This slide tends to shed some lights on some of the elements that are indispensable for an effective classroom management.

1. IH-Jubail
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l anagement
Rachid Elalaoui
www.efl-web-tools.blogspot.com

2. Classroom Management
‘ If we want to
manage classrooms
effectively, we have
to be able to handle
a range of variables’
 Jeremy Harmer

3. Instructions
 Show!
Don't tell-demonstrate and do
examples.
 Use simple language
 One step at a time !!!
 Be clear and concise!- Use the imperative!
 Saythe same thing again, using different
words
 Makesure all students are with you and
know what to do !

4. Monitoring
 When:
 Just after giving the instructions
 While sts are on task
 When it looks like sts are finishing
 Why:
 To see Sts are on task
 To give appropriate feedback
 To support and correct
 To provide (feed in) new lge as needed.
 To check the answers and know when to
regroup

5. Setting up and closing activities
 Signal the beginning and end of activities clearly
 Demonstrate and do examples !
 Give time to sts.
 Provide appropriate feedback:
 Communicative /or linguistic
 Link activities /stages logically .

6. Feedback
Linguistic :
Corrective and positive
Communicative:
Mainly on the content of the
discussion (activities)
Don’t only correct sts’ work .
Comment rather ‘judge’ on sts’
use of lage.

7. Management of students
 Promote st-st interaction
 Regroup sts as appropriate
 Encourage pair / group work.
 (re) arrange setting as appropriate.
 Consider early (fast) finishers

8. Getting the students’ attention
Change your position ( if you are
standing monitoring: sit down! )
Set time limits
Make eye-contact

9. Others ...
 Maintaining pace:
 Include variety of activities
 Monitor to know how sts are progressing
 Set time limits
 Correction
 Encourage self-correction, peer-correction , class-
correction and finally teacher’s correction
 Never correct in front of the others