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1. Classroom management

2. The skills of creating and managing a successful class may be the key to the whole success of a course.

3. Common classroom management areas include: Activities Grouping and seating Authority Critical moments Tools and techniques Working with people

4. T he basic skills of classroom management

5. A student says I don't want to do this exercise.

6. You expected an activity to take five minutes. It has taken 20 so far, and the students still seem to be very involved. There is something else you would like to do before the lesson ends in ten minutes.

7. The students are working in groups of three. Two groups have finished the task you set them and are now sitting looking bored. The other groups still seem to have a long way to go before they finish.

8. Classroom decisions and actions are also greatly determined by your own attitudes, intentions, beliefs and values .

9. Classroom interaction

10. Some common types of student grouping in the classroom include: whole class working together with you; whole class moving around and mixing together as individuals (a ‘mingle’); small groups (three to eight people); pairs ; individual work.

11. Increasing student-student interaction Encourage a friendly, relaxed learning environment Increase opportunities for S T T ( Student Talking Time) If possible, arrange seating so that students can all see each other and talk to each other If a student is speaking too quietly for you to hear, walk further away, rather than closer to them!

12. Seating

13. Changing seating arrangements can help students interact with different people, change the focus from you when appropriate allow a range of different situations to be recreated within the classroom simply adding variety to the predictability of sitting in the same place every time.

14. Seating

15. Giving instructions

16. Giving instructions Become aware of your own instruction-giving include only the essential information in simple, clear language, and sequence it in a sensible order Create a silence beforehand, make eye contact with as many students as possible, find an authoritative tone, make sure they are listening before you start. Use silence and gestures to pace the instructions and clarify their meaning. Demonstrate rather than explain wherever possible. Check that students have understood what to do

17. Monitoring Monitor discreetly Monitor actively Vanish Participate

18. Gestures

19. Here are some ways that teachers unintentionally hinder or prevent learning. TTT (TeacherTalkingTime) Echo Helpful sentence completion Complicated and unclear instructions Not checking understanding of instructions Asking Do you understand? Insufficient authority I over-politeness Over-help ing I over-organising Flying with the fastest

20. What is classroom discipline ? 1. Learning is taking place. 2 . It is quiet. 3 . The teacher is in control. 4 . Teacher and students are cooperating smoothly. 5 . Students are motivated. 6 . The lesson is proceeding according to plan. 7 . Teacher and students are aiming for the same objectives. 8 . The teacher has natural charismatic authority.

21. What teachers can do to create a disciplined classroom Classroom management skills. Classroom management skills. Selection of an appropriate methodology. Good interpersonal relationships. Good planning. Student motivation.

22. Advice for beginner teachers Be firm with students at the start: you can relax later. 2 . Get silence before you start speaking to the class. 3 . Know and use the students' names. 4 . Prepare lessons thoroughly and structure them firmly. 5 . Be mobile: walk around the class.

23. Advice for beginner teachers 6. Start the lesson with a 'bang' and sustain interest and curiosity. 7 . Speak clearly. 8 . Make sure your instructions are clear. 9 . Have extra material prepared (e.g. for slower-/faster-working students). 10 . Look at the class when speaking, and learn how to 'scan' (keep an eye on what is going on in all parts of the room).

24. Advice for beginner teachers 11. Make work appropriate (to students' age, ability, cultural background). 12 . Develop an effective questioning technique. 13 . Develop the art of timing your lesson to fit the available period. 14 . Vary your teaching techniques. 15 . Anticipate discipline problems and act quickly.

25. Advice for beginner teachers 16. Avoid confrontations. 17 . Clarify fixed rules and standards, and be consistent in applying them. 18 . Show yourself as supporter and helper to the students. 19 . Don't patronize students; treat them with respect. 20 . Use humour constructively. 21 . Choose topics and tasks that will activate students.

26. Dealing with discipline problems Before the problem arises When the problem is beginning When the problem has ‘exploded’

27. Before the problem arises Make an agreement. Plan the lesson carefully Instruct clearly Keep in touch

28. When the problem is beginning Deal with it quickly and quietly Don't take it personally. Don't use threats