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Article about the problems with classroom management and the importance of good classroom management in EFL classes. The article shows us that classroom management is an important part of the curriculum.

I have uploaded information about the benefits of choral reading and how to use it in a classroom. I also find it quite good as a tool at the pre-prodution stage for English learners. I have also highlighted some similarities with the use of songs in the classroom. I HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING AS WELL!! :)

Hello group! We have found an interesting PDF about classroom management and its connection with creating a positive learning environment. Usually classroom management is related to discipline and class control but with this PDF you will realize that a good lesson planning can provide a positive atmosphere in the classroom.

Hello mates!! This video is about Classroom management. I think that can be useful to answer questions about how to promote positive behaviour in our classrooms. The ability to control a group of students will depend on the teacher and the measures he/she adopted.

I found this interesting webpage with lots of articles about ideas for classroom management. The one posted here is just an example, because I felt some curiosity about how to handle difficult students, but also you can find strategies to get the attention of your pupils, things that we should not do, how to stop bullying in the classroom, etc. Sincerely, as a trainee teacher I personally think I really need to know what do to in difficult cases. So, I thought you may be interested too.

I really like those feedbacks, because children learn more if you encourage them to use their potential while realizing their limitations.

I post this article because I've found it interesting. It talks about the importance of effective classroom management. It mixes a lot of things when it talks about the topic, not only about students and their bechavoir but you can find a curious relation between teacher behaviour and the topic aswell. Moreover the article talks about reserch and recommendations for improving teacher preparation in classroom management.what can be useful for us to know. I think it could help to have a different idea about the topic. Hope it can help you!

Hi fellows! This web talks about the importance of knowing the characteristics and features of our future students. According to the author, we should use a classroom seating chart in order to learn the names of the students fairly quickly, because remembering the students' names right in the beginning of the school year helps to develop a more personal and direct contact. On the other hand, the article emphasizes that we should teach and remind students at all times of the class procedures: * Listening to instructions before being directed to performing a task given. * During the work task Procedures. * Terminating the task on-hand. See you!

Hello again! Teaching, learning and classroom management depends on effective planning. Thanks to planning the teacher receives feedback on the effectiveness of the decisions made during the planning process, and modify and change those decisions when the students require it. Planning is based on values, so it is important that teachers are aware of how their own values can inform decision-making. Besides, this web points out that the main goals of the application of classroom planning function and formulate an effective plan that suggests seven fundamental principles: staff involvement, flexibility, stability, continuity, simplicity, review.

Hello class! I want to share with you this web about classroom management. This web has a lot of tips to follow to manage your class. It isn´t very visual, because hasn´t pictures... but it is really interesting and can give you a few ideas to implement! :)

Hi everyone! I want to share with you this amazing video that can help us for a better understanding of a concept that we studied last week (differentiated instruction) and also it can help us to be aware that this strategy can be put into practice in the classroom. I would like to comment briefly some ideas that the video shows: The teacher takes into account the different learning styles of the students trying to work the maximum number of multiple intelligences in designing activities. Remember that catering for the different learning styles does not mean that we have to develop eight different versions of every activity we do in the classroom. But it means that at the end of that a lesson or a didactic unit we should have given opportunities for the different learning styles. Besides, I want to highlight the good atmosphere that the teacher fosters, always respecting the views and personal opinions of all students. I consider that if students feel comfortable in the group they will be more open to learning and may develop a more positive attitude towards the language they are studying. Finally, the teacher promotes both individual, pair and group work. Flexible grouping was defined by Redencich and Mackay (1995:11) as "grouping that is not static, where members of the reading group change frequently." Flexible grouping is another measure to be adopted in the classroom in order to attend the diversity. I hope that this material can be useful for our personal training. See you!

Hi again class! Pay attention! This is one of the most useful pages that we will find on the web about classroom management! Here we will find 5 sections with different activities. For example, we would like to highlight the section of Rules and behavior. In this section we will find other sub-sections with posters for decorate our classes with class rules, ideas to start the days, to control the classroom noise etc. There are other sections with many other ideas, which will make easier to manage the work of a class. For example, we can find sections about routines and class organization, certificates to reward our students, targets and monitoring resources. We really think that it´s a really useful web to manage our class in the future. Our group hopes that you enjoy it! Have a nice week! See you soon! Group 3. Jorge Cacho Saiz Francisco Javier Cano González Estefanía Capote Gutiérrez Juan Manuel García Almagro Ana Belén Marcelo

Hi mattes! You can find here lots of resources to help you learn about appropriate methods of assessment in language classrooms.

Several strategies of classroom management! 

This entry is about Word walls. They are not only a great tool for the early grades, but can be used all the way through high school.

It looks really nice! I think classroom walls can be an excellent way for teachers help their pupils develop and reinforce the learned topics. They provide subtle reminders of new and important knowledge.

Here you have a small article of 5 pages which I found very interesting to share with you. In this article we can find interesting issues about assessment for learning. The article says that: "Classroom assessment that involves students in the process and focuses on increasing learning can motivate rather than merely measure students." When students are active characters of their own education the outcomes are better. Also gives interesting clues about how to involve students in their own teaching-learning process and have a section about effective teacher feedback. Contains reviews of many important authors. I advise my classmates that take a look at this article because it's really interesting.

Hi classmates! This is my second contribution in diigo. Last week we had an exhibition of storytelling. One of the stories that the professional told us was "the very hungry caterpillar", written by Eric Carle. I strongly believe that tell our students this story could be very useful, especially because it contains lots of interesting vocabulary. Here, in this page, you can find plenty of activities that will reinforce the vocabulary learnt by the students. As we have seen this weeks in the university, English classroom is dominated by the textbook. It decides what we have to do in the classroom. Nevertheless, we can use a lot of resources in order to produce intrinsic motivation in our pupils. I consider that storytelling can be a good learning tool because it promotes among other things, creativity and imagination. Furthermore, if we use stories in class, we will encourage the development of language among students. Here you can read the story http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Very_Hungry_Caterpillar_Printable_Booklet.PDF I hope you like it!

i like so much the story, easy and very useful for teachers

I found an interesting article on lesson planning. This article gives us some guidelines and interesting things to think about when planning a lesson such as the grammar knowledge and its effect on fluency. They pay a lot of attention to the importance of fluency activities, something that hasn´t come forward in our classes and that is not taken into account very often in the classroom. And fluency is exactly the reason why we are teaching/learning foreign languages. Fluency is what students need to be able to communicate with native speakers or speakers from other countries.

Hi folks! Searching on the Internet I have found an interesting article that includes a set of communicative activities that we can develop in the classroom. As we have been studying, one of the big challenges that language teachers face is to promote the skills of speaking and oral interaction. In several of the case studies the teachers express the difficulties they have developing oral language. However, as a language teacher it's really important to know what counts as speaking in language learning and how to promote such skills. I think that these are the advantages of using this kind of activities in the classroom: More exposure to the target language More authentic opportunities to use the foreign language Fun and interesting for learners These activities provides opportunity to use authentic materials Nevertheless, I consider that there is a big problem that we have to take into account: Learners can be resistant, specially if they are accustomed to teacher-centred styles of teaching. I hope you find it useful!