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Classroom Management

[Classroom Management in English Teaching Classroom

One of the simplest principles of classroom management centers on the physical environment for learning, the classroom itself. (Brown, 1994,66). We can consider the following:

1. Sight, sound, and comfort: If a teacher has any power to control the following, then it will be wroth his time to do so:

- The classroom is neat, clean, and orderly in appearance.

-Blackboards are erased and organized.

-Chairs are appropriately arranged

-The classroom is as free from external noises as possible.

-Heating and cooling systems (if found) are operating.

2. Seating arrangements:

Students are members of a team and should be able to see one another, to talk to one other. Teachers are advised to consider patterns of semi-circle, U-shape or circles.

3. Blackboard use:

The blackboard is one of the teachers’ greatest allies. It gives students added visual inputs along with auditory. It allows teachers to illustrate with words and pictures and graphs and charts. Teachers are advised to try to be neat and orderly in their blackboard use, erasing as often as appropriate, a messy, confusing blackboard drives students crazy (A.Latif, 1999,17).

4. Equipment:

If a teacher is using electrical equipment, he ought to make sure that: