Classroom Management Techniques

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. — 315 p. — (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers). — ISBN 978-0-52174185-9.Overall winner of the 2012 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ESU English Language Book Award, Classroom Management Techniques offers a huge range of practical techniques to help teachers make the most of their teaching space and get students working in more focused ways. It helps teachers anticipate and avoid problems in the classroom, allowing more time to be devoted to meaningful activities. By analysing the classroom from three perspectives: the classroom, the teacher and the learners, this book presents a ground-breaking analysis of 14 kinds of teacher intervention, allowing teachers to examine the way they communicate with learners.Classroom management is about creating the right conditions for effective learning – whichever method you use, whatever your classroom is like and whoever your students are. Classroom Management Techniques offers a huge range of down-to-earth, practical techniques that will help you make the most of your teaching space and get your students working in more focused ways.This book will inspire you to try out fresh ideas, from the basic to the more experimental. It will also help you to anticipate and avoid problems in the classroom, allowing more time to be devoted to useful, meaningful activities.A complete and essential activity-based guide to ELT classroom management. Includes techniques that are clearly presented and easy to implement, requiring minimal preparation. Analyses the classroom from three perspectives: the classroom, the teacher and the learners. Presents a ground-breaking analysis of 14 kinds of teacher intervention, allowing you to really examine the way you communicate with learners. Shows you how to facilitate interaction in your lessons and get everyone talking. Deals with critical teaching issues such as mixed level classes, difficult physical conditions and discipline. Delivers real solutions for real classroom problems.Примечание. Качество высокое, но в книге отсутствуют 50 страниц (150, 152, 154, 157, 158, 162, 164, 165, 170, 175, 178, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 200, 203, 207, 208, 211, 214, 216, 217, 219, 221, 222, 225, 230, 234, 235, 236, 238, 248, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 265, 271, 277, 279, 280, 282, 284, 293, 296).ContentsIntroductionThe classroom Different classroom layouts Setting up the room for specific activities Avoiding chaos when rearranging the room Effective seating arrangements Varying teacher positions Using a limited space Sharing classrooms Improving the classroom environment Design and purchasing decisionsThe teacher Being yourself Establishing and maintaining rapport Ways of listening Turning the volume up and down Finding the right voice tone Varying the quantity of your control Gestures and facial expressions The teacher’s language Using intuition The teacher as researcherThe learners Learning names Helping the group to work together Mixed-level classes Large classes Individuals A learner-centred approachKey teacher interventions Being supportive Asserting authority Giving instructions Telling Eliciting Questioning Checking learning and understanding Being catalytic Structuring and signposting Giving encouragement, feedback and praise Giving difficult messages Permitting emotion Being unhelpful VanishingFacilitating interaction Whole-class work Encouraging students to speak Researching interaction Reducing unnecessary teacher talk Should students put up their hands? Training students to listen to each other Withholding validation of student answers Pairs and groups Making pairs and groups Keeping pair work and group work interesting Encouraging quieter learners to speak in pairs or groups Monitoring pair and group work Encouraging students to use English Allocating group-participant roles Justifying pair and group work to students The world Interaction beyond the classroom wallsEstablishing and maintaining appropriate behaviour Setting the stage for positive behaviour Dealing with small disruptions Serious discipline issuesLessons Starting lessons Using the board The coursebook Time and pace Handouts Low-tech resources Working with computers Post-task Closing lessons Closing coursesClassroom management booklistIndexСпециально для Twirpx.