remembering password or a comment on a ‘My thoughts’ slip. – Tidying up the classroom to a song e.g. – The ‘bye bye’ song – good for very young learners (Super Simple Songs) – If you’re giving homework make sure children understand how to do it e.g. – Leave time for completion of communication books (which we use for recording homework, writing down what we did in class, student self-assessment and communication with/from parents) – Assign roles: ask a child to take the register, another to return homework etc. Hands up shakety shake (see Carol Read’s website) – the ‘Hello’ song (good for very young learners) from Super Simple Songs – Hello, hello, can you clap your hands etc – Start by moving all tables back and playing a physically active, preferably thematic, language game e.g. – Students log-in to ClassDojo as they enter and ask a question to another student as they pass the board pen. students line up and teacher gives each a password which they need to remember to go to break and to leave when it’s time to go home. She actually shared far more than 5 tips, which made things all the more rewarding!ĭo you have a set way of opening and closing classes? Here are the questions that Yvonne chose, and a summary of answers from her colleagues. She’d chosen a lovely collaborative task to get teachers at her centre involved in the group: Our final short presentation was from Yvonne Leonard, and experienced teacher who works at one of our smaller centres here in Bangkok. There was a 10 minute screencast from one teacher on classroom routines, some great tips from another on using gestures and expressions, and some lovely presentations on signposting and ensuring that learners have a ‘sense of progress’. We had a great meeting the other day on classroom management. Other teachers complete the tasks (or just do their own task if they want), then we meet up and discuss our findings. Me and my mentor Sarah put our heads together and devise a series of action research tasks on the topic. Every 5 weeks we choose a topic to discuss. Ours is basically like a reflective practice group set up for teachers, by teachers. We set up a ‘Quality Circle’ here at the British Council Bangkok last term. Home › General › Tips for managing young learners
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