I bear in mind well an early EFL class, teaching English to young learners:
As I remonstrated with little Pedro – his real name incidentally. (He’s either a politician or master criminal now) to please not drop my bag which he was gleefully dangling out of the 3rd floor window, I did find myself pondering, how did it get to this? In other words what could I have performed to prevent this sorry state of affairs?
When it comes to classroom discipline, I’ve learned some lessons over the years and have established 5 golden rules for myself which I’m happy to share:
Rule 1.
Know your class. If they are boisterous from the off, you require to be there before them, early with a heads-down task ready on their desk to focus them as soon as they enter. It can be light; a basic word puzzle or even let them unscramble some words on the board to discover out the theme for the lesson. Whatever it is, it requirements to be quiet and individual.

February 4th, 2012
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