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Topic: Classroom Management Techniques

As teachers we have to be able to both plan lessons effectively and deliver those lessons effectively. The best-planned lesson will not work unless it is delivered well. Courses on this topic focus on the practical things that we can do as English language teachers to deliver our lesson plans successfully – from the language we use, to managing student interactions, to monitoring our own teacher talk.

How to Use the Whiteboard Effectively

The whiteboard, or any similar surface for writing on, is a key tool for every teacher to master in order to be effective as an instructor. The whiteboard allows you to give students supplementary visual information to add to what you’re saying verbally. In this session, we’ll take a quick look at some of the key things to keep in mind when you’re using your whiteboard as you teach language.

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The Dark Side of Classroom Management – Handling Aggressive Student Behaviour

In this session, we introduce different frameworks with which to analyze and understand aggressive student behaviour in the classroom. The frameworks come from a variety of academic fields including intercultural communication, education, counselling and psychology. These frameworks are applied to real life scenarios in order to develop practical classroom management strategies with which to mitigate and/or diffuse the aggression.

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Teaching Multi-level Classes

Many teachers, especially those in rural settings, are faced with the challenge of teaching a class where the students exhibit a variety of English language skill levels. This course will present ideas on how to incorporate activities for a multi-level setting. Rather than planning several activities for a range of proficiency levels, this course aims to demonstrate how one activity can be adapted for use with all students, regardless of the extent of their English competencies.

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Managing Large Classes

Large classes are usually defined as classes with more than 30 students. Large classes can be both challenging and rewarding. With a high number of students, large classes provide plenty of opportunity for student collaboration, cooperation and self-directed learning. Language teachers can employ a variety of stimulating partner, group and class based activities to get students discussing and sharing their language skills in a setting that is both controlled and interactive. This session will review a variety of classroom management techniques and activity adaptations to maximize language learning in a large class scenario to fully exploit the teaching and learning opportunities presented by this type of class.

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Classroom Management English

The use of classroom management English is a crucial way to increase the exposure our students have to English. This is particularly important in English as a Foreign Language contexts, in which student exposure to English is limited to the English they see and hear in the classroom. This course, designed for English language teachers whose first language is NOT English, will take you through key phrases that you need in order to manage your English language classes in English.

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