Making Student-centered Teaching Work

Making Student-centered Teaching Work W. I. GRIFFITH, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN HYE-YEON LIM, PH.D., DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER As teachers, we are all interested in creating an environment where our students can learn and where the learning environment is engaging, motivating, and exciting. In short, we like to see our students succeed. In reality, however, we often experience quite the opposite. Our students are neither motivated nor engaged. They are rarely excited about learning. They often forget more than they remember.