Teaching Young Learners
Classroom Management Workshop
Teens 13-17
SESSION AIMS:
To explore the issues involved in classroom management in teenage EFL classrooms
To consider strategies, resources and procedures relevant to successful classroom
management
Training Session Plan Notes
Warmer Distribute 1 cut up word to Participants spell out the sentence: A British
each course participant (CP). Ask CPs Council survey revealed that motivation,
to decide on the order of the words discipline and classroom management are YL
then to line up to form the sentence! teachers greatest concerns
Display OHT 1. Question What does Invite CPs to share responses in groups.
Classroom Management mean to you?
Distribute prompt sheets to CPs and
ask them to graffiti their prompt sheet
with responses in note form / picture
form /poem form etc.
Ask CPs to consider what makes After 3 minutes invite a CP to collate ideas
classes of teenagers problematic and in on a flipchart. Some ideas are provided
what ways they are problematic for EFL below.
teachers. During feedback invite another CP to
collate a Training Needs column arising
from the points discussed.
Invite another CP to collate a Teaching Ideas
column.
Display OHT 4 - RAID (Recognise, Put the key sentences from the RAID matrix
Analyse, Investigate, Do) on the board and brainstorm ideas on how
It is so often difficult to see what is you might do each thing. Some ideas are
causing problems when you are in the provided below.
middle of them and experiencing them
as an active participant, there is a
need to step back.
One structured approach can be Distribute the inventory, or key statements
through a Personal Skills Inventory. from it, and discuss its value as a tool for
Display OHT 5. personal reflection / peer observation.
Summarise the session Ask CPs to complete evaluation forms
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Materials
Flip charts
Pens
OHTs
OHT
pens
Sentence word cards
Warmer - word cards
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A
BRITISH
COUNCIL
SURVEY
REVEALED
THAT
MOTIVATION
DISCIPLINE
AND
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
ARE
YL
TEACHERS
GREATEST
CONCERNS
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OHT 1
What does
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
mean to you ?
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Flipchart
Tutors Suggestions
Problematic Teenagers
Classes
of
teenagers
can
be
Training
Needs
Teaching
Ideas
problematic
for
EFL
teachers
because:
Teenagers are often
less motivated to learn
than adults.
The goals of learning
may seem distant to
students.
Teenagers may not
have the social skills to
interact co-operatively.
There is a lack of
materials that suit
teenage interests and
needs.
Teenagers feel they
have an overload of
authority in their lives
and so resent the
classroom
Classes often have a
wide range of ability.
Teenagers often feel
the pressures of their
mainstream schooling
/exams.
Teenagers are often
overwhelmed by and
uncomfortable with the
physical and emotional
upheavals of
adolescence.
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OHT 4 - RAID
When
teachers
feel
there
is
a
problem
brewing
it
is
VITAL
to
act
fast
and
1. RECOGNISE WHAT is happening
Tape class for further observation and reflection.
Ask a colleague to sit in and observe the class.
Plan a holding lesson to create space to observe what is going
on in the class.
2. ANALYSE WHY it is happening
Investigate issues relating to teacher / student
Is the problem in the teachers own classroom planning or
conduct?
Is the problem general to the class or specific to one student or a
small group of students?
3. INVESTIGATE the specifics of the problem
If it is the teachers own classroom planning or conduct, seek
peer support to explore alternative strategies / techniques /
materials.
If there is a problem with a student or small group of students
take steps to find out WHY.
4. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Instigate a change
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OHT 5
Personal Skills Inventory
1. Does my classroom manner convey positive expectations?
2. Are my educational objectives for this lesson well defined and appropriate to
the needs of this class?
3. Is the atmosphere in this class warm and supportive with a sense of
purpose?
4. Do the classroom layout and seating arrangements facilitate the lesson
activities?
5. Is the pace and flow of the lesson appropriate to the needs of the class as a
whole?
6. Do I effectively address the needs of slower students?
7. Do I effectively address the needs of the most able students?
8. Do I use effective strategies to encourage all students to participate?
9. Does the content of the lesson, through the structured learning activities
appear to motivate and interest the students?
10. Do I encourage appropriate feedback from students?
11. Do I give appropriate feedback to students?
12. Do I use effective strategies to direct classroom activity?
13. Is my authority established and respected by students in the class?
14. Do I pre-empt potential learning difficulties effectively?
15. Am I clear and consistent about rules and expectations relating to
behaviour?
16. Do I pre-empt potential discipline issues effectively?
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Notes
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