1. EFFECTIVE CLASS MANAGEMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH
MARY UNDERWOOD

2. UNIT 1: KNOW YOURSELF GOAL: What sort of person is a good teacher?
FOCUS ON: Language ability, personal talents, knowledge and teaching skills.
LANGUAGE ABILITY
TALENTS
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
TEACHING SKILLS
ATTITUDE TO DISCIPLINE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT

3. UNIT 2: KNOW YOUR SCHOOL
GOAL: learning to solve problems, not only to avoid them.
FOCUS ON: the ‘philosophy’ of the school; the attitudes and interests of the other teachers; who is responsible for what; your own responsibilities and rights; the normal pattern of behaviour of staff.
THE ‘PHILOSOPHY’ OF THE SCHOOL
OTHER TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES
THE EXTENT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
THE GENERAL PATTERN OF STAFF BEHAVIOUR

4. UNIT 3: KNOW YOUR STUDENTS
GOAL: learn about the importance of teaching approach;
FOCUS ON: the importance of knowing your students in order to help them to learn more happily and effectively.
THEIR NAMES
THEIR BACKGROUNDS
THEIR INTERESTS
THEIR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING ENGLISH
THEIR ATTITUDES TO ENGLISH
KEEPING RECORDS

5. UNIT4: AN ENCOURAGING CLASS ATMOSPHERE
GOAL: learn about some practical ways of maintaining motivation.
FOCUS ON: the ways in which the general atmosphere in the class can assist learning and how the behaviour of both students and teacher can contribute to the atmosphere.
Giving a sense of purpose to the class
Ensuring that English is spoken
Balancing fluency and accuracy
Using appropriate language
Giving encouragement
Involving all the students
The place of examination and tests
Extra-curricular activities

6. Unit 5: THE CLASSROOM ITSELF
GOAL: learn about the advantages of the communicative language possibilities related to the physical conditions of the classroom.
FOCUS ON:
The lightness/brightness
The temperature and the fresh air
The acoustics
The lines of vision
The layout of the desks/tables
The possibility of moving desks/tables
The other furniture
The facilities for displaying pictures/charts
Exploiting opportunities for communicative language uses.