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Http://thailanddelights.blogspot.com School classroom management techniques for teaching esl in Thailand
Today we're going to take a brief look at how to create a better atmosphere for learning in yourclassroom. We're going to be using one very simple technique which I myself have created and used togreat success in the classroom with a few of the... how shall we say, less enthusiastic students.It's a very simple and straightforward technique that anyone can use and it has a marvelous affect uponthe students, not only making them feel better and more confident within themselves, but also helpingthem to actually want to take part in the lesson.Okay, in every classroom we have the good students(the ones that are good at English and like to learnand take part) and we also have the not so good one(the ones that sit and talk and don't know much)Why has the situation come about? Well there are many reasons for it, too many to go into in this shortpost. However we'll just quickly skim through a couple here.Firstly, many students find English a rather difficult language to get a foot hold in. They have limitedopportunities to actually interact and use the language with native speakers in everyday situations. Thisdoes not in itself help the progress of the students. At the end of the day most of them will actually seelearning English as a boring waste of time. Coupled with the fact that they have now fallen so farbehind with learning it, and basically can't understand a word the teacher is saying. This further acts todiscourage the student or students. In the end they just say.... bugger this, and chat away with theirfriends.When this scenario happens, you might find that your classroom gets noisy and you begin to sufferfrom discipline problems.What can we do? Well, first off identify the problem students. Bring the problem students to the frontof the class and sit them individually next to some of the better students, if they both have nothing incommon that's all the better, less for them to chat about.Please note, that you could inadvertently sit a couple of enemies together, but you'll soon find out aboutthis if you do and then you can then take the appropriate action to remedy the situation!Don't make the lesson too hard, and focus your attention upon the troublesome students and make themdo some of the work, like reading from dummy cards, copying you when you speak. Writing a fewsimple things down. The point here is to bring attention to these students and help them. Don't expectthem to recite a novel or hold a conversation with you on global warming or anything silly like that!Make it easy for them! Make them use the target language. Then just before the lesson is about to finishbring out the students to the front of the class. Make sure the rest of the class are silent when you dothis. Then tell everybody in the class...
These students have worked hard today!These students have spoken English very well today!
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