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The document discusses strategies for effective classroom management and communication with students as an English teacher. It emphasizes using positive language to correct students and provide feedback, focusing on specific behaviors, maintaining a calm tone of voice and relaxed body language, and reframing negative statements into constructive feedback. The goal is to foster a positive learning environment and build rapport and mutual respect between teachers and students.

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Classroom Management May 9th

The document discusses strategies for effective classroom management and communication with students as an English teacher. It emphasizes using positive language to correct students and provide feedback, focusing on specific behaviors, maintaining a calm tone of voice and relaxed body language, and reframing negative statements into constructive feedback. The goal is to foster a positive learning environment and build rapport and mutual respect between teachers and students.

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ENGLISH DIDACTICS I

DATE:
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
As part of the challenging goal of helping students develop linguistic knowledge and
proficiency, EFL teachers juggle many complex socio-affective* tasks:
 Correcting errors and offering suggestions
 Assessing progress and participation
 Maintaining classroom discipline and enforcing rules
 Guiding student interpersonal relationships during group work, pair work, and
whole-class activities
 Nurturing students’ confidence as they learn new content and skills
 Motivating students to progress and develop autonomous learning habits
 Planning and managing learning experiences for students with diverse learning
styles, personalities, maturity levels, and self-regulation abilities

Facing all of these tasks, along with the pressures of time and limited resources, it is no
wonder that teachers can become frustrated and exasperated at times. However, even in
times of frustration we must work to maintain a positive learning environment and
remember that our students’ opinions and feelings must be treated with care. Teachers
can do this not only by establishing routines and rules, but also with the language, verbal
and non-verbal, used to communicate with students.

Teachers’ words can have long-lasting effects on learners. Everyone, regardless of age or
background, appreciates being spoken to in an encouraging and positive way. This is not
to say that teachers should over-praise students – something they will surely notice and
view as fake.

Classroom language, even when you are enforcing rules, should encourage students to
choose positive behaviors. For example, what difference do you see between the
following statements?
Everyone, stop talking now. Sit down! (teacher claps hands and looks angry)
We will begin once everyone is seated and quiet. (teacher silently waits with a positive
expression on her face and looks expectantly at students)
Students who regularly feel insecure, embarrassed, or angered by a teacher’s
communication style are not learning effectively. In this document, we explore a few
quick ways to use voice tone, words, and body language to foster positive classroom
rapport, mutual respect, and trust.

1. Look for ways to reframe statements and words to focus on the positive:

Negative – deficiency focus Positive – constructive focus


Problem Challenge
Impatient Excited, enthusiastic, eager
You’re working too slowly. Hurry Everyone is working carefully, but we
up. only have 5 minutes left to finish.
Michael, be on time, please. What
Michael, do not be late again! You happens if you are late more than
will be in big trouble. three times? [prompt the student to
supply the consequence]
Ana, please look at our classroom
Ana, stop interrupting John. rules chart. Do we listen quietly
while others are speaking?
That is a tough one! Let’s look at this
example together. [Guide the
No, that is wrong. The answer is
student(s) through the challenge
____.
with prompts to see if they can arrive
at the correct answer]

2. When giving correction or praise, try to focus on specific behaviors or examples.


No: Everyone, calm down…behave.
Yes: Everyone, please return to your seats, sit quietly, and put your pencils and pens
down.

No: Jenny, I like the way you are behaving.


Yes: Jenny, thank you for being very patient.

No: There is too much talking going on. Pay attention.


Yes: We’ll continue when all mouths are quiet and everyone is ready to listen.
3. Body language and tone of voice: Project positivity with relaxed, open body
language. Use a calm, warm, and professional tone of voice that is age-appropriate for
our students. Speak in an authentic way even if you slow your speech rate down a bit for
lower levels.

4. Body language varies from culture to culture. Examples below reflect negative and
positive American body language.
No: scowling and frowning, rolling your eyes to be dismissive, throwing your hands up in
the air to show frustration, crossing your arms over your chest or tapping your foot to
indicate impatience, shaking a pointed finger at someone while correcting them

Yes: smiling, maintaining a calm and neutral face while enforcing rules, relaxing your arms
and shoulders, nodding to indicate agreement or encouragement

5. Never use “baby talk,” “sugary” language, or a condescending tone.


No: Oh, sweetie, you are doing such a super, great, wonderful job.

Yes: Carlos, good job - you used five new vocabulary words in your homework assignment.

6. Don’t be sarcastic. It is not funny and it hurts students’ feelings.


No: Marta, what part of “Stop talking” did you not understand?

Yes: Marta, it is time to listen now.

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