As a teacher of EFL, your board is a memory tool for things you want your students to remember. It is also a helpful tool to keep you on track with the lesson. What should your board look like? In what way can you organize it? How can you get the best use of it? […]
Category: Classroom Management
Two Solutions to Challenges Teachers Face in Large Classes
Large classes are a reality in many countries and they bring many challenges to teachers. In this article, I discuss two important solutions to these challenges but let’s start with setting the challenges first. The main challenges of teaching a large class? It’s difficult to keep good discipline or manage the class. You have mixed-abilities […]
Six Back-to-School Ideas for the First EFL Class.
Back to school. Finally! In Egypt. The first day of school is a special day for students and teachers. It is a day full of emotions. Teachers get anxious about how to start their first lesson and students feel nervous about how their teachers are like. I agree that first impression counts, so it’s necessary […]
Six General Tips to Manage a Class
What does “Classroom Management” actually mean? Classroom management is the most important factor affecting student learning. It is the effective discipline in the classroom that provides a safe, comfortable learning environment, motivates your students, build their self-esteem and encourage them to be imaginative and creative in daily lessons. It is having control of the class […]
Eight Tips to Manage the Classroom and Keep your Students’ Attention
Classroom management is mainly based on attracting and keeping your students’ attention. If you succeed to do that, you will be able to achieve your learning objectives easily. Here are some tips to attract your students’ attention Use a signal for zero noise (e.g. if I raise my hand, you all should keep silent.) Come […]
Four Tips to Enforce Students to Follow Rules in Class
Do you allow students to chew gum or use mobiles in class? Why?! Simply because we have rules in our schools. As we have rules, we have to follow them. The first one who must follow these rules is YOU. If you don’t, you will lose respect for yourself and for your rules. The point […]
The First Five Things to do to Manage a Classroom
For teachers who return to teaching in the schools, I know that the most difficult thing to do is to master classroom management. But, you know, classroom management is not to be strict but it is simply to be organized. If you want to have a classroom run smoothly, you should set up a structured […]
12 Tips to Control a Large Class.
It’s difficult to control a large class which includes different abilities and speeds of learning. It’s not easy to give each student the attention he needs. In addition, students may not have the textbooks to write on, so they have the chance to make noise. The following 12 tips will help you to overcome the […]
Five ways to pair or group your students
1. Decide who you want to work together and tell individual students their partners. 2. Gesture with your hands to students who sit beside or near each other to work together. 3. Divide students according to their birthdays, height or any other criteria. 4. Give each student a card with a word or letter or […]
Eight advantages for students to work in pairs or groups in the classroom
Students benefit from working in pairs in the classroom by: 1. having the opportunity to speak to each other in English. This maximizes their talking time and minimizes the teacher’s talking. 2. interacting socially using the language so that the stronger student can help the weaker. 3. brainstorming more ideas and practicing more language. 4. […]