Summary of English Methodology

1. Classroom Management &
Classrom Interaction
Student: Roberto Alvear
Tutor: Dr. Nestor Bonilla
University: ESPE

2. 1.Classroom Management
1.1 INTRODUCTION
-Some students take the English class because they have to.
-Some students rather use their own language because it’s easier for
them.
-Teachers sometimes don’t know how to arrange the students’ desks
-Teachers sometimes don’t know how to organize the students’ time,
some finish faster, some take longer to do their tasks at the classroom

3. 1.2 MOTIVATING STUDENTS
-There are 3 levels of influence:
a) National and Cultural
b) The Education System
c) The Immediate Classroom Environment

4. 1.3 TEACHERS RESPONSES
-The History Teacher can motivate a student but the Language
Teacher has to do something else, something different because
he or she has to teach the students how to develop a skill.
-Teachers need to motivate students by using intrinsic and
extrinsic motivations. Some students work better with intrinsic
motivations others work with extrinsic reasons.

5. 1.4 EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
-Intrinsic motivations are related with the success a student
wants to accomplish.
-Extrinsic motivations are related with rewards, like extra points,
trophies, diplomas, medals, recoginition.

6. 1.5 DEALING WITH BAD BEHAVIORS FROM STUDENTS
-CASE 1. Back – Row Distractor. A student that sits on the last
seat and likes to interrupt the class:
a) Keep eye contact with the student
b) Let him or her finish all the sentence when speaking
c) Talk with the student at the end of the class

7. 1.5 DEALING WITH BAD BEHAVIORS FROM STUDENTS
-CASE 2. The Nonparticipants. Students that don’t partcipate in
the class.
a) Ignore these students if they’re not interrupting
b) Ask them if they’re ok
c) Talk with other teachers to see if they participate in the
clases.

8. 1.5 DEALING WITH BAD BEHAVIORS FROM STUDENTS
-CASE 3. The Overexuberant Student. Students that participate
too much and don’t let others talk.
a) Stop them when necessary with a “thank you”
b) Remind the student that he or she can participate later
c) Talk with the student at the end of the class.

9. 2.Classroom Interaction
2.1 INTRODUCTION
-The most common pattern in classroom interaction is
IRF(Initiation-Response-Feedback)
-The teacher asks a question (Initiation)
-The student answers (Response)
-The teacher gives tips and advices (Feedback)

10. 2.2 TYPES OF INTERACTION
-TT: Teacher active, student only receptive
-T: Teacher active, student mainly receptive
-TS: Teacher active, student equally as active
-S: Student active, teacher mainly receptive
-SS: Student active, teacher only receptive

11. 2.3 INTERACTION PATTERNS
-Group Work
-Close-ended teacher questioning (IRF)
-Individual work
-Choral responses
-Collaboration
-Student initiates, teacher answers
-Full-class interaction
-Teacher talk
-Self-Access
-Open-ended teacher questioning

12. 2.4 QUESTIONING
-A tool used by teachers, consists in making questions so
students can answer.
-It can be used for reviewing knowledge, for practicing, for
analyzing what students have (or haven’t learned), to motivate
logical thinking in some students, to encourage self-
for making the students participate and turn them into active
students.

13. 2.5 CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE QUESTIONING
a) Clarity
b) Learning value
c) Interesting
d) Availability
e) Extension
f) Teacher reaction

14. 2.6 TEACHER OBJECTIVES AND LEARNER ACTIVATION
a) Comprehension check
b) Familiarization with text
c) Oral fluency
d) Grammar check
e) Writing
f) Grammar practice
g) New vocabulary

15. 2.7 INTERACTION PATTERNS
a) Teacher talk (TT)
b) Choral responses (T)
c) Close-ended teacher questioning (IRF) (T)
d) Open-ended teacher questioning (TS)
e) Student initiates, teacher answers (TS)
f) Full-class interaction (S)
g) Individual work (S)
h) Collaboration (S)
i) Group work (S)
j) Self-access (S)

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