MANAGING THE CLASSROOM

MANAGING THE CLASSROOM

1. Classroom management

   • When we want to manage the class in an effective way, we must be able to handle the different situations in the classroom. Among them the organization of the classroom space, the way that the students work, and how we organise our classroom time. Is also necessary to consider how we use our voice and how we talk to the students.

2. The teacher in the classroom

   • The classroom environment is managed according to the physical presence of the teacher. Our behavior shows a clear effect on the management of the class. The way we stand and move, the way we react to what happens in the classroom, and if we are aware of what is going on.  And that is how we know when teaching is succesful or if the lessons are unsatisfactory.
   • Proximity
     • Teachers need to be conscious on how close they are to the students, because there are some students that feel uncomfortable if the teacher stands in front of them but there are other students that might feel distance as apathy. So the teacher should analyze the students' reaction to know how to behave.
   • Awareness
   • Appropriacy
     • As teachers we must consider how we can behave in a way which is appropriate to the students, how we are teaching and the relationship that we want to establish with them, so we have to decide how close we should be with them. It means that the way we sit and stand in classrooms is crucial because if we want to  manage a class efectively we must create a friendly atmosphere.
   • Movement

3. Using the voice

   • Variety
   • Conservation
   • Audibility

4. Talking to students

5. Giving instructions

6. Using the L1

7. Student talk and teacher talk

8. Creating lesson stages

9. Different seating arrangements

   • Orderly rows
   • Circle and horseshoes
   • Separate tables

10. Different student groupings

    • Groupwork and pairwork
    • Whole class
    • Solowork
    • Class-to-class