TEYL - Classroom Management Tips
Summary
TLDRThe video discusses classroom management for English teachers, especially when working with young learners. It highlights how teachers manage various classroom elements like student behavior, class activities, and transitions. The video offers practical tips such as allowing students wait time to process answers, using 'brain breaks' to shift the class atmosphere, and creating an English-speaking environment. Engaging activities like quick games or songs can help maintain students' energy and focus. The key message is that teachers are not just instructors, but also managers of the overall classroom experience.
Takeaways
- 😀 Classroom management requires energy, patience, and understanding of young learners' behaviors.
- 🎯 Misbehavior can stem from short attention spans or the need for physical movement.
- 📝 Teachers are managers of time, activities, transitions, student behavior, and classroom atmosphere.
- ⏳ Wait time (3-5 seconds) is important after asking questions to give students enough time to process and respond.
- 🎉 Brain breaks are useful to reset the classroom atmosphere and refresh students' focus.
- 🎶 Simple activities like shaking hands or a one-minute dance party can change the class mood while keeping students engaged.
- 💬 Managing language is crucial; English should be the primary language used in class, with native language as a last resort for complex explanations.
- 🔮 Fun tools, like a magic stone, can encourage students to speak in English during activities.
- 🎯 The key to classroom management is finding methods and activities that suit the specific learning environment and context.
- 🧑🏫 Teachers must balance maintaining an English-speaking environment with ensuring students understand key concepts.
Q & A
What are some reasons why children misbehave in the classroom?
-Children may misbehave because they are playful, have short attention spans, or have been sitting for too long and need to move around.
What aspects of the classroom should teachers manage?
-Teachers should manage time, activities, transitions, student behavior, conflicts, atmosphere, students' feelings and emotions, and the use of native language.
What is 'wait time' and why is it important?
-'Wait time' is the period a teacher waits after asking a question before students respond, typically 3 to 5 seconds. It is important because young learners need time to process their answers in English.
How can teachers improve classroom climate during lessons?
-Teachers can use 'brain breaks,' short transition activities like dancing, playing games, or shaking hands, to help students relax and refresh their focus.
What is a 'brain break' and how does it benefit students?
-A 'brain break' is a transition activity that allows students to relax or change the class mood. It benefits students by energizing them for the next activity.
How can teachers manage the use of native language in the classroom?
-Teachers should aim to create an English-speaking environment, using native language only when necessary, such as to explain difficult expressions or instructions.
What is a classroom management tip related to speaking English in class?
-Teachers can use tools like a 'magic stone' to encourage students to speak English. For example, the teacher gives a student the stone and asks them to answer a question in English before passing the stone to another student.
Why is it important for teachers to manage the pace of the class?
-Managing the pace of the class helps maintain student focus, gives them adequate time to think, and ensures that the lesson flows smoothly.
When is it appropriate for teachers to use the native language in class?
-It is appropriate to use the native language when explaining complex idiomatic expressions or giving instructions for games that may be too difficult to understand in English.
How can teachers manage student behavior effectively?
-Teachers can manage student behavior with routines and rules, creating a structured environment that promotes focus and good conduct.
Outlines
🧑🏫 Classroom Management: The Teacher as a Manager
This section introduces the concept of classroom management, emphasizing the multiple roles teachers play in managing young learners. It highlights the energy and patience required, as children often misbehave due to short attention spans or restlessness. Teachers must balance various aspects, including behavior, transitions, and student emotions, to maintain focus on learning. The audience is asked to reflect on the different ways teachers manage their classrooms, such as managing time, activities, behavior, and the classroom environment. Key management skills include setting routines, handling class pace, and fostering a positive classroom atmosphere.
⏳ Managing the Pace of the Class with Wait Time
This part focuses on managing the pace of the class by using appropriate 'wait time,' which involves giving students three to five seconds to process and respond to questions. Teachers are encouraged to plan for this pause during lessons, allowing students, particularly young English learners, enough time to formulate answers without pressure. The text explains that while the wait may feel long for teachers, it's necessary for student comprehension and participation. The section concludes with an interactive example of asking students a question and counting the wait time silently.
🧠 Brain Breaks: Changing the Classroom Climate
Here, the script suggests using 'brain breaks' to shift the classroom mood, especially when students have been engaged in intensive tasks like writing or drawing. Brain breaks are quick transition activities that refresh students' minds, such as stretching exercises or short games. One example provided is shaking out hands to reset after writing, followed by engaging in a vocabulary game. Other activities like a one-minute dance party, freeze-and-sit routines, or singing songs are suggested. These breaks serve to energize students while maintaining the use of English in a fun and interactive way.
🌍 Creating an English-Speaking Environment
This section encourages teachers to foster an English-speaking environment in the classroom. Teachers are advised to use their native language only when absolutely necessary, such as when explaining difficult idiomatic expressions or complex instructions that would otherwise take too long in English. The goal is to maximize student exposure to English at their proficiency level. A creative tool for encouraging English use, like passing a 'magic stone' where students share their favorite food, is demonstrated. The section ends with a reminder that teachers should find classroom management strategies suited to their unique teaching contexts.
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Keywords
💡Classroom Management
💡Young Learners
💡Attention Span
💡Wait Time
💡Brain Break
💡English Speaking Environment
💡Native Language
💡Routine
💡Transition
💡Conflict Management
Highlights
Classroom management requires a lot of energy and patience when teaching young learners.
Children misbehave sometimes because of short attention spans or the need to move after sitting too long.
Teachers are managers of time, activities, transitions, student behavior, and classroom atmosphere.
Teachers should manage conflict among students and emotions, along with the use of native language.
Wait time is essential; giving students 3-5 seconds to process their answers helps them engage better.
Teachers should avoid answering questions too quickly; instead, allow students time to think.
Managing classroom climate through brain breaks helps reset students' energy and focus.
A brain break can be a quick activity such as a vocabulary game or a one-minute dance party.
Incorporating fun, movement-based activities can re-energize students after long periods of writing or drawing.
Teachers should create an English-speaking environment and use the native language only as a last resort.
Using tools like a 'magic stone' can encourage students to speak English in a fun way.
Teachers should avoid spending too much time explaining difficult language; instead, use native language quickly and return to English.
Simple transitions, such as putting pencils down and shaking hands, can improve classroom energy and engagement.
Young learners benefit from activities that combine movement with English practice.
Classroom management strategies should be tailored to the teacher's specific teaching environment.
Transcripts
[Music]
hi English teachers let's talk about
classroom management it takes a lot of
energy and patience to teach young
learners sometimes children misbehave
because they are playful and have short
attention spans sometimes they've been
sitting in a chair too long and just
need to move around as the teacher you
need to keep students attention and
focus them on learning before we begin
let's warm up our minds and think about
the concept of classroom management
let's look at it another way what are
the different ways teachers are managers
in the classroom think about all the
different ways you are a manager in your
classroom take out a piece of paper and
fill in this blank teachers are managers
of blank I'll give you 10 seconds time's
up
if you need more time just pause the
video here are some ways I think
teachers are managers teachers are
managers of time activities transitions
student behavior conflict with and among
students atmosphere in the classroom
student feelings and emotions students
use of native language and teachers use
of native language wow you are a manager
of so many different aspects of the
classroom did you realize this as a
skill teacher you should be able to
manage behavior with routines and rules
manage the pace of class manage the
classroom climate and manage the
language using class he
are a few tips to improve your ability
to manage these aspects manage the pace
of class wait time three to five seconds
as teachers you probably have a very
carefully planned lesson you know what
you will do and what questions you will
ask during each part of the lesson
however you probably don't plan the time
you have to wait for your students to
answer a question this is called wait
time young learners of English need
enough time to process their answers in
English after you ask a question
don't quickly give the answer and move
on wait at least three to five seconds
count it in your head
let's try class do you have any brothers
or sisters did that seem like a long
time it may feel like a long time but
your students will need time to give an
answer manage the classroom climate
brain breaks during the class you may
need to change the climate or mood of
the class maybe students have been
working hard on writing sentences or
have been sitting coloring or drawing
for a while the best way to change the
mood is to take a rain break what is a
brain break well it is a break for the
brain this means doing a transition
activity that helps students relax or
change the mood of the class for example
if your students were writing or drawing
for a while you can do this class put
your pencils down stand up shake your
hands up high to the side to the right
to the left now let's play a vocabulary
game
this will help shake out their hands
after writing a lot and get them
energized again to start a new activity
you can have a one-minute dance party
and play fun music for a minute then
have students freeze when the music
stops and sit down you could also play a
quick round of hangman or sing a song
students love in all these examples you
are still using and practicing English
while taking a little break from the
lesson manage the language used in class
English speaking environment when
teaching young learners you should
create an English speaking environment
in your classroom
therefore you should only use the native
language as a resource when necessary
maybe there is difficult language like
an idiomatic expression or instructions
for a game this language might be too
difficult to make comprehensible in
English don't waste your time in class
trying to get your students to
understand it in these cases use your
native language to explain difficult
expressions quickly use the time in
class for students to practice listening
to and using English language at their
level some teachers like to use fun
tools to keep students speaking in
English watch this teacher use a magic
stone to encourage students to speak in
English
[Music]
the only language Miss Piggy's English
so I'm going to give you the stone and
you are going to tell me what your
favorite food is okay
my favorite food is and then you pass
this tone to a different person okay my
favorite food is lasagna my favorite
food is rice with noodles
wonderful your favorite food is pasta
I hope these tips are useful for
classroom management try to find your
own classroom management activities that
work in your teaching environment after
all you are the manager of your own
classroom
[Music]
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