Cambridge ESOL CELTA Classroom management

What does Classroom Management Involve?

Rapport 

Teacher roles 

Timing 

Teacher talking time (TTT) and Student talking time (STT)

 Seating/table arrangements 

Deciding on Grouping and Interaction e.g. Pair work, group work, teams. 

Monitoring 

Giving feedback 

Giving Instructions 

Using the whiteboard 

Using the classroom equipment

Tea     

Tea   cher Roles. (Adapted from Harmer, J., The Practice of English Language Teaching, 

         Longman, 1983, pp. 200-205).

   

H       Here are some of the roles of a teacher. Match them to the situations a – j. (There may be               more than one possible answer for some situations).

    a)    The teacher prepares some cards for a game the students will play in the lesson.

    b)    The teacher indicates which student should speak next.

    c)    The teacher monitors students in a speaking activity and makes a note of what they are doing well and what they need more work on.

   d)    The teacher joins one of the groups in a team game.

   e)    In a speaking activity one group is silent. The teacher goes over to them and suggests a few ideas to get the discussion started.

   f)     Students are planning an advertisement in groups. The teacher gives different groups some vocabulary they need.

   g)    Before the class starts the teacher is chatting to the students about different restaurants near the school.

   h)    The teacher decides that it’s time to move to the next activity.

    i)      A student makes a pronunciation error. The teacher indicates that the student has made an error.

   j)      The students are sitting in groups. At a point in the class the teacher regroups students so everyone is sitting in a circle.