CLASS MANAGEMENT

Teachers roles

EXPLORE

Task 1. Describe the teachers roles/teaching using comparisons and metaphors and
give at least one reason for your choice.
e.g.
Teaching is like cooking.
A teacher is an actor.
A teacher is an orchestra conductor.
A teacher is a guide.
Task 2. Match the teachers role with the corresponding definition:
1. Prompter
2. Observer
3. Resource
4. Organiser
5. Tutor
6. Controller
7. Assessor
8. Participant

a. when working with individuals or small

groups, especially when students are
involved in project work
b. when offering guidance if students look
for a particular piece of information
c. when joining students in performing an
activity (e.g. role play)
d. when monitoring students to provide
individual or collective feedback
e. when intervening in a discrete and
supportive way to encourage students go on
(e.g. by providing some words or phrases)
f. when providing feedback, handing out
grades, correcting test papers, etc
g.when calling the roll, keeping a high
profile in a teacher-fronted environment
h. when showing students how to proceed,
when organising pair/group work, when
closing the activity/lesson stage, etc
(adapted from Harmer, J. 2007. The Practice of English Language Teaching. London:
Pearson)

Patterns of interaction - EXPLORE

(Source: Gower, R., Phillips, D., Walters, S. 2006. Teaching practice. A handbook for
teachers in training. London: MacMillan, p. 29)

Giving instructions - ground rules:

1. Draw students attention before giving the instructions
2. Keep it short and simple (the KISS principle)
3. Be consistent
4. Use visual and/or written clues
5. Demonstrate
6. Break down the instructions
7. Target the instructions
8. Be decisive
Task 4
EXPLORE

(Source: Gower, R., Phillips, D., Walters, S. 2006. Teaching practice. A handbook for
teachers in training. London: MacMillan, p. 43)

EXPLORE

Task 5. Think of 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages of pair/group work and of whole

class interaction.
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Task 6. Below there are 5 ways of motivating students keep using the foreign
language in the classroom. Set the increasing order of their effectiveness and
efficiency.
I cant understand but English.
Thats an interesting idea! Did you mean...? (the teacher translates what the student has
just said).
OK. Next time try using English!
If you keep speaking English for the whole class Ill give 1 bonus point in the next test
paper.
You can keep speaking your mother tongue (L1) until you feel confident enough to use
English!