Building confidence in students ...

[m1469]

How do you go about doing that ?


Thanks,
m1469 

[wongxinping]

Doing What?

[m1469]

Doing What?

What is written in the subject of this thread : building confidence in students.

[counterpoint]

I believe, that ability leads to confidence. So if the student learns to play in a pleasing way (for the player himself as for the listener), he/she  will increase self-confidence.

[Bob]

Make sure the things they do they are successful at. 

Make sure they sound good.

Make sure they have a good concept of what they're doing, what's good, where they are, what they do well/poor, what they need to work on, etc.

Makre sure they make progress.


I'm still up in the air about completely informing a student.  If they don't understand the amount of work things take or the level they're at, I'm thinking that's not necessarily a bad thing.  Esp for a young student, how motivating is it to know it will take a huge amount of effort to improve?  On the other hand, having them be ignorant or dependent on the teacher for what's good and bad isn't a great idea either.

Performances.  As long as they're going in prepared and getting something out it, it's success in my book.

I suppose having long and short term goals goes along with that stuff too.