school subjects instead others. I had a great student that became a well known piano player and who was dyslexic. I helped him to understand that school is not only what we learn inside the building but also who we are! Serap ÖZDEMİR ORU Serap ÖZDEMİR ORU The student (at my school ) doesn't have good grades. But only she wanted to join the project that I mentioned in thé classroom. At the project, students would write a fairytale or story and illustrate it. I have noticed that this student is very skillful about writing and drawing. But I always supported her during the project work. And I said :" You should believe you, you can do it, you are very talented). Other teachers were surprised , too. (When I talked about the student and her skills) Yasemin,Turkey Yasemin,Turkey I have a student whose grades are not good but he is very succesful in running.He took the first place in running competition last year Etelvina, Portugal Etelvina, Portugal Once I had a student who wanted to follow a certain area of studies... I noticed that he had lots of personal skills to perform a different thing. I told him about other options and he changed his opinion. Now he is an excellent journalist. Most times students don't recognize how proficient they can be at a certain subject just because they've never looked into themselves or seen their own abilities. It is up to us, teachers, to guide them through other paths. Edita/Croatia Edita/Croatia Not all students are successful in everything.They need to strengthen and encourage their interests and what they are successful in.We must strengthen their confidence. Reflect and share Try to Reflect and share Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student? Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia The student had difficulty in mastering the teaching material, had to invest a lot of effort and work to achieve success. Today he is a successful plumber and is proud of his work. We must motivate the students and repeat to them that every work is worthwhile. Carla, Portugal Carla, Portugal I know a student who struggled a lot with portuguese, math and science to get good grades, but he was a great cook and now he's a great student in a cooking class. I helped him choose another study area. Lucía, Spain Lucía, Spain My student has very good grades in math and his language grades are worse, he is beginning to read books on math to improve his language skills. Mirela Barcău Mirela Barcău I know students who have prepared for a real field and have succeeded in the humanistic field. I talked with them and I say that every branch you learn is important to learn and to look for yourself. Education must remain open. Marina, Croatia Marina, Croatia One of my students likes to move and fold the seats rather than learning. He would rather do manual jobs. Hümeyra/SİNOP Hümeyra/SİNOP I have a SEN student. She is really eager to learn and tries her best to manage many things. Although she is not an academically successful student but she is good at sports. She came in first in the shot put competition last year in Turkey. We are proud of her. Sanja I try to motivate my students to be best in what they are interested in. Many of them are good in something and in other things they aren't. We must strengthen their confidence Sanja I try to motivate my students to be best in what they are interested in. Many of them are good in something and in other things they aren't. We must strengthen their confidence melin getizmen yeşil melin getizmen yeşil My student, who has been making a great effort to improve his Turkish skill, is doing interesting origami works. Lidija Hatadi, Croatia Lidija Hatadi, Croatia I really respect student interests and I try to help them develop all their talents. My student had great difficulty in art. His works were very simple and poor in detail. However, he was excellent in math. He had the best results. He even participated in the competition. Naide,Turkey Naide,Turkey I have a student with low success in mathematics.But very successful is writing.Writes wonderful stories.I never force her.HE 'S A CHILD.NOT A MACHINE.I give numbers.I want him to write math problems.fun to solve a problem posing as a storyteller:) Dilay Dilay I would try to connect the subject of my course with the interest of my student. Edi, Italy Edi, Italy I try to support my pupils respecting their time of learning and their main interests. Mehtap Öz Mehtap Öz My precious student Ödül is very,very good at English.But she is struggling with chemistry.To make her more motivated,We studied the periodic table in English and we try to make new words with the symbols of the elements.The results were amazing :) Ana, Portugal Ana, Portugal Preschoolers don't have grades in Portugal, but I do have children that learn better by moving around in the classroom, than standing still and listen to what is being discussed among the group. I have one girl that needs to be moving ou touching something to be focused on our conversations :) Feri YAMAN Feri YAMAN Aydın/TURKEY I tried to help my student with speech difficulties. First I chose easy one word instead of challenging sentences. I made it harder to learn. I made the necessary explanations to his friends. Together we achieved success in a very short time. Doinita B., Romania Doinita B., Romania One of my students had very good grades while he was a student and was getting ready to become a telecom technician. But he succeeded in the artistic field: today he is a well known and appreciated singer. One One One of my students is bad at maths chemistry physcis and so on but ve is good at english especially ve is good at reading he is very fluent and accent is very good he reads passages with classic music according to stress and intonation ve is also very good at translation Filomena Bianco, Italy Filomena Bianco, Italy One of my students had some difficulties in getting good results in some school subjects but he was very talented with playing the flute. He won several local and regional competitions during the school year. He managed to get admission to a secondary school specializing in music. I tried to encourage him to study English by showing him that he could use English all over the world and that it was useful for his career, when having concerts and contests abroad. Grazia, Italy Grazia, Italy Until the last school year I had a very creative pupil in the classroom who was able to work with pieces of mechanical parts to build objects. At school it did not go very well because in the formal activities it did not work much. He could not stay in the books, but if he had to make an object he was able to spend an afternoon planning and looking for solutions to get to his result in hardware stores. Several times he helped me find a way to solve a science project. For my part, I have often left it because I think he has found a way to survive good results at school. Yune Yune Some of my students have difficulties to fulfill some maths problems using the methodology that we have been working with, but they can think about the solution of the problem using their logic. Ivana, Croatia Ivana, Croatia The student had major problems in mastering mathematics subjects throughout their education. I helped him stay out of the classroom where I taught him further. And in continuing his education, he had similar problems, but he was an excellent musician. He played fine piano and went in that direction. He is now a renowned musician. Sílvia, Portugal :D Sílvia, Portugal :D As a teacher, I constantly encounter students with learning difficulties, and what I usually do os get students do work school contents in everyday situations. Nothing is better then going to the market to make estimates of expenses, working with coins, cash exchanges, ... this usually helps student in their evaluations! One of my student struggled with his grades but he draw 3d fantastic car pictures sometimes he make model cars by using his own capacity. One of my student struggled with his grades but he draw 3d fantastic car pictures sometimes he make model cars by using his own capacity. İ always give hım a chance to draw his pictures all the time and respect my student Georgia Karela, Greece Georgia Karela, Greece All students have talents. Each one can contribute to the learning process. Rukiye Dengiz/TURKEY Rukiye Dengiz/TURKEY Ten years ago, I had a hiperactive student who is good at cuttting with scissor but he wasn't good at school subjects.I talked to his family and did some cutting activities in English lessons such as making a plane when we were learning jobs as he wanted to be pilot then. But I met him in the street last week he said that he is a barber now. Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ Turkey Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ Turkey In my kindergarten, there is no note but self-confidence is gaining. It brings together the feeling of self-confidence and pleasure. This is also the case for students in large classes. Laurrie, Sibiu Laurrie, Sibiu I often have students who play professional sports and are very good. Iam often surprised to see that, even though they do not get remarkable grades at school they are the best in other fields, which i publicly appreciate. Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece all students has their good and bad parts, they must transfer the bad to good and provide their talents I encourage them to do projects and researches about topics they find interesting. I encourage them to do projects and researches about topics they find interesting. Sanja, Croatia mihaela, Giurgiu, Romania mihaela, Giurgiu, Romania most of my students do not read literature anymore and are no longer interested in literature and then I try to attract them by highlighting the links between the characters and themselves or by finding them to find their own solutions to the situations in which the characters are found. I do not persuade them to read more, but they make them think of themselves from another perspective and ask themselves questions about what is happening to them. Sevda ER-TURKEY Sevda ER-TURKEY I've directed him to coding. He was interested in this subject outside of the course. he was very successful and his confidence came. Elisabetta. Italy Elisabetta. Italy I had a student who had a severe dislexia. He has great difficulties with languages, but nevertheless he asked me to support him in an online language competition, where he managed to get a diploma Panagiota, Greece Panagiota, Greece A toddler in the class I'm practicing does not pay attention when his teacher teaches. This toddler loves sharks and knows a lot of about them, one day I decide to teach them about the sea creatures. When it was time to learn about sharks I asked him to share with the rest students his knowledge. He felt proud of "teaching" and since then he pays attention in the class and also he participates more. Lina, Cro Lina, Cro I have a student who is dyslexic. She can not read or writte more than a few short sentencese. She likes to draw and i use her drawing skills to help her. For example she makes mind maps with new words and it helps her to learn it better. Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy Luminița, Brașov, România Luminița, Brașov, România I had a dyslexic student, for whom reading and especially writing was a torture. I encourage him to trust him, to discover his vocation, I let him do what he can. He is now 20 years old, paints icons on glass and remembers how I met him in the first grade ... :) Gözde Fındık,Turkey Gözde Fındık,Turkey I have some students who get good points and work hard in all lessons except for English.Their only lesson they are bad English.I am trying to provide them like and work on English as well Hakan Can Hakan Can I had a student who was singing very well but had low grades. I had a family call first. I wanted the student to be happy and to be directed to the area they wanted. Öznur,Turkey/İzmir Öznur,Turkey/İzmir I have a very active student. The duration of interest in the course is short. but he is very successful in his sports training class. now he is going to the sports course and won medals at the events . Now the course of interest is longer Nicolás, Spain Nicolás, Spain It seems to me that it is very important that students can express themselves with freedom as a key to self-knowledge and to know their capacities Anita, Croatia Anita, Croatia As I teach mathematics some students find it difficult to enjoy the difficult aspects of this subject. I encourage them to be creative with projects and ideas that link mathematics with the real world. So even though their grades may not be brilliant, if they persevere in other aspects and show effort they always feel a sense of achievement. Dimitra, Greece Dimitra, Greece If a student struggled to get good grades but succeded in another field, i would try to make a bridge between the things he/she must learn and the field in which he/she is successful at to connect those two parts in order to empower him/her to understand better. In that way, the student will be helped and empowered to understand and succeed through the field that he/she is already successful in. I watched the film "Taare Zamaen Pare" with a student who failed in his classes. I watched the film "Taare Zamaen Pare" with a student who failed in his classes. Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey. My student is playing guitar very well. Wrote a song about the lesson. This was the way to participate. Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey. My student is playing guitar very well. Wrote a song about the lesson. This was the way to participate. I have a student who cant take high grades, he is good at playing piano. I took him a video than share with other teachers. Than he entered the school band and it made us closer. I have a student who cant take high grades, he is good at playing piano. I took him a video than share with other teachers. Than he entered the school band and it made us closer. Gonca,Turkey Gonca,Turkey I have a student who likes animals.He didnt want to reading book.And I gave him books about animals.Now he likes reading book. A classmate of mine struggled to get good grades but was excellent at sports! He also had a great culture about the history of football and was fond of reading A classmate of mine struggled to get good grades but was excellent at sports! He also had a great culture about the history of football and was fond of reading

Neslihan, Turkey I had a student with special education needs. He didn't know enough to read. It was also very difficult to communicate with him. I used intelligence games to communicate with him. When he realized that he was successful in this field, he started to show progress in other fields as well.

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I have a student who is gifted in Computer Science. However, he is failing almost all the other subjects. In my class, I try to encourage him to use ICT when learning new facts. He's more motivated and eager to learn.

Lucica, Romania

birlea_lucia — 2019-01-27 13:11:22 UTC

I encourage my students to put answers, to work about ICT tools and explore the literature world. In my lesson is very important to read and read more and more texts.
My students are motivate to learn.

Dunja, Croatia

dunja_matkovic — 2019-01-27 13:27:33 UTC

I had the situations like that. Usually I try to find a way to motivate that pupil by different activities that he or she like. Also I help that pupil to find easier way to understand and learn those lessons. After all, through that other field pupil succeeded in I try to approximate the problem and solution for example

I always think what Can be intersting for my students.they like very much Omero'' poems.I use his poems for geography ,math and science.

s_carmellini — 2019-01-27 13:57:28 UTC

sacedofuentes — 2019-01-27 14:08:38 UTC

I always have students who get bad grades in English, but they are really good in other subjects. I think we all have different skills and we have to tell that to students so they don't get frustrated.

Cândida Tavares, Portugal

2019-01-27 14:30:01 UTC

Some years ago, I was a support teacher for two students with learning needs. They were students of the 7th grade, already repeating who still read with great insecurity and had many difficulties in writing. Their self-esteem was very low. As we approach reading a story that tells a beautiful story of friendship and addresses environmental issues, I challenged them to work together to present a work to the class about that story, characters and the themes that the tale talk about. They started by telling me it would be to difficult, that the class would laugh at them…  I assured them that all the tasks would have my help, that I would help them to create a power point and that we would train the presentation of the work as many times as necessary before the presentation to the all class.As the tasks of analyzing, composing the text and writing the work were being carried out, their enthusiasm grew. We trained countless times what they were going to tell the class and when "the big day" arrived it was a success! With this activity, students not only improved their performance in writing, reading and speaking, but also gained self-confidence by being the protagonists. They realized that they could do it!!

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courage them to illustrate some situations and tenses and that helped them a lot. Rute Vieira, Portugal Rute Vieira, Portugal I have a student with some difficulty in exposing herself, participating in the classroom and I implemented in the class a project called "show and tell" in which each student can present a theme of their interest ... this student, who usually has difficulty in participating, took to the class an overboard ... talked about who invented it, how it worked, the safety rules ... I saw this student talking and participating as I have never seen! It is proof that when it is something of your interest, learning happens naturally

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Nils / Germany

2019-01-27 14:59:17 UTC

I often have students in English classes who struggle to get good grades in formal tests but they are much betterat doing creative tasks.

Ezgi K. Turkey

ezgikiroglu — 2019-01-27 15:04:42 UTC

I have some students who are very shy. I know they have some ideas on the topics in classes but they can not express their ideas. I try to find out their interests in an another field or try to find out their talents or their hobbies they like to do. After this info I use this in my classes to make them more participate in classes. Patient is very important and also the empathy of their peers is important too. Everyone has a talent. As we teachers we should not expect same behaviours from different students.

Adina Geczi, Romania

2019-01-27 15:23:12 UTC

Yes, I also had, and still having students with learning difficulties, but I remember a boy I had about 10 years ago. He was so active and restless in class and both literature and grammar were like he never heard of them. It was a long and exhausting journey at school until one day, when I went outside and while the students were playing football I saw this boy running so fast and presenting so many sport skills. I talked to his parents and recomended them to take him to a sport club and see what will change. A month later he already became more interested in class, more dedicated to study because he was consuming his extra energy at football club. Now he is a profesional football player and I'm so proud of him.

Josip, Croatia

josip_strija — 2019-01-27 15:30:38 UTC

School system usually has that concept that students need to learn some subjects because of grades not because they are interested. If they want to go to college and learn about subjects they like, they have to learn about things that aren't their first choice.

Aslı

2019-01-27 15:32:32 UTC

I have s student who is very reluctant to speak English. He says I hate English, I don't want to be a part of this lesson. However, he loves Math. When I go to the class, I try to bring him activities that has Math in it such as patterns. Then I want him to talk about them. He likes these kind of things.

Đurđica, Croatia

durdica_lucek — 2019-01-27 15:49:17 UTC

I have students who are good in formal examing, but not in problem solving with computers. I recommend students in classes that they should help the ones who are not good in problem solving.

Ana Santos, Portugal

crissantos2304 — 2019-01-27 15:56:00 UTC

Physics and Chemistry is not an easy subject. I had a student who had many difficulties in this subject but she was very good at dancing. I tried to help her focusing her learning process in what she could do after she had the secondary degree. She never became brilliant but she did not give up and accomplished her dream.

Carla M, Portugal

carlamarinho — 2019-01-27 16:47:02 UTC

Some years ago I participated in an English Club at school. There I had the opportunity (and time!) to organize different and interesting activities. One of them was the Christmas Party. The students of the Club not only helped to organize it, but also performed at the party.
One of my students who was very shy and never spoke in front of the class, sang a Christmas Carol alone on stage. It was a magic moment and everyone was surprised. She had a great voice!

In the end of the party she thanked me a lot because I had helped her to make her dream come true and that it had been the best day of her life.

Nowadays I don´t know if she is a famous singer, but I hope she’s happy.

Roberta, Italy

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Manuela, Romania

manuela_iacob12 — 2019-01-27 16:58:42 UTC

I have a student who wants to become the best video maker in the country. He is a 12th grade student in mathematics and computer science and is not very interested in these disciplines. He told me that he learned from Youtube more than he did in the first year of college and that he had already made a video with a famous singer. It was hard to convince him to learn to compute all because he needs to take a hard exam, a baccalaureate, to go to college

Eduardo López. Spain

2019-01-27 17:01:40 UTC

I have some students who get really good grades but when they have to read or speak their pronunciation is not as good as their writing. I try to encourage them to speak, motivate them with easy stories and songs, I tell them to write in google translator to listen and repeat some difficult words or expressions as much as they can.
www.Voki.com is a fun way to encourage them to speak.

Sandra Mendes-Portugal

sandrabn_13 — 2019-01-27 17:38:49 UTC

Hi. So I happen to have a student that doesn't like to read and write, only draw, learn maths and english, once I teach english I did a spelling bee activity with a prize at the end and his teacher asked me what I did to get him spelling letters during days, his interest increased and that teacher also did a sort of contest in her portuguese classes. I think we can help kids and even older students with games and by giving praise to help them feel more secure and capable. Also I think it's important to reinforce our students that they can try, it's ok to make mistakes, that's why they are at school for and when they realize that they feel more comfortable in participating in activities and therefore, to learn better and succeed.

Susana Carneiro, Portugal

susanalcarneiro — 2019-01-27 17:39:04 UTC

A student with dyslexia and serious difficulties in accomplishing school tasks is today an extraordinary actor :)

Fortunately in that year Acting was part of the curriculum!

Sandra Viana, Portugal

sandravian — 2019-01-27 17:44:37 UTC

I had a fantastic student at English for her age (14 years old). She was able to communicate in perfect English, she was able to use complex vocabulary and structures and used to speak naturally. Her presentations were always remarkable. She got used to this fluency through music as she is also an amazing singer. Unfortunately she couldn't perform in formal tests (and I still do formal tests because I have to which is something I hope to change in the future) brilliantly. She was one of those students who couldn't understand the use of certain tenses, for example, in a specific task in the test. She was able to use them freely in her writings and in her speech but not in isolated exercises. She was brilliant and had fluency and accuracy for her age and level, so despite having 70 or 75% in the tests, she was an A student to me. I decided to value her whole knowledge not what I was expecting in a test.

Elsa Ramos, Portugal

elsa_ramos — 2019-01-27 17:52:59 UTC

I had a student with behavioral problems and he refused to work in class, but he had a lot of aptitude for drawing. So one of the strategies in History class was to draw the events / contents of the discipline. The results were amazing

Helena - Portugal

2019-01-27 18:04:02 UTC

When I first started working, I had a dyslexic student that struggled with reading, writing and some maths contents. Yet, he was a bright student and very creative, so he was very good at art and storytelling.During the year we prepared a play for the parents and he was responsible for the scenes and helped write part of the play. This helped build his confidence gave him a lot of motivation.

Berkant

2019-01-27 18:21:38 UTC

one day in the classrom, I saw pictures drawn with a pencil in a female student's book.I think she was talented.i bought her painting supplies and I got the gift.at the end of the year opened the exhibition visited the mayor.

Serge from Belgium

serge_vandertaelen — 2019-01-27 18:49:18 UTC

some of my pupils are guided for the wrong reason to our school (waterfaal system). When I see a talent on that youngster, I do my utmost best to help that youngster to help him/her to do something with that talent.

Andrea, Portugal

andreabilro21 — 2019-01-27 18:54:00 UTC

I had a student that was very shy. He did all the activities but orally he didn't participate. I was always saying that he was doing a good job, giving him positive reinforcement One day he had to make an oral presentation. I thought he wouldn't do it. But surprise'! He did it and faced his classmates.
I belive that giving him positive feedback and not oblige him to speak, he could take his time and decide when he was ready to participate.

Tomislav, Croatia

2019-01-27 18:54:32 UTC

I had one specific student. The classic way of testing for him was the nightmare. I have enabled him to show knowledge in his own way. Whenever he learned something, I took the time for him and let him show it. At first, other students did not agree with it, but after they themselves have concluded that it was a good idea.

Tiago, Portugal

2019-01-27 19:01:48 UTC

I have had numerous students who struggled to get good grades and succeeded later in life. It all comes down to how relevant or irrelevant they found the subjects to be. I once had a student in the 9^th grade in Portugal who was struggling in many different subjects but especially in English and needed to pass in order to move to Holland to help his father in his construction company. “Great that you are going to work abroad. You can put your English to good use”, I told him! It completely changed his mindset. As far as I know he is very happy in the construction business and making lots of money.

João Teixeira, Portugal

joargui — 2019-01-27 19:17:58 UTC

I don’t have a case of a student who struggled to get good grades, and (…). I had one, who didn’t like at all the work done in the classroom (theoretical work), but she was quite a surprise during her vocational training. She proved to be an exceptional professional and I had the honour of having attended one of her hydrotherapy classes and I must say it was the best!

Banu Güven, Konya/Türkiye

banuguvenster — 2019-01-27 19:34:08 UTC

About two years ago I had a student nearly came from France. She tought she can understand eveyrthing perfect in Turkish, but she couldn't understand the turkish science language. she refused that she couldn't understand and prefered to blame her students. I could reach her by getting connection with counseling and guidance department. Also gave her my extra time to help her learned in a good manner. Now she goes on university LAW department, and she always call me or send flowers on the special days with her thankfulls.

Nina, Croatia

nina_zlatar969 — 2019-01-27 19:47:20 UTC

We've had quite a few students who have had some learning difficulties. For example, two years ago, I had a certain student who didn't quite find much success in doing his everyday tasks. But with a lot of effort and cooperation with the expert associates like our psychologist, the student managed to finish his elementary education and enrolled in a high school in which, according to his parents, he's doing really well and is on his way to become a professional cook. It makes me very happy that he's found something that he really enjoys and will be happy doing when he graduates.

José Teixeira, PT

2019-01-27 19:49:24 UTC

I have had lots of students that struggled to get good marks in foreign languages, but they are better speaking than writing. They are able to use complex vocabulary and structures and to speak naturally, but when it came to write they couldn't perform a formal exam, because they were not able to use verbal tenses correctly in grammar exercises. In my opinion, to give them a positive feedback and give value to her hole knowledge are the best ways to help them to succeed.

edurne_andcre — 2019-01-27 19:51:29 UTC

Try to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student?

Iva, Croatia

2019-01-27 19:55:35 UTC

This year in fifth grade we have student who is struggling with getting good grades but on teh other side he show enormous potential in technical skills inventing lots of different things. We are trying to help him get better grades through group work wth his colleagues.

Maroua

2019-01-27 20:09:36 UTC

I'am aware of the different types of learners. Some learners can excel in arts others in science etc...this is explained by their motivation and interest in that particular fields. Thus, I try to make my students interested in learning languages by presenting topics that they are interesting in, by creating more opportunities for
them to know their potentials, by encouraging them to try and by giving them the confidence that they can be good language learners.

Edurne Andrés, Spain

edurne_andcre — 2019-01-27 20:17:11 UTC

Once I had a student who was too lazy and didn´t work at all in class at first. She liked hip-hop music a lot and she was always drawing in class. I decided to ask her about her interests, her problems and about her life and her dreams for the future. I gave her my advice and I also proposed projects that she could find interesting (for instance, a poster about a singer where they could paste different photographs or draw them). As a result, she started to be interested in the subject and work harder. I was so glad about it!

Sandra Mendes-Portugal

sandrabn_13 — 2019-01-27 20:21:46 UTC

Teresa

tmoreira11_1 — 2019-01-27 20:39:45 UTC

Propose activities in real context. Enable students to develop activities that they can prepare, questioning to learn more and clarifying doubts with the help of the teacher.

Andrea

hipozzbastos — 2019-01-27 20:45:07 UTC

I knew a student that had study a lot to be an architect, but whem she gets there she realise that she hated all. So later she choose another path - medicine.I think we should talk and show more pratical examples to help students

sandrabn_13 — 2019-01-27 20:47:54 UTC

Süheyla,Turkey

yukselsuheyla — 2019-01-27 20:47:59 UTC

I helped my very successful student in the field of gymnastics.I talked to his parents.I didn't push hard in class,I didn't give you a long paper.He was doing six hours of sports every day.

Klaudija/Croatia

2019-01-27 20:48:48 UTC

I had ADHD students and the problem was writing. But when he needed to present something he managed to draw attention to everyone.

Seda, Turkey

2019-01-27 20:51:38 UTC

I had a student whose academic success is not really high. Last year I worked with him in a architectural talent project and he did very well. moreover, this success led him to achieve his goals in other school subjects, too.

Irena Peček, Croatia

2019-01-27 21:06:45 UTC

I have a student who is really struggling when it comes to writing compositions. Even though I can’t completely neglect this kind of tasks, I decided to engage him more in debates and other speaking activities in which he excels.

Paulo Almeida, Portugal & Belgium

pauloalmeida19691 — 2019-01-27 21:09:50 UTC

I had a student who had difficulties in understanding the formal theoretical dimension of the subject (Biology). However, in practical classes, he executed, with care and rigor, the laboratory work to be developed, showing his interest in the subject. In some cases, it was his practical work given as a good example to be followed by the remaining elements of the class, stressing the importance of the practical side of the subject. In this way, he has increased its motivation for a more in-depth approach to theoretical knowledge, which has contributed to improving, a little bit ,its grades.

Sema/TURKEY

semasaltik78 — 2019-01-27 21:16:04 UTC

I had a very shy student a year ago who has some difficulty in the language class. She did not want to speak so much.However I noticed that she is good at in writing especially writing poems. So, I gave her a project about the lives of famous poets and she prepared a very good presentation. I was so glad about that!

Elif Buyukuysal/Turkey

elftheelf — 2019-01-27 21:24:12 UTC

One of mystudent is ver intelligent and he wants to be a doctor,and also he knows that knowing English is a must in his academic career. I gave my phone number to him and told him when ever he has a question in his mind to ask ,he could write to me and we wrote toeachother in English :) We also worked together in our freetime.

Sandrina Martins, Portugal

nani_sandrina — 2019-01-27 21:34:42 UTC

This year I have a student from Brazil. Although the language is the same, the curriculum in Brazil is very different from that of Portugal and she is experiencing many difficulties (contents that she have never heard of, big gaps in relation to various subjects and totally new subjects).
The students had to do a written work and they would have to present it orally to the class. Her task was very incomplete, she asked me if she could sing during the presentation - singing is what she likes best!
I accepted the suggestion. As she began to sing, the other sutdents fell silent. Her voice is sweet and angelic. This little girl is very fragile, ashamed. But when she sings, she gains strength and loves what she's doing. It was a magical time for the class and very important for her.

Ivana, Croatia

2019-01-27 21:36:24 UTC

One of my students had a lot of spelling mistakes, because he wasn't really determined to learn the vocabulary. He was crazy about computers. So when the class started making online crossword puzzles for unit revisions, he wanted to do his best in both making and playing the game. His spelling improved significantly.

SERAP SARI/TURKEY

serapsari70 — 2019-01-27 21:48:33 UTC

Mnay years ago, ı had a student who was good at scince and mathematics but wasn't good at English. Also he couldn't get good marks from my exams. Always ı suported him not to give up learning English. And l always reminded him that getting good marks from my exams was not so important, learning the language was more important. I suggested him to read and listen more. In the end he learnt.

Anabela Aguiar, Portugal

anabelaguiarprof — 2019-01-27 21:55:47 UTC

Some years ago I had a class with a few demotivated students. They thought that it wasn't worth trying to participate in the English class because they would fail no matter what they did.
As we often have group work, I gave them the task to control the noise level of the group. It really worked because they started to feel useful in class and changed their mindset towards the subject. They started to participated in small tasks and their evolution was remarkable by the end of the school year.

Simona Mona/Romania

simonaantoanela — 2019-01-27 21:58:17 UTC

I managed to capture the attention of a student who was very good at mathematics, with the mysteries and magic of chemistry. She became passionate of chemistry , participating in many chemistry competitions and school olympiads, but she admitted high school to philology to prepare herself to become a police officer - a profession that would satisfy her financial interests in the future.
I helped her, despite the direction she has taken, since I am sure she will always find a scientific, real explanation for many of the life-related issues that are based on chemical phenomena.

Hanife Küçükgüldal Manisa

hanife_guldal88 — 2019-01-27 22:04:58 UTC

I have had a student this year that he said he couldn't undertsnad English and he couldn't succed this lesson atthe first day of school day. I was shocked. As students have difficulty in English but this boy has an extreme prejudice for English.Firstly I try to behave lovely as far as I can. Later I try to give them project that they have enjoyed. Then he has felt relaxed in English lesson. He has begun to feel comfortable and try to speak English and try to do his homework. He finds English difficult and sometimes couldn't get the desired marks but now he feels that he is encouraged by me and he is happier now.

Maria Pinto, Portugal

mariafernandes — 2019-01-27 22:44:14 UTC

I can share two stories, distinct in time, both of school failure: two young people who did not have good grades. However, without any school knowledge, they were both excellent accordion musicians. One was national champion, nowadays he is an adult and works with the best musicians in Portugal. Another, still young, gives concerts all over Europe with his teacher. At school, they passed by without knowing who they were and how good they would become in art. The school knew nothing of them ...
Both were my students: the first one was sent to finish the obligatory studies; the second, more recently, began by giving a lesson to his colleagues on the accordion and giving a brief demonstration.

Maria P., Greece

petropouloum — 2019-01-27 22:47:36 UTC

Two years ago I had a student with lots difficulties…in language, in behavior….I couldn’t make him participate in lesson, he was refusing to do exercises…until I noticed his love about ships…I converted all my exercises to include ships… I remember that after the Christmas holidays I asked my students to make an annual calendar. He made an amazing calendar with photos of ships on each page/month.

Clotilde Moro - Italia

tilde_moro — 2019-01-27 23:44:50 UTC

My subject is Math and in my experience, several students at the beginning hate Math. I use TEAL methodology (Teaching Enhanced Active Learning) which is a laboratory lesson based on computer and collaboration among peers. As a consequence, students become more motivated to learn Math

Jasmina Micic, Serbia

jasmina_micic — 2019-01-27 23:53:45 UTC

Our gifted students are preparing for the national competitions in favourite subject. That is a reason for student struggling with some other subject. Where there is a strength there is a will....But, we have to understand them..

Isabel, Portugal

imariacpereira — 2019-01-28 00:04:54 UTC

One of my students had, from a very early age, difficulties in the process of learning to read and write. For him, it was a great challenge to read any type of text and mainly answer questions in writing. This student has always shown a downfall for drawing and worshiping fanciful stories. With that in mind, the approach to reading and writing came through the creation of a comic book between him and him. For that, we had to read and analyze several comics before we built ours. Being a student with excellent oral expression skills, we also developed short videos and audios in which the student presented stories to his colleagues and then answered questions that he orally defined. Gradually, the student gained confidence in his reading and writing skills, creating a special taste that he did not previously have.

Teresa Lacerda, Portugal

teresalacerda — 2019-01-28 00:51:53 UTC

A few years ago I started the 10th year of Biology and Geology with a new group. I told the students that we would develop some activities, integrated in the subjects of the discipline, through an eTwinning project. I explained in general terms what these projects consisted of and that the work would be done in a group with colleagues from other countries. I had a student who immediately told me that he would not do anything in English because he did not know much more than saying "My name is M" (we call him M).
I told the student that there was no problem, he could contribute to the group work with what he knew. I myself had many difficulties with the English language and I need the help of the best students to communicate with the partners.
During the first year the M was contributing and ended the year with the participation in a video that said only one sentence. A new school year has started and we have welcomed some foreign students into our school. Now he clicked on our M. He wanted to intervene in the groups, he wanted to participate in the activities, the games, but he was very difficult to make himself understood and to understand what was said to him. Well, our M began to learn English by his own means, he also went on to pay attention in English classes and, at the end of his 11th year, he confided to me, "The teacher was right, I really need to be able to communicate in English but, now I know, I'll make it. " And he managed, by the end of the 12th year, in addition to an excellent student in Biology, he also had a good performance in English. To prove it the video that he produced with his colleagues and where he already spoke very well.

Raquel Antunes, Portugal

2019-01-28 01:27:46 UTC

A few years ago i had a student from Cabo Verde. She had difficulties with writing in portuguese and this reflected in most other disciplines. She persued singing and theater and is now a professional actress and singer. The only way i think i helped was by repetedly telling all my students that there are more then one way of learning, several tipes of intelligence and that all off us have a path to persue in order to develop our own set of skills.

Melanie Fernandes, PT

melanieviolin — 2019-01-28 01:49:51 UTC

A student that plays an instrument at the conservatory, has to present the results to an audience, on stage. This is frequently very intimidating, and some of them are really in panic and afraid to play to their family and colleagues. They know that if they fail, or play out of tune, or if they are playing by heart and the memory just fails, they can have bad evaluation. For students that struggle to have good grades, this is just very difficult. I had a student, she was always very nervous, we were working on her self-confidence on stage. She ust couldn't handle it anymore. I spoke to a colleague, and I advised her to go to a theatre to deal with different roles. Once she took the violin to the theatre lesson, to improve her posture... the way she used words and music, made her feel confident. From that moment she was no more afraid of playing, because she developed self-confidence.

Ana Rita Silva, Portugal

anaritamaia_silva — 2019-01-28 01:59:55 UTC

Coincidentally, this year I work in a grouping of schools in the interior, where the lack of motivation for learning in the classroom is notorious. I have a 9th grader who is seventeen this year. The class has an average age of 14 years.

Unmotivated, with several negatives, follow-up plans to all ...

When I started the STEM project in physics, where the theme was "Science on the Roller Coaster," and in which students generally learn the concepts of kinetic energy, which is crucial to the projection of a roller coaster with basic materials, this student became involved. He came to class with new ideas, with a desire to learn and to innovate. He wants to be a carpenter and he's like a fish in the water! We do not always get to the students, but here is an example of the involvement that a team project can bring to the success of a student in a given area.

nurcihan Turkey

nurcihancaliskan — 2019-01-28 02:47:35 UTC

last year some students in one of my classes talked about difficulties of speaking fluently.They claimed that they had difficulties while communicative with native speakers.I knew they loved series so everyweek during first lesson we watched an episode of a series in english and at the end of the episode I asked some questions about the episode day by day I observed that they liked watching series an english,they could understand the speech easily and they can answer my questions about all episode and they could comment about events

Lucrezia, Italy

mediamonterisi — 2019-01-28 06:57:04 UTC

My first teaching objective is to develop students' speaking skills but that could be very difficult with students who are shy or unmotivated. I have a student who is not motivated to study English and many other subjects as well, but he is very good at shooting films or taking photos.

So, when I introduce a new topic, I ask him to take some photos related to the topic I've treated either inside or outside the school and to present them to the classroom.

I've also created a "photographer badge" that I give him every time his classmates find the photos presented particularly interesting. In such a way he is slowly gaining a positive attitude towards my subject.

Bianc

bianca_igf — 2019-01-28 07:30:15 UTC

I had one special ed student, who despite his disabilities became a truck driver

Feruze from Turkey

2019-01-28 07:33:13 UTC

At the beginning of the year my students have problem on pronouncing and understanding the native speakers.I always use the listening activities and songs. At first they said they couldn’t understand properly, then I make them follow the text while listening. So they started to understand the whole meaning not the detailed parts and pronounce better. I didn’t give up so they succeeded.

halil sünbül/turkey/osmaniye

2019-01-28 07:58:04 UTC

A few years ago, I had a student. I wanted to take a guitar. I bought him a guitar and I sent it to a professional course. He worked with it.

Hümeyra,TURKEY

2019-01-28 08:21:17 UTC

I would give to my students a chemistry topics we use in daily life and want them take a video about this topic. Than we watch all videos together in the classroom and we discussion about it.

Attila Gören, Portugal

2019-01-28 09:35:31 UTC

Actually I don´t remember a specific story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in an another field. But almost 10 years ago I had a class of demotivated students with very low knowledge in language and science. It was a challenge for me to teach them Physics and Chemistry. So I prepared specific worksheet with the information fragmented in many small steps. Whenever it was possible, we did experimental activities in small groups to keep the construction of the formal learning linked to their informal learning environment. The obtained results were very positive because the students felt motivated since they were capable in learning step by step. The number of well succeeded situations of learning were higher than the unsucceeded situations, so the internal motivation was kept sufficiently high to maintain the students motivated to go further. It was a very nice experience.

Isabel, Portugal

2019-01-28 09:58:48 UTC

JM was my student; she struggled to have results in sciences, but her talent were in communication. Today she is Public Relations.

Ana, Croatia

2019-01-28 11:23:19 UTC

Every student is a person on its own and we have to look at him that way. I didn't have any student as here in an example but I think that we have to look at every student as a complete person with his good sides and the bad ones. We can judge anyone, especially not our students. If they are not good in our subject, that doesn't mean that they don't have many other qualities and we have to understand that and help every student who needs our help more than the others.

Alina, Romania

2019-01-28 11:28:27 UTC

I had a student drawing very well. I encouraged him to pursue this area. I asked him to use drawing applications and I gave him an example telling him what beautiful designs he made.

Ivo Cruz, Portugal

2019-01-28 12:25:30 UTC

I had a student that struggled to have good results in Physics and Chemistry but her athletic performance was increasingly good (she won several medals).
I always helped her in my area and she get satisfactory results.

Esmeralda Esteves, Portugal

esme_esteves1 — 2019-01-28 14:02:55 UTC

I had a few years ago a student that loved Chemistry so much but was not keen in Physics, and she didn't have good grades in any other subjects. She was so confused because she didn't know what to choose in secondary... In informal moments she shared with me that she likes to cook. So I showed her some professional courses where she had both Chemistry and cooking. She choose to engage in a professional course of cooking. Today, she is a great cook in a 5 Star Hotel.

Štefica, Croatia

2019-01-28 17:55:51 UTC

Adela Gabriela

muresan_gabriela_adela — 2019-01-28 18:23:37 UTC

I have a student, a girl, with many brothers at home, she is not too good at math, science, language, but she helps ll her colleagues, she also help me in the classroom, with books, notebooks, she is so sweet... all days she has a huge for all of us... we love her...

Barbara, Italy

barbaradipa — 2019-01-28 18:27:41 UTC

Working with comics in order to manage the everyday language: students created dialogues in a foreign languages following few given stripes. They got it with a wonderful sense of humour and a girl with problems did the same activities with given short dialogues.

Adriana, Romania

adrianamaris201 — 2019-01-28 19:23:16 UTC

I think earning math at any level help students not only to get better grades, but also it structure their learning process in any field. I am proud to have teacher colleagues that were former students and, even if they do not teach my subject (math), they still have good organizational skills and good learning capacity that were empowered by the study of math.

2019-01-28 20:31:11 UTC

One of my students used to sleep in the lessons not only my lessons every lesson I mean. Actually he was a great footballer in the school team and very active in his life. So I started to activate him by asking some favors such as handing out worksheets or writing things on the board etc. The more physically active he was, the more interested he became and quitted sleeping.

Cristina Raposo, Portugal

ciraposo — 2019-01-28 21:11:06 UTC

I had a student whose lack of social skills prevented her from succeeding in collaborative work and in groups tasks. I took her into the Science Club and chose a pupil (who had the right attitude towards this situation) and asked him to help me out in trying to improve her social skills. Slowly she was able to improve and she was able connect to some people. Later on in the school year came to know that she had Asperger syndrome. Overcoming her social isolation was a great help towards getting good grades in group and collaborative work

Milena M

2019-01-28 21:37:24 UTC

I have student who is good in math but struggle with language, so I transformed some language lectures using math methodology in a sense of putting formulas in to language structure.

Ceyda, İstanbul

mceydadogu — 2019-01-28 22:11:36 UTC

I have a student who is very cheerefull, athletic but not very successfull in maths or Turkish lessons. But he designs 3d computers using papers and cartoons,he makes extraordinary little scluptures from play dough. I don't know if this counts as 'success' but I try to courage him keeping on doing theese stuff.

Isabel Ribeiro, Portugal

isabel_ribeiro00_ir — 2019-01-28 22:14:41 UTC

A few years ago I had a majority of boys, their main interest was football. To teach them countries and capitals, I made an association between countries and football players and the world football championships.

Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey

zekiyealan — 2019-01-29 07:56:28 UTC

I have a student who is good in music and literature. She likes joining in choirs and writing good stories. But she has difficulty in English lessons. She tries hard but she gets moderate grades. I try to help her with English story books and English songs.

Angela, Italy

2019-01-29 08:53:29 UTC

Hello everyone

Mariam, Portugal

2019-01-29 10:30:19 UTC

I have student with a mild cognitive defect. She struggles in many subjects as english, math and science but she is totally brilliant at arts. Drawing, painting, sculpting is a walk in park for her, so she started taking notes using drawings instead of words. She also keeps a notebook where she draws what happens that day in school using a BD.

Erhan Arslan Turkey

2019-01-29 10:34:21 UTC

I have a student who is not good at english. She studies every day but she cant understood sufficently. But she loves watching tv and movies. I gave her new kind of homework and I said WATCH MORE FOREIGN MOVİE BUT İTS OWN LANGUAGE WİTHOUT SUBTİTLES...

Lília, Portugal

2019-01-29 13:32:27 UTC

RICARDO COSTA, ITALY

2019-01-29 15:34:43 UTC

I had this student who struggled to get good grades in chemistry, the subject I teach. I tried to convince him to write a text about the subject we were studying, presenting in other forms even having some subjects that you have to calculate. He, today, is a journalist and called me to an interview. Very happy.

Vlatka Čus, Croatia

vlatka_cus — 2019-01-29 16:28:49 UTC

I have a student who is excellent in technical drawing. He is an expert in using programs for technical drawing, but Maths is extremely difficult to him.

I need to use some geometry lessons to connect his favorite subject with Maths.

António Gomes, Portugal

AntonioGomes — 2019-01-29 16:43:12 UTC

A student of professional computer education with average grades, but who struggled to get better grades, but could not.
All the skills we have must be developed.
However he was a good athlete, educated and spoke very well.
As an adult he pursued a military career and today he is an excellent salesman.

Maria Pace

2019-01-29 17:37:09 UTC

One particular student with below-average reading and writing skills was brilliant in art. He had no interest in writing so I started off by letting him draw pictures and helped him to just write single words to accompany his drawings. We eventually moved on to constructing short sentences. Even though his writing skills did not match those of his peers, he could still participate, form a story and share it with his classmates. His drawings were eventually a motivational trigger to instill in him an interest to creating stories and to eventually write sentences.

Conceição Rodrigues, Portugal

ConceicaoRodrigues — 2019-01-29 18:05:06 UTC

I will present 2 examples:

1) Some years ago I had a student of a professional course that at the end of the course was intended to go to university. However, this was only possible if the national examinations were carried out in the specific disciplines. This student did not give up his dream, he spent two years studying to succeed in exams. He entered the University, finished his degree and is working in a company in the area of engineering. Throughout the process I always support the student, I clarified his doubts;

2) Some years ago I had a student who was in high school in the science course, but could not adapt. The student had low self-esteem, low confidence and suffering, because the results he was getting did not correspond to his dedication and effort. At the end of the 10th year, the student and the family made the decision to go to a professional course. I support the option taken early, giving support and strength to the student. The following year, whenever I spoke with the student and the family, I checked how happy the student was. He gained confidence, self-esteem, and went on to get good school results. At the end of the professional course, the student did Erasmus, in a European country, something that was unthinkable when I met the student. With the change of course, the student became more active. Today he is in higher education.

I think they are 2 examples of success. We can not be afraid to make decisions and we should encourage our students to make decisions so that they are happier.

AYŞİN KAHRAMANTEKİN

aysin_72 — 2019-01-29 19:08:09 UTC

I learned that my students, who had been distracted from distraction, had learned that they had been bored in the lessons but were very happy and successful in dancing.
SEE THAT THE FREEDOM OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPED AND BETTER IN THE COURSES

Montsse, Spain

2019-01-29 19:57:37 UTC

Once a student was very stubborn because he wanted to study Bachillerato (high level previous University). He studied first course but his marks were horrible. I remember I encouraged him to change his mind and study professional training at an intermediate level. He did it with good results then he decided to try higher professional studies. Now he is finishing it whit successful results. He is happy and the most important he feels good with himself and his self-confidence. He knows that if he want to go University now is possible and also, he is able to get a job according his studies made.

Rachel

rachelawhis_ra — 2019-01-29 21:05:14 UTC

I once had a student who struggled with learning English. For the first term (a period of 5 months), the only English words he spilled were “Good morning”. I am well aware that the interests of children can be ignited not forced so I continued to speak with him in English, play lots of games and educative songs. I had to change my approach, I found interest in whatever he was interested in and eventually, he was one of the best English-speaking students by the end of the second term.

Silvia, Italy

2019-01-29 21:11:28 UTC

Yes, and unfortunately at the moment I haven't find the way to involve him in the school work.

Olívia

2019-01-30 00:37:23 UTC

Some years ago when I was teaching English in a secondary school I had a student (11^th form) who could hardly say or understand a word in English. When she was asked to participate in class she became so nervous that she couldn’t say a word and in fact, most of the time, she couldn’t understand the questions or the texts. She was a very hardworking girl and she tried quite hard because she wanted to go to University and be a Geography teacher. I tried to keep her as motivated as possible (she had low self-esteem) and with a little help she managed to succeed. I always gave her the opportunity to participate when we were correcting the homework and we organized debates in groups so she could be more comfortable and used peer learning. She went to University and took her degree in Geography. I was very happy for her.

sylvie

equipa_multidisciplinar — 2019-01-30 11:25:31 UTC

A few years ago, I have a student with huge difficulties. He wanted to be a mechanic. he studied a professional course to obtain the compulsory education. With the years and with the help of teacher he understood and felt that he was able to become someone else. Once he finished the compulsory education he went to the higher education. Now he has a degree in accounting.

Simona, the Czech Republic

2019-01-30 11:38:08 UTC

I had a student who wanted to be a carpenter but his parents forced him to study grammar school. After graduating he had to apply for university, which he did but he also applied to study part-time at a vocational school so he learned to be a carpenter anyway. He had bad marks but good enough to remain our student. I knew he had a different goal in life so I did not motivate or push him to improve in my lessons.

Kavita, India

2019-01-30 11:48:14 UTC

A student of mine was very weak in academics and I counselled him many times. One day, I decided to send him for a MUN program. The first time was awkward but he enjoyed the process. Over time he was so hooked that he had studied International laws and became a part of the main council. No one could win an argument with him as he was aware of all laws. Now he wishes to pursue a career in International Law.

Yvonne, Greece

2019-01-30 14:27:12 UTC

I have a student that is struggling with learning difficulties and as a result he is not paying attention and sometimes his behaviour in class is challenging. During a STEAM challenge that I organized I discovered that he was really competent in creating constructions, not only in the practical part, but also in designing and improving them. I explained it to his parents and I congratulated him, which made him feel very proud.

HATİCE YAZIMCI ÇALIŞKAN

2019-01-30 15:42:29 UTC

I have a student who likes to read books. But he has difficulty in teaching English and mathematics. He works hard, but he gets low marks. I am trying to help him with English story books and English songs. I'm telling you not to be afraid for math and to trust yourself.

monicaarvaladao — 2019-01-30 16:07:01 UTC

One of my students used to sleep in the lessons not only my lessons every lesson

Antonietta, Italy

miaaba — 2019-01-30 16:26:33 UTC

Both in my past and present teaching experience there were and there are students not well equipped for formal learning but very strong in the informal field. I usually engage them in peer to peer activities in order to foster their motivation and success for ex storytelling, video editing…….

Ignacio Burgos

2019-01-30 17:03:57 UTC

We have lots of examples of students who are very good at music or dance but struggle with the studies.

Cláudia Meirinhos, Portugal

claudiameirinhos — 2019-01-30 20:06:53 UTC

I had a student, whose parents were not Portuguese and did not speak Portuguese with him at home. This student was very good in Mathematics and in Plastic Expression but had many difficulties in Portuguese and his grades were always low, which made him sad because he was very demanding with himself. I always motivated him and gave him a lot of positive reinforcement. As he drew and painted very well, I enrolled him in a municipal contest on the Water Cycle and his drawing won a prize. This award was very important to his self-esteem. At the end of the year he also got a good grade at Portuguese.

Burcu,Turkey

2019-01-30 21:15:53 UTC

I do have students who are better at other subjects. Sometimes it only starts with a feeling so I try to motivate them and give positive reinforcement. I try to find something that they are interested and implement it into my lessons. For example I have a class with a majority of male students and they are all crazy about football so I try to catch their attention by giving examples from that field.

niliferuzun — 2019-01-30 22:02:30 UTC

ry to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field? How did you / could you help the student?

Nilifer UZUN

niliferuzun — 2019-01-30 22:04:49 UTC

In my class I introduced a bad but good volleyball student to a sports teacher. I pioneered training in that area.

Menada,Albania

cankjam — 2019-01-30 22:15:15 UTC

I have a student who is very cheerefull, but not very successfull in math.She like to draw and I incorage her to learn math between drawing.

Fernando Fdez

2019-01-31 09:01:21 UTC

Last year I was mentoring a group of students. In this group there were 4 students that just want to play football, then, to motivate them I always use the practice related to soccer topics

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Filiz Bilici/TURKEY

filizlenirken — 2019-01-31 14:44:19 UTC

I talk to my student who is interested in another field. I'il try to convince him. then I talk to her parents. I try to get an appropriate result.

Cristina Nóvoa Spain. I will try to use things or methodologies where the student obtains good marks to improve his or her disadvantage in another subject. I mean, i will take advantages in her strong points in learning.

2019-01-31 16:49:52 UTC

Mónica Valadão, Portugal

monicaarvaladao — 2019-01-31 17:56:43 UTC

I had a student who wasn't motivated and didn't participate in any lesson. Apparently he had no interests and his grades were very bad. One day, talking to him I discovered that he loved motorbikes. He had many motorbike drawings. After that, I tried to relate the work in the classroom with motorbikes. Today he is a motorcycle mechanical in a well known motorcycle brand.

F. Gulcin/Turkey

2019-01-31 19:40:31 UTC

I had a student, who couldn't stand, but did great pictures, was probably gifted. I allowed him to move and tried to help him to develop his interests, and gave his family information on this topic, in the future to develop this skill.

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4edplastica — 2019-01-31 21:11:10 UTC

viki dogani

2019-01-31 21:46:35 UTC

talk about life and give examples

MERVE KAPCI/TURKEY

hsynkpc84 — 2019-01-31 21:55:18 UTC

I have taught englısh in Turkey for years and in my country most of people complain about why our students cant learn englısh very well. I usually study with middle level student not very hardworking students .People said that you spend your time for nothing . But I realize that when you motivate students to the aim and students believe that yes, I can achieve this .All of the students can achieve everything !

Ina Latvia

2019-01-31 21:59:36 UTC

I have a student who is very good at sports but has difficulties with learning languages. I've noticed that he becomes more confident and motivated when involved in small groups with his classmates as teachers.

Aysel YILDIZ, Turkey

altinokaysel — 2019-01-31 22:10:44 UTC

I have an ambitious student who is very talented in music education but wants to be successful in school grades. Our discomfort was that his voice was very, very beautiful and strong, and he brought a lot of self-esteem in that sense. Our lecture notes began to fall. I talked to my student. I appreciate. I told her that I trusted her. I motivated him to get the notes he wanted. Not only in music but also in other areas. But I emphasize that he should not leave music.

Birsen, Turkey

birsenyasrin — 2019-01-31 22:55:49 UTC

I had a student whom I began to teach from his 6th. class to 8th. class, that means graduation from secondary school. Whatever he did, he couldn't be an academically successful student in English, Science, Maths etc. He was in love with the Volkswagen cars and his only dream was being a mechanic of these cars. In his free times ,he was drawing the pictures of these cars and taking them to the school to show me and his friends. I was taking his pictures, showing them to the other students and we were talking about his car pictures. Now,he is a very sucessful Volkswagen mechanic and last year repaired my car, too:)

Okan

2019-01-31 23:10:10 UTC

I had a student who was really unsuccessful in natural and applied sciences and has always problems with his teachers. But he learnt 4 languages easiliy including Japanese. And now he's working abroad a kind of businessman. He's happy and rich :D

Rebeca, Spain

rebecapeso — 2019-02-01 08:42:13 UTC

I have a student who is interested in Science but he does not like English but I try to motivate him explaining that he will use the English if he wants to be a scientist in the future. As he wants to get his goal now he is more receptive to learn English.

Havva

2019-02-01 09:37:38 UTC

I have a student who is unsuccessful on almost all areas but he is very good at football. he plays football very well and he is also at school team but he sees himself as a lazy student. I talked with him and I told some famous people's life to him and I said him that being successful not mean having good grades in math, english or science, being successful means discovering your skills and developing them. I hope I could help him.

Igor CROATIA

igor_nikicic — 2019-02-01 10:39:56 UTC

I had pupils that struggled with content; sometimes pronunciation but had very good results in grammar. So I evaluated more in written form and gave him a language game (on a computer in the classroom with audio (headphones) to practice pronounciation.

Beatriz (Spain)

2019-02-01 11:15:37 UTC

I have several examples, and generally speaking what works really well is pair and small group work. Students tend to feel at ease working with their peers and later on are more eager to participate in class, as they feel more confident.

2019-02-01 15:18:51 UTC

ry to think of your own students: Can you share the story of one student who struggled to get go

Döndü,Turkey

2019-02-01 15:21:23 UTC

my course is not a course with a note or a test. therefore, if my students have interest and skills in the course, they can be successful even in different fields.

Teresa M - Italy

2019-02-01 16:12:45 UTC

In my class I do online searches, use videos, presentations, interactive games, I ask questions on the subject to motivate. I believe that motivation is necessary for achieving educational success.

Özlem,TURKEY

tyln3506 — 2019-02-01 21:49:37 UTC

My student was under pressure by his family about his school success and career choice. His family had an unrealistic belief that the student should be successful in every field. We tried to solve the problems about the attitude of the family with the school guidance service, and when the pressure on this matter disappeared, it became a more successful and happy student.

Đurđica Krtanjek, Croatia

krtanjekdjurdjica — 2019-02-01 21:56:57 UTC

In the first grade, problems of voice analysis and synthesis often occur in mastering the initial reading and writing, so students have problems writing with dictation and mastering the reading technique. The use of Sebran's ABC-Free Software For Kids program proved to be effective. By playing "games" with letters the students quickly overcome these difficulties.

Carla Nascimento

f725 — 2019-02-01 22:21:49 UTC

Wilson was a student with many difficulties in math but an excellent football player. He excelled in sports being an excellent athlete.

One of my students this year has struggled a lot in my lesson, English, even if she is awesome at Maths or any other science lessons. When I realized this, I paid attention more to her works and gave all my feedback personally and in a more detailed way. At the end of the term she had ne of the highest marks in class.

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filipagfm — 2019-02-02 00:37:38 UTC

I've always had students that hated English or Portuguese because they had bad grades. I had a student that didn't succeed in English b

Eduardo, Portugal

2019-02-02 12:51:50 UTC

As an example, I can share the story of Maria (not a real name), a girl with special needs who is in a wheelchair, which we now say it is in the project of universal and selective measures. She is a student, who, because of her disabilities, has an enormous difficulty to write and can only connect concepts to images or exercises if she underlines words. However, she has all her oral skills intact and is able, through mostly oral exercises and direct communication with the teacher, to achieve all oral goals such as other classmates.

Another option to work with Maria is through games with flashcards and pictures. Especially if it is between her and a classmate the concepts and words of the images are fairly well understood and Maria can then use them in other contexts. To Maria, when she started this school year did not know the colors and numbers up to 10 in English, something she already knows now. Just like days of the week and months of the year, among other topics.

Any activity or written exercise more like formal learning is doomed to fail, as she is in my classes without extra support, and it is not always possible to be developing unique activities with her. However, with the weekly rotation of a colleague assigned to work with her, the total focus of the teacher in her becomes unnecessary and I can already focus on the full group of 26 students.

Seher, Turkey

2019-02-02 13:15:15 UTC

By using his or her own interests, I can catch their attention and give them different tasks.

Alessandra Amideo,

2019-02-02 14:00:18 UTC

ITALY

I use the three learnings (formal, non-formal, informal), because everyone contributes to develop the skills and competences of the students, especially those in difficulty.

Paula

2019-02-02 15:28:19 UTC

I had this student in a vocational course who struggled with English. I try that classes in this course are always practical. Once, I asked them to "do" a TV show of their liking: This student was in a group that decided to recreate "American Idol". Because she sang in a church choir, she wrote the lyrics and performed a song "in the contest".The only thing I did was help her with the lyrics (while I taught her some Grammar, which she didn't notice we were doing). When the video was played for the class, the students applauded, and she was over the moon with what she had achieved. To my knowledge, she still sings in the church choir and, who knows, her voice will reach higher.

Maria Antónia Brandão PT

dolores_brandao — 2019-02-02 17:38:04 UTC

I think we all have one or more cases like the one that you describe. Many students don't like school and one of the reasons is because school does'nt like them. Uninteresting and boring classes, without any challenge can have an terrible effect on students.
I try always to engage students and to show them that all of them as some kind of interest and good skills in some area

dolores_brandao — 2019-02-02 17:45:10 UTC

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Līga, Latvia

kraukle_liigak — 2019-02-02 18:40:23 UTC

I have a student who is not very good at maths but she likes drawing a lot. Her workbook is a masterpiece. I let her to make some mathematics formulas and relationships like posters in the classroom.

Marta Curto, Portugal

2019-02-02 19:55:24 UTC

I have a student who is very bad in school subjects but he's great at building things. He's kind of a problem solver without the theory...

Liene, Latvia

manaskola — 2019-02-02 20:17:37 UTC

The student is doing sports, but the lessons don't give him up. I encouraged the student to come to counseling and also to learn online.

E. Mouzinho, Portugal

elsa_mouzinho — 2019-02-02 20:23:44 UTC

Sérgio is a 13 year old boy who is taught little or nothing by traditional teaching ... but when faced with a challenge that requires the use of new technologies, no one will stop him!
It is now with great joy that I see his eyes shine as he asks, "Teacher, when do you launch this week's challenge?" This school year, Sergio is always one of the first students to embrace a good challenge!

Ana Estremoz, Portugal

ana_paula_estremoz — 2019-02-02 21:06:33 UTC

I have a student that is doing the same year again and he hated to learn in a traditional way...

This year we use digital media learning tools very often and that helped him to enjoy to learn. In fact, I remenber to listen in this module that "learning takes place when is something interested to the student" and I can see it in my 13 years old student!

Rumeysa Demir

2019-02-02 23:32:43 UTC

My student was ambitious, and he saw their focus out of lessons as seriousness. First of all , I tried to teach him to look more moderate to himself and to his friends. our eTwinning project was dressed in a costume in 81 cities and I wanted him to tell the love tree fairy tale. As she did , and as she got positive responses from her friends, she started to have fun. Since then, he has been very keen on social activities and he is definitely participating.

Dulcinea - Portugal

dulcinea_almeida — 2019-02-02 23:52:43 UTC

I will present 2 examples:

1) years ago I had a student in the 12º grade who intended to go to university. However, this was only possible if he passed the national exam of history. This student has many difficulties but with my help he passed and entered the University. Throughout the process I always support the student, I clarified his doubts; sustain his level self-esteem

2) In the beginning of the year I had a student who was in high school in the human course, but could not adapt. The student had low self-esteem, low confidence and suffering, because the results he was getting did not correspond to his dedication and effort. The student and the family made the decision to go to a professional course. Last week, I spoke with his mother that informed me how happy the student was.

I think they are 2 examples of success. We can not be afraid to make decisions and we should encourage our students to make decisions so that they are happier.

Stefania, Italia

2019-02-03 00:13:26 UTC

A student in difficulty at school, is passionate about video games. I teach him the rhythmic figures and the reading of the stave with interactive apps that challenge him to reach different levels. With these apps he achieves good results.

Andreia, Portugal

andreiabento2 — 2019-02-03 00:49:48 UTC

I had a student who did not want to learn math or any subject that would force him to think, he said he did not care and spent the lessons drawing. One day, I praised one of his drawings and told him that if he knew a little geometry could improve them ... He did not react, but I felt he was curious. In the next lesson, I gave him some prints of paintings by M. C. Escher, but did not add anything else. A few days later, he came to me and asked me where he could find out more about that artist. He began to pay attention to geometry classes, and gradually became more interested in the school in general. He did not become the best student, but he did enough to progress and finish his studies. Today he works in graphic arts!

Ana Nunes, Portugal

accnunes — 2019-02-03 01:18:17 UTC

I believe we all have a handful of such examples. Some years ago I had a student in my 6^th grade class who already had a history of failure. He was the only new student in the class and he was repeating 6^th grade; however, his results were still very poor and he seemed disengaged and de-motivated. He only did well in PE and he was a great hockey player. He struggled in the English class in every skill, but speaking was the major problem. He simply wouldn’t participate orally in the class, not even in his group. I paired him with a girl whom, although she was not one of the strongest students in English, I thought could help him. I also tried to show him that pair and group work were a good way to work and learn in the English class, comparing what happened in the classroom with the team work during a hockey match. Slowly, he started to work with his group mates, especially with his “tutor” in the group. It was a very good day when the two of them presented a project we had been working on and not only this boy was speaking in English, but he was doing it with confidence.

Sonia Bras

2019-02-03 01:35:07 UTC

a student that is fat usually have difficult and usually don't like physical education. I can ask them to arbitrate a game, ask to help me to organised a game or help me to help their colleagues

Anamaria Ghiban, Romania

anamariaghiban — 2019-02-03 09:27:18 UTC

I think I have many examples in this way, but the most powerful is one of a student who struggled to learn at school while he was very talented in football. Now he is a senior player at one of the best teams in Romania.

Petronela, Romania

petronelacolbea25 — 2019-02-03 14:50:06 UTC

I try to give them tasks that are suitable to their level so as to build confidence. Afterwards, once the student progresses, the level of difficulty can be increased.

Maria S. Italia

aquilone331 — 2019-02-03 16:02:06 UTC

I have a lot of students outside the school who are very good at what they do: fighting, dancing, etc., but for me it is difficult to understand how to use these skills during normal teaching activities.

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2019-02-03 16:43:11 UTC

Dilek ERDUR CEYLAN-TURKEY

dilek_erdur83 — 2019-02-03 19:05:54 UTC

I have a 6th grade student who is so skillfull in arts-especially drawingbut has poor marks in English. I make him paired with students who are better than him in English in project works. He feels better and has a much better performance than he is in individual work.

Laura

lauraelenaburcus — 2019-02-03 19:20:24 UTC

Often I ask to my talented students in drawing (they draw on their notebooks during the lesson) to make the picture of the characters or atmosphere we talk about.

Burcin,Turkey

burcin_incee — 2019-02-03 19:54:40 UTC

I have a few of students like this. because many students think math is hard to learn. for example, when I was in Diyarbakır, my student can't do math and can't want to learn math but he draws pictures very well. after I learn this, he attended a painting competition, he was second. during this, I gave him a homework about math and paintings, to draw Escher's hands. he succeed.

sadık

sdk44drk1 — 2019-02-03 20:11:10 UTC

I'm a very successful student in the course, but I was given a lot of interest and interest in photosbola students are given more information about the right areas were directed.

Ayla Akhan

ayla_yegnidemir — 2019-02-03 20:40:42 UTC

I had a student whose classes were not conducive, but they were weak because of their self-confidence, but I gave him more room in the year-end demonstrations, and then I made sure that his self-confidence was restored.

Daniela, Italy

invernizzifam — 2019-02-03 21:57:03 UTC

I can't forget one of my youngest pupils, in his first grade: he wasn't able to pay attention for more then one minute, so learning to read and write was extremely difficult for him. He was sad and at risk to loose his self-confidence, when we discover his ability in solving concrete problems of real life: we was trying to build a new reading corner in our classroom and he was the only one to find adequate solutions to a variety of problems! From that moment, we started to introduce more concrete problem solving activities in our routine

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Gabriela Sitaru- Arts High School Buzau, Romania

2019-02-04 13:30:55 UTC

I try to give my students tasks that are suitable to their level so as to build confidence. Afterwards, once the student progresses, the level of difficulty can be increased.

Gabriela Sitaru-

2019-02-04 13:31:00 UTC

Dana, România

danapunei — 2019-02-04 17:49:19 UTC

I helped a student who did not have technical skills but had artistic qualities.

Dana Floares, Bacau, Romania. French teacher.

floaresdana — 2019-02-04 18:09:39 UTC

The biggest challenge I face this year is a student with Down Syndrome. He is 15 years old. He has attention deficit and concentration, but he likes teamwork , collaborate with colleagues, and assume the part of illustrating of the project because he likes very much to draw. When the team is preparing the presentation of the project in French, teammates help him and he is happy.

Ivanka, Croatia

ivanka_cvetko — 2019-02-04 19:16:57 UTC

A student who achieves results in another field I will support him and help, give advice. I will guide him to educational pages, I will find learning tools for him and so on.

ivanka_cvetko — 2019-02-04 19:19:41 UTC

A student who has a different field in the field will certainly support and advise. I will guide him to educational pages, find learning tools for him and so on.

Quizizz

estheriitawork — 2019-02-04 19:37:41 UTC

I used this test games to challenge my students who didn't like to study History. I designed some challenges with this subject using quizizz and games with maps and they were really struggling to get them through. I assigned some as homework and sent the code through classdojo to their parents. It was funny to see the many times some of them had done the tests!!!They all succeded in this in this subject. Ü

Betul, Turkey

betulkrs — 2019-02-04 20:48:56 UTC

First of all, I appreciated my student for the sport he was successful in. it motivated him. If you believe, you will. before he
failed. He was upset and cried a lot. but he never gave up. at the end, he loved science and was able to get high marks

Celeste, Portugal

mcelramos — 2019-02-04 21:07:03 UTC

Unfortunately some of my former students had difficulties and even didn't get a place in University. So they decided to work in something that appeared to tem. Some have found their way and are fine and now even thinking of entering University as it is easier now that they are older. Others keep seeking their way in this world as the access to University has cut their dreams and they now have the taste of money and don't think it is worth going to college to be better skilled.

Milena, Serbia

2019-02-04 21:12:28 UTC

I believe that we are all good at something, whatever it is. As soon as we find out what it is, we should nurture that talent in a student. Sometimes, a child finds out, sometimes a parent and sometimes a teacher. I have some examples of this. There was a student at my school who struggled to get good marks but was quite good at football. He is now a high-school student, and he is still excellent at football. Hopefully one day he can become a famous football player and I could only be proud to have been his teacher. There are also some examples of students who struggle to get good marks when it comes to natural studies, social studies but they show interest and a great performance

Somtimes is difficult

cornelia_bascau — 2019-02-04 22:09:15 UTC

Maria, Portugal

mariatiago — 2019-02-04 23:24:38 UTC

There is intense pressure from both society and family for students to have great grades.

Every year my school takes time to honour the most outstanding students in each grade: Quadro de Honra, de Valor e de Excelência. And, the reality is that grades just aren't that important.

There are many successful people in the world which have amazing careers in business and public life after having a not so successful academic career or have even dropped out without even graduating.

In the classroom our challenge is to create a world in which the students should feel comfortable and at the same time stimulating for students to talk about themselves and really listen to each other. One way to achieve this is by making use of some simple techniques, which help to bring students’ outside worlds alive in the classroom.

Some of techniques to use could be : Teacher modelling

This involves the students observing their teacher doing an achievable task that they themselves are about to do.

Drama techniques ; Peer listening and sharing real life experiences.

When students tell each other about their thoughts, feelings and experiences in greater depth and detail all participate and want to share or tell something. And, so the classroom becomes a social meeting place as well as a learning environment.

Marta Curto, Portugal

2019-02-04 23:51:49 UTC

I once had a student that, although she didn't have bad marks she struggled to get great marks in a very competitive class. She was just an average student and her self esteem was very low. But when she sang all we could hear was her beautiful voice and then she felt on top of the world.

Engin Türkiye

2019-02-05 08:16:25 UTC

A student with an average academic success was disrespectful to all the teachers and friends in the school. When I gave him more tasks related to my class and other activities in school, I saw a lot of problem in respect. I can also say that his interest in classes has increased.

Rosa Barros, Portugal

guilhermana — 2019-02-05 11:57:00 UTC

Some years ago, I came across an 8^th grade class of students who didn’t struggle to get good grades as they thought they knew no English at all and where convinced they would never succeed at this subject. I got worried because none of them paid attention in the class and they were really demotivated. I talked to the school headmaster and we both decided that I would teach them as if from the start. I started by showing them that they already knew some English words and that when they were singing some of their favourite songs they were “speaking English”. We established than every fortnight, one of them would bring his/her favourite song into the class, we would analyse the lyrics and learn the song by heart. We have also gone through the syllabus and we chose the topics they would like to learn about. We made lists of the words they wanted to know about the topic, and we organised a picture dictionary. Little by little, they became more and more enthusiastic and motivated to participate in the English class and they were learning fast. They were my students for two consecutive schoolyears. In the 9^th grade, as we did a lot of roleplaying activities and as we created and acted out in class the short story ‘Environmental helpers’, they decided to present it to the school community during the ‘Semana das Línguas’. I was so proud of them!!!

Motivation, supplementary work, cooperation with parents may be useful

cornelia_bascau — 2019-02-05 12:22:48 UTC

He has to decide what he wants ... he can have better skills in the other field

thome06 — 2019-02-05 19:12:17 UTC

Jasminka, Croatia

japytom — 2019-02-05 20:15:28 UTC

I had student with reading problem. He was excellent in discussion, full of observations, details, conclusions but he read with difficultiess. I gave him research - he read sport's articles aloud every day for 10 minutes making observations and notes about his progress. After this task improvment was evidently and he made progress in other subjects.

Nagehan Baykan Afşar/Turkey

nagehanbaykan — 2019-02-05 20:20:25 UTC

The characteristics of our school are the students who have left their education. In our conversations with them, the teachers say that they have been misbehaved, that they do not like school or that they leave school because of their friends. Learning their interests and trying to provide the environments where they want and continue their education

petraru_olaru_nina — 2019-02-05 21:46:23 UTC

I had a student who struggled to get good grades but she had excellent acting skills. I gave her to learn by heart different poems and theatre play scripts. I used listening audio files and video clips.

Mihaela H.,

2019-02-06 07:17:41 UTC

I had a student with special educational needs due to hearing problems. He struggled really hard to pass. I discovered he could draw very well and he could express his ideas in drawing, so I encouraged him to do so when I could. He did really well in Citizenship. We still keep in touch and admire his works of art.

As I said before, I often ask them to prepare oral presentations to tell their classmates about any topic they like. And it’s something they’re usually good at, like playing an instrument, doing a sport or playing videogames! I have a student this year, who was not very self-confident and felt less intelligent than most of her classmates. She very rarely did her homework as was often very passive in class.I told her that every person is different and good at doing something and that if she tried her best she could do anything. She has lately prepared and showed her classmates a presentation about light boxing, a sport she practices. She’s much more active in class and interacts a lot more in English.Carmen Romero

2019-02-06 09:23:08 UTC

Mirjana, Croatia

2019-02-06 09:28:09 UTC

I work in a rural area and some students often spend time helping their parents. They like to take care of plants and animals and like to spend their time doing it. That is why their school results are suffering. There are also those students who attend an additional music school or are engaged in some sports, and also do not have enough free time. We are trying to agree about school commitments with such students.

2019-02-06 12:50:16 UTC

I work with different students. One of them has speaking problems. Every literature hour, was a pain for him, but he is a talented painter, he loves to paint and draw.

RABIA SHAH, PAKISTAN

2019-02-06 17:19:19 UTC

i usually ask my students to search on a given topic and make presentations along with animated videos and then give lecture in front of the class. it really help them to memorize that stuff easily. the concept stays in their mind it really help them to get good grades, when they get appreciated by the teacher and other class fellows they gain confidence that yes!we can do it. to believe in one self is very important in order to reach the goal.

Cátia, Portugal

2019-02-06 17:57:45 UTC

Well, in my case (I’m a music and drama teacher), I deal with this reality everyday. Some of my students are effectively struggling (others just don’t care) to get better grades but they are extremely creative and expressive kids. As they are very good at my “subjects” they are emphatic, help the others giving support and teaching them, they have a special way to communicate and are very sensitive. I just have to encourage them, giving them space to “shine” and positive reenforce them. And they are very happy and accomplished people when they grow!

İsmail Çağlayan ÖZKAYA

2019-02-06 19:43:27 UTC

I got a student who was not good at computers but his paintings were very good. by using digital resources we could find a common way :)

Florentina, Romania

2019-02-06 21:21:54 UTC

I have a student who struggled to get good grades but he can't. He was very unhappy because he thought he has no friend from this reason. I helped him to befriend with his classmates and now he is a happy child.

Florentina, Romania

paduraruflorentina — 2019-02-07 08:06:00 UTC

I have a student that struggles to get good grades, but his family does not help him at all. I try to use his talent to tell stories in Math when we solve problems. in extracurricular activities, in school plays. This way he gets confident and will get better grades in time.

Maria,Italia

2019-02-07 09:58:36 UTC

I usually my student at computer

Cristina, Romania

cristina08ichim — 2019-02-07 10:55:25 UTC

I remember a high school student, grades 5-8, passionate about math. At college he studies mathematics and computer science, but in the 11th grade he decided to go to the medical faculty. Now she is a student in 5-th year . Mathematics helped her form a logical, critical, algorithmic thinking, which now helps to learn a lot of new notions in a short time.

Portugal, iris

2019-02-07 11:02:45 UTC

interdisciplinary projects with technology, comportarte projet

José Machado, Braga, PT

zecostamachado — 2019-02-07 16:42:23 UTC

I know the case of my colleagues who did not continue studies and after adults graduated, I know a colleague who is an engineer but also graduated in music and now earns from music and not from engineering ...

parsaknilufer — 2019-02-07 17:18:37 UTC

Nilüfer Parsak Adana Turkey in my 10th grade classes I have a student who is successful only in english and social courses but not good at other lessons I do lots of
projects with him

Maria, Romania Pupils discover their skills, and the teacher only needs to develop them, sometimes he succeeds, sometimes not, depends on opportunities...

2019-02-07 21:31:36 UTC

Maria Rizza/ Sicily

rowri — 2019-02-07 22:26:27 UTC

As far as I can realize from my experience every student struggles toget good grades, very often they feel frustrated because they are asked to do task far from their reality, I have tried to leave them " free" to express themselves on topics of their interestes: Their favourite song/ group,/ film etc..I have created a blog and shared it with them, I have been amazed how their motivation rose up; they wrote their own section of the blog, adding song text, videos, photos, and also they expained the reasons of thier choice. Well, I have had a lot of work to check as everyone has created their own product, they are very proud of it as they feel their owneship of the shared blog,they have trie to improve it as much as possible and they also have had a lot of fun. I have to admit that it was a great result for them as weel as for me !!!

Alexandra Fejer

alefejer — 2019-02-08 13:25:56 UTC

I have a students that struggles with reading but she is really dynamic and talented in dancing and singing. I think I can encourage her by giving her a break for dancing after every 10-15 minutes of reading.

Luísa, Portugal:

luisaltnogueira — 2019-02-09 16:32:42 UTC

My experience tells me that a student's success, a discipline, is related to whether or not he or she likes the teacher.
Every day, with my students, I do my best to have a good atmosphere in the classroom and to highlight human aspects: speak for a moment with one of the students, play a little game, ...
Last year I had a student who was not interested in my discipline (Chemistry and Physics) because the student considered that in the police these subjects would not be important.
I explained that it was not true and I presented some examples, the girl realized and began to like the discipline.

Ljubica Ruzhinska, Macedonia

rljubica_78 — 2019-02-09 18:18:56 UTC

In the past a had a student who was dyslexic. When he got to 6th grade, he had difficulties with reading and writing, nobody knew he had dyslexia, they just thought he was lazy. I started using interactive games and quizzes (such as Kahoot) to try to help him and he showed grate improvement by using such tools and applications to help him learn and express his knowledge better.

Gokhan

asasmazel — 2019-02-09 20:27:48 UTC

i have a student, she is very curious about physics, but she is successful about english and literacy. To get good grade, i divided the topic small parts and then she pass the exam and i give her some books about physics. These conceptual books (non formal edu.) make her happy and satisfied.

Silvia Canali - Italy

silvia_canali77 — 2019-02-10 00:42:00 UTC

I have a student that seems to be somewhere else but he understand every word I say. He is a diverget thinker, he is very smart, clever, with interests that do not seem to be for his age...
It was not easy to get in touch with him. My strategy was the one to link my formal lesson to his informal and non formal interests (not impossible beacuase he is very eager to learn and likes in particula Science, Math, Technology and..... he wants to become a Fantasy novelist and aa scientist at NASA).
With other 4/5 students I could do a nice job in "elevate" the content of the lesson, going beyond the curriculum...

Mihaela, Romania

2019-02-10 09:50:17 UTC

A few years ago I started to teach a difficult chapter form physics- The Relativity Theory- through science fiction movies, short stories and novels. At the end of the "experiment" my students maybe not rememebered all the equations but they all can explain the scientific fundamentals with their own words. That for me was a great victory.

Vítor Silva - Portugal

vitorlousilva — 2019-02-10 12:09:45 UTC

I have many examples of students that healthy very good in music, it dances or sport, but that are not interested with the studies. Then I decide to ask which they are their interests, their problems, on their lives and dreams for the future. I give some suggestions and pieces of advice, I propose projects to find interesting (for instance, posters, contests, tournaments, competitions). As result, they begin to interest for the subject and to work more.I encourage my students to put answers, to work with tools of TIC and to explore their tastes and preferences.

Marina Nj., Croatia

marinanjers — 2019-02-10 17:37:03 UTC

I have blind student. It was very hard to him and very hard for me. He wanted good grades and he was hardworking. Now he is in IT sector.

Adelaide Jordão, Portugal

2019-02-10 17:47:31 UTC

I believe that all teachers could share stories of students who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field ..

As I live in a small town, it's easy to find alumni in various areas and customer service. But what is most admirable is to realize they became excellent professionals with a good command of communication skills.

The story I would like to tell relates to a student who discovered her vocation in secondary school, in the after school program - when we went to the theater. When I realized her interest in acting, I guided her in researching possible schools, programs, teachers ...

Today she is an actress and she often participates in theater shows for schools.

Ignacio

2019-02-11 08:51:25 UTC

I had once a student that stuggled with languages and maths but who was very talented in mnechanics. That student would have had better marks if education was based on practical ideas and concepcts and not only philosophical...it seems that there's as always a current of thiught that imposes us that philosophy and humnanities is the only way to because a truly succesful student...

Uğur

cayirovamem — 2019-02-11 12:06:45 UTC

Öğrencileri ilgi alanlarına göre yönlendirmek

Sorina Rimbach

2019-02-11 14:07:16 UTC

I have one student that is very good at singing, dancing and horse back riding. However, maths gives her a hard time. I always encourage her and try to link maths to one of her passions, to give her a boosit in motivation.

Danguolė Tumėnienė/Lithuania

danguoletu — 2019-02-11 19:56:03 UTC

I think the success of the pupils depends on choosing the right method and mastering it in the lesson. Students are required to get involved in the activity. Most of them like exploration, experimentation and work with IT tools. Maybe it's because I like it myself.

danguoletu — 2019-02-11 19:57:31 UTC

Silvia Martinez

2019-02-11 20:43:39 UTC

I have one student with ADHD [attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]. At the beginning his mother tried to make me think he was unable to do exams, normal activities and so on. Using a card to record their progress in the class every day I made him see that if he studies he can do whatever he wants. Now he participates a lot in the class and even when we have an exam (for some units we have projects), he is doing the normal one without any kind of help. Really proud of him.

Susana Tenreiro Oliveira, Portugal

2019-02-12 09:05:59 UTC

Most students try to get good grades, sometimes for health reasons they can`t achieve their goals and they barely manage to get to the end of elementary education. I have had students like this who end up going to professional courses in secondary education and they become much more succeful there because they start to have practical lessons in areas they enjoy! They become much more the owners of their own learning process and the fact that classes are practical really helps!

Sónia Guerreiro

soniaioguerreiro — 2019-02-12 11:16:20 UTC

I follow a student who struggled hard to finish his secondary grade by the conservative way. At the time he presented great difficulties with the history subject. He repeated twice the 12^th year and did not get it finished. After long discussions and after negotiations we reached an agreement, to reconcile the two projects he has for him: first – completethe 12^th grade; second – investing in vocational training in basbershop certificaction. This way he changed his registration for classe on night teaching (to finish the 12^th) and started the vocational training in barbershop. At the moment he his almost finishing the secondary grade and he is going quite well has a future barber.

Miguel A. (Burgos, Spain)

2019-02-12 19:39:03 UTC

I try to know my students and their difficulties. I show myself accessible so you can ask me questions, ask for resources. I always offer extension activities and reinforcement activities. I also try to work on projects adapted to the students.

Behlül AKYOL- TURKEY

behlulakyol — 2019-02-12 22:15:37 UTC

My students are first class and they are small. They're studying to read. Some parents think they can't learn. I work with them in different ways. tablets, phones, cards, songs ... and they are learning.

Cristina (Spain)

cristinagomezdi — 2019-02-13 10:14:36 UTC

I had a student that for different personal and familiar problems hadn’t attended the lessons for close to one year and a half, he was in second grade (it was his second time at that level), he has difficulties in all the subjects, and also in the basic skills… In months working with him in a small work, and providing him materials and resources related with his interests, he finished the academic year successfully and he was very motivated to go to the school.

Elvan İnan-

elvaninanelvan — 2019-02-13 10:46:43 UTC

i have a student, she is very curious about math, but she is successful about english and literacy. To get good grade, i divided the topic small parts and then she pass the exam and i give her some books about math. These conceptual books . make her happy and satisfied.

MAHEK BUTT, PAKISTANWell I use to make my students research on different topics and gather material. I call them to present it on board in front of class so that they can overcome the hesitation of presentation. Thus self confidence will be built up in them.

2019-02-13 13:18:09 UTC

Ioanna - Thessaloniki/Greece

2019-02-13 15:07:38 UTC

I have had quite a few times students who had no self confidence and with a little support and positivity on my part they could improve in an impressive way

Rita Zurrapa, Portugal

zurrapinha — 2019-02-14 00:20:39 UTC

I am living one situation right now. One kid that is good at everything except Foreigner Languages. But this year he decided to follow my motto “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Only then you will learn.” So he did all the tasks, challenges, proposals that I presented. He did them… with a LOT of mistakes, but without fear. At the end of the term I gave him an average mark, I complimented him in front of the class and gave him a pin that I made with the 1^stplace for the “Most Persistent Student”. This term he his working even more! And during Christmas break he revised all the topics from the years before. He changed, I changed.

Anna Grignetti, Italy

annagrignetti — 2019-02-14 16:55:38 UTC

Students with little motivation to study then became keen on climate change making them participate in the game Kahoot

Maria D.C., Italy

mariadecarlo — 2019-02-14 16:56:48 UTC

Through an interdisciplinary activity on environmental education we have succeeded in motivating and involving the student through the kaoot game.

Fernanda Soares, Portugal

soares_fernanda — 2019-02-15 16:07:15 UTC

I had a student who was a regular student in my subject – English. When he participated in class, I started praising his English – when he spoke, he sounded like a native speaker – and he began to realize that his level of English was actually very good and started to improve his grades and his interest in class grew.

Ertaç YALÇIN,Turkey

2019-02-15 20:29:35 UTC

Vicky, Spain

victoria_zotes — 2019-02-15 20:35:15 UTC

I have a lot of students in this case, and I don´t really know

Gamze Siper/Turkey

gamzesiper — 2019-02-16 09:24:14 UTC

Yeah I have a student like that, he is really interested in playing football and he is really good at it. But he gets some trouble with learning English. I helped him to show and talk about footballers can't speak English. I told him that if they would learn It before, their life would be easier because they are famous. He seems interested in English lessons in this term.

Marta Tarantino, Italy

martatarantino — 2019-02-16 17:32:01 UTC

Over my lifetime I have met lots of individuals who struggled at school and have succeeded in their careers. People who have become "the creative critical thinkers who change the world".

GÖKSEL BABACAN,TURKEY

2019-02-16 19:20:24 UTC

it is me..mostly studied maths and science in high school but attended english teaching deparment at the university. all was thanks to my english teacher. inspirational, motivating and enpowering one that changed all my life..

João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal

jpedsr — 2019-02-16 21:00:05 UTC

I share the story of a student with many difficulties in Math, especially in algebra and mathematic calculation.

In scientific areas always revealed difficulties. However she was very competent in communication. She was very good in design and geometry and she had a clear and correctly speech.

Although not be an excellent student in the Portuguese Language, she had the opportunity to take a course of mandarin, Chinese language. Today she is a great translator in a big Chinese enterprise and she has a success career.

Meltem, Turkey

meltemakdeniz — 2019-02-17 13:31:36 UTC

Isn't it true for every individual? It is non-realistic to expect a student to succeed in every field. The main point is to notice interests, skills, the strengths and weaknesses of a learner and lead him/her into the suitable field. It is a waste of time and energy to force students to learn subjects that they have no interests or skills. It also weakens students' real interests or skills. But unfortunately many of the national education strategies ignore this situation.

Urmi, Sweden

urmimala_banerjee_kista — 2019-02-17 14:29:36 UTC

We follow Close reading strategy in 'Science classes'. It helps in developing English and Science vocabulary together. This approach has helped a lot of students who are interested in Science classes to improve their language skills.

Ferhan YENİ/Türkiye

2019-02-17 15:00:10 UTC

Proje ödevi döneminde ders içerisinde isteyen bütün öğrencilerime çeşitli bilim dergileri dağıtarak istedikleri bir araştırmayı sunmaları halinde yüksek puan alacaklarını söyledim. Ders ile hiç ilgilenmeyen bazı öğrencilerimin dergilerle ilgilendiğini farkettim. Sunumlarından yüksek puan aldıklarını söylediğimde o öğrencilerimin derse olan ilgilerinin de arttığını gördüm. Üstelik öğrendikleri bilgileri birileri ile paylaşmak onları çok heyecanlandırdı.

Inês Madureira, Portugal

mines_portom — 2019-02-17 19:23:45 UTC

One student of mine did not had good grades, but on the other side we was very good at building things with Legos. So I started by using Lego instructions to make them write the things he saw on the pictures. Then, I built with him a house and made him count the pieces and discover how many colours we had used and how many of each colour. By then, he already understanded sequences, groups and made division algorithms.

My husband gratuated from technical high schoolbut he was not talented .He couldn't repair anything. At university he started to learn English . He is good at speaking foreign languages .he can speak English and Italian fluently. Nowadays he is learning Spanish.

niloztan — 2019-02-18 11:29:17 UTC

I had a SEN student who really wasn't very good at anything. He couldn't concentrate, his writing skills were poor so I decided to encourage him to speak. I frequently asked him questions and praised his answers and he started following my lessons with more interest. One day my colleague, a maths teachers asked what I had been doing in the classroom because the same student started paying attention at maths

quince6219 — 2019-02-18 20:06:24 UTC

2019-02-18 21:18:12 UTC

Through an interdisciplinary activity on environmental education we have succeeded in motivating and involving the student through the kaoot game.

Nurettin Aykan Türkiye

nurettin_aykan — 2019-02-19 11:07:38 UTC

I announced to my students that there was a short film competition about energy efficiency through the padlets and social media. As a result of this competition, I said that they could be a very famous director in the future. I also mentioned that the study could be transformed into new approaches to energy efficiency worldwide. The reactions and the work were incredible.

Hande Turker, Turkey

2019-02-19 18:03:24 UTC

One of my sts is quite shy when she is in English class and I always ask her to be more active. She has just started to join my lessons more enthusiastically and I can see her struggle to get better in English.

Sedef,TURKEY

se_def00 — 2019-02-19 19:13:25 UTC

One of my student is good at solving problems,doing puzzles,analytical situations, but he doesnt like memorise the English words. so I give some puzzles about the words, lego which words is on it. so he is learning the words enjoyably.

Hera/Romania

catalinahera — 2019-02-20 15:29:01 UTC

From my experience, I think that the student should follow the field he has the most knowledge and which is closer to his heart.

Sónia Pereira, Portugal

soniapereira — 2019-02-20 15:49:04 UTC

One of my students didn't have good grades. He didnt't like to read nor maths. One day he started to think about his future, started to learn how to be cook. He found his passion. Now he is a good student, because he finally found his dream (and of course school is now a place where he learns by doing!).

Filiz, Ankara

sezerayfiliz — 2019-02-20 17:44:40 UTC

One of my students was not successful in other subjects but he was very talente in painting.I directed hım to the school he coupe go to develop on this path.

Anabela Carvalho, Portugal

2019-02-20 17:59:35 UTC

Throughout my career I have always felt that there are students who behave poorly, because they fail to learn and respond to the educational system as others of their colleagues.

I was always attentive to this type of student, trying to take them to learning and that somehow felt useful.

I share the case of an 11-year-old boy who could barely read... Gave Pity, for this child was taken refuge in the incorrect behaviors.

I started by combining with him 1 hours outside of our schedules. At first we walked around the school, and without realizing it, I made him read little sentences that appeared to us. We went to lunch together and my student read the labels. I then asked him to record readings at home (Small Story I gave you).

At the end of the year, there was a reader there with his pace still slow, but with an ENORMM willand advancing.

Luana,italy

luiluana — 2019-02-20 21:03:59 UTC

I would like to tell you the story of Annalisa. She was a girl who attended a Biological Technical Institute and with great difficulty managed to get just enough votes. She loved dance, danced hip hop for many years, but any student had ever seen her and she had poor grades in physical education. It's incredible,isn't it? On the occasion of the official presentation in town of a microbiology report made by her classroom, I invited her to my house to prepare a performance together: I played the piano while she danced. It was a great success. From that evening he started working on a project between butoh dance and the history of the second world war, which she presented to the final exam at school. The whole commission was amazed. She is a successful dancer now, on tour around the world.

Vera Dinis, Portugal

dinisvera — 2019-02-20 21:15:35 UTC

Yes, I had a student who studied a lot and who solved many exercises, but then I could not relate the knowledge that I
had. Then I inculcated the student to study in another way, to look at the whole, to make schematics, as if it were an octopus, where the tentacles were the various ways to get to the center ....

Ivan, Burgos

2019-02-20 22:01:21 UTC

I'm currerntly facing an issue with one of my students: his attitude towards learning is optimal, he's devoted to tasks, he always asks me or the colleagues to solve any difficulties... but when the tests arrive -and they arrive, since we're in formal learning institutions- his results are poor. He seems not to be able to face the fact of being tested, even if he masters the subjet I teach. This difficulty seems not to be present for this same student with other subjects. I've asked my colleague teachers to enlilghten me with what I might be doing wrongly, and apparently what I need to do is to discover the means to make him feel out of pressure during tests, maybe evoking other ways of assessing other teachers put into practice, maybe inventing my own ones...

eylemgurkan — 2019-02-21 21:34:40 UTC

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Ania. Poland

anajas11 — 2019-02-22 18:25:47 UTC

I work with children in kindergarten and fortunately we do not have to fight for grades. But we have motivational stamps. and preschoolers can fight for them. But at this stage of education, there is no problem with that yet

Dragana Krstic

draganakrstic88 — 2019-02-22 22:23:58 UTC

Yes, I have a student who always struggled for good grades, he is not good with mathematics ... but therefore participates in various competitions and activities from history. In order to increase the mathematical grade, we agreed to tell us about the biographies of the well-known mathematician mentioned at that time of the processing.

sELMA,TURKEY

selma_krt — 2019-02-23 09:00:36 UTC

Merhabalar.ben 4.sınıf öğretmeniyim.İfadelerimi ingilizce yazmak isterdim ama transalete tam çeviremiyor ve benim yeterince ingilizcem yok.

Iva Naranđa, Croatia

2019-02-23 10:40:47 UTC

I had a hard-working student who wanted to meet the high expectations of own parents, but he was not really talented for my subject. Talk to parents helped.

several times there have been a lot of students who are unsuccessful at the beginning of the year,I struggle to find ways to encourage and realise the I-CAN-DO-BETTER-THAN- THAT feeling,that's what really makes a change.Besides,If he/she is interested in another subject,I try to make a connection with that in my teaching.I show him/her that I care about her / his and her / his interests.

oc_may_haz — 2019-02-24 11:20:43 UTC

António Faria, Portugal

2019-02-25 00:34:39 UTC

I teach biology and geology in high school. Students choose this subject to access the medication, since one of the external evaluation exams is on this subject. But as they star in 10th grade, some of them understand that it was not a wise choice and change their learning path. I had a student who started the 10th grade wanting remedy, but in December of that year she sent the goal to the Arts, and began Descriptive Geometry and Design instead of Biology and Geology and Physics and Chemistry. Sometimes there is a pressure from parents to follow a course.

Patrícia Correia, Portugal

pilgcorreia — 2019-02-26 02:02:49 UTC

Tenho uma aluna que se esforça por conseguir atingir bons resultados a matemática mas não consegue. No entanto, é muito expressiva e no Sarau de Natal na Escola foi uma brilhante apresentadora. Nem parecia a mesma aluna. Penso que talvez a ajude se fizer apresentações orais das matérias.

Safaa_Egypt

sfmohamed6 — 2019-05-11 20:52:28 UTC

I make a remedial work plan for those students who are low levels in English because English is compulsory.

Power sharing

2023-06-07 16:30:37 UTC

Clara Cuartero

2026-05-01 10:45:28 UTC

I have a student that has lots of problems to get focus on the tasks that he is working on, so he struggles on getting good grades.

But he liked Pokemons a lot, so I provided him maths and language tasks realted to Pokemon so he has been engaged a lot to work on them.