1. Reflection
Karla Essmann Torres
Classroom Management
Classroom management involves everything that happens into the classroom, the
role of the teacher is to manage these inevitably situations in a proper manner in order to
carry on the class. My thoughts and feelings on classroom management have changed
before this course with some important additions. I still feel that one of the most
important factors about classroom management are forming relationships because I
believe that It is essential to be in tune and be responsive to the students. Through the
reading of some papers and researches about classroom management I learned that
teachers have to take the work seriously and to be devoted, in order to feel confident
about the teaching process. After taking this course I now also understand that there are
many forms to evaluate students, giving more positive feedback than negative, using
nonverbal and non direct verbal interventions for minor misbehavior, etc. Another
important point to consider as a future teacher is the importance of the use of voice
during lessons, a teacher has to talk laud and clear to be understood for everyone.
I also learned that giving instructions is a crucial instance when we talk about
saving time, bad instructions can be a waste of this resource. There is another fact that
determines a good classroom management; it is the equitable participation among
students and the teacher, it has to be clear that when a language is been taught students
need to practice, that means, they need to talk. Another relevant factor is the idea of
different seating arrangement; it is a good initiative to organize the classroom in diverse
positions, with the proposal of better interaction among students and the teacher. These
are the points related to classroom management that called my attention and that I learned
the most, these factors are totally useful for me as a future teacher of English as a foreign
language because it is essential to know how to manage situations that are inevitably
present in the classroom.
