unit-5-Classroom-management

unit-5-Classroom-unit-5-Classroom-managementmanagementAims of this UnitWhat roles do teachers play in the classroom?1How to give effective classroom instructions?2What are the different ways for students grouping?3 How to maintain discipline in the classroom?4How to ask effective questions?5How to treat students errors in the classroom?6龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法 I.Whats the goal of classroom management?Classroom management：the way teachers organize what goes on in the classroom.The goal：to create an atmosphere conductive to interacting in English in meaningful ways.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法 I.Whats the goal of classroom management?vSix conditions for Effective classroom management:pTeacher plays appropriate rolespTeacher provides clear instructions.pSuitable grouping of the studentspAsking appropriate questions.pDiscipline as well as harmony in the class.pProper error treatment.II.The roles of the teacher Different views on teachers roles:1.Richards and Rodgers viewpointvTeachers roles are related ultimately to assumptions about language and language learning at the level of approach.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法II.The roles of the teacher2.Teachers roles:Task 1：think about teachers roles before,during and after class:v Before class:planner,who plans what to teach,how to teach,and what result to achieve.vDuring class:organizervAfter class:evaluator,who evaluates not only how successfully he has conducted the class but also how effective the learning activities have been.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法II.The roles of the teachervHarmer defines the teachers roles as:龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法resource providerII.The roles of the teachervController:to control the pace so that activities run smoothly and efficiently.Appropriate control and over-control.vAssessor：to assess the students work.vOrganizer:to design and organize activities/tasksvPrompter:to give appropriate prompts or hints when students are not ready to answer to do the activity.vParticipant:to participate in students activities/communication.vResource provider:to provide resource/knowledge龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法III.Classroom instructions Classroom instructions refer to the language teachers use to organize or guide learning.vEnglish or Chinese instructions?vUse simple language.vGive clear instructionsvUse eye contact.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法IV.Student groupingvAn important feature of todays language classroom is that students do not always study as one big group.Rather,students are put into groups of different sizes.vThe most common student groupings:nWhole class work/lockstepnpair workngroup worknindividual study龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法2.Advantages and disadvantages of groupingGroupingAdvantages Disadvantages Whole class workPair workGroup workIndividual studyAll the class are concentrating.Good modeling from teachercomfortable in choral practiceMore chance for practice;Encouraging co-operation;Relaxing atmosphere;Students stray away from the task;Using native language;Noise and indisciplineCommunication in its real sense;More dynamic than pair work;promoting self-reliance;No outside pressure;Study at own speed;Students have little chance to speak;Same speed for different students;Nervous in front of the whole class;Not enough communication;The same as those in pair work;plus some students might dominate;Difficult to group;Less dynamic classroom;No co-operation;龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法IV.Student grouping Task 5(P.77)v(1)Whole class work:the teacher goes through the instruction with the students to make sure they now what to do exactly.If possible,give some hint.v(2)Group work:students work in groups of 4 and discuss what things they should use.Reach an agreement b the end of the discussion.v(3)Whole class work:group leaders report their discussion result to whole class,justifying their decision if necessary.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法 3.Further suggestions about student grouping.1)When working in whole class work,the teacher should not speak too much.2)When organizing pair work,the teacher should give the clearest instructions.If necessary,the teacher should demonstrate with one student first.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法 3.Further suggestions about student grouping.3)possible ways to group the students:vgrouping the students according to seating arrangement;vstudents select their own group members,(risky)vstrong students and weak students are missed together.vStrong students and weak students are grouped separately to do different takes.vGroup the students by drawing lots.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法 3.Further suggestions about student grouping.4)Although pair work and group work can provide students more chances for practice,individual study should not be totally neglected.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法V.Discipline in the language classroom Whats the final goal of discipline in the language classroom?v The ultimate goal of discipline is to make more effective learning possible,but the relationship between discipline and learning is not as straight forward as it appears.vTASK 6.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法V.Discipline in the language classroom Practical hints for teachers on classroom discipline.Task7 Measures for indisciplined acts and badly behaving students(by Harmer)vAct immediately.vStop the class.vRearrange the seats.vChange the activity.vTalk to students after class.vCreate a code of behaviour.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法Solutions for problem-making students:Deal with it quietly.Dont hurt the students.Dont take things personally.Try to address the problem rather than the students as the object.Dont use threats 龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VI.Questioning in the classroomto focus students attention;to invite thinking and imaginations;to check understanding,to stimulate recall of information,to challenge students,to assess learning.Functions of questioning:龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VI.Questioning in the classroomClose questions:questions with only one single correct answer.Open questions:may invite many different answers.Display questions:the answers are already known to the teacher,used for checking if students know the answers.Genuine questions:used to find out new information and since they often reflect real contexts,they are therefore more communicative.Classification of questions龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VI.Questioning in the classroomKnowledge;recalling facts,terms and basic concepts.Comprehension:understanding o f facts and ideas by organizing,comparing,translating,interpreting,describing,and stating the main ideas.Application:applying acquired knowledge,facts,techniques and rules in a different context.Bloom classified questions as follows龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VI.Questioning in the classroomAnalysis:identifying relationships,causes or motives,and finding evidence to support main ideas,Synthesis:combining elements in a different way and proposing alternative solutions,creative thinking.Evaluation:present and defend opinions by making an informed judgment about information or ideas based on a set of criteria.Bloom classified questions as follows龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VII.Dealing with errors Error and mistakesvLanguage mistakes and language errors are two different phenomena in language learning(Brown).vMistake:either a random guess or a slip of tongue,which is a failure performance to a known system.vError:related to learners language competence.Do not result from carelessness nor hesitation,but lack of knowledge in the target language.vLanguage errors cannot be self-corrected no matter how much attention is given.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VII.Dealing with errorsDealing with spoken errors.vBe clear whether the task or activity is focusing on accuracy or fluency.When to correctvIf the mistakes are common,take notes and correct them after the students performance.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法VII.Dealing with errors How to correct Different ways and techniques for correcting errors:vDirect and indirect teachers correctionvSelf-correctionvPeer correctionvWhole class correction.vTask 10.龙岩岩学学院外院外国国语学学院精品院精品课程程-英英语教学教学法法Add Your Company SloganPowerPointCompany LogoCompany LogoSee you next week!Class is over.龙岩学院外国语学院精品课程-英语教学法结束语结束语谢谢大家聆听！谢谢大家聆听！27