Teaching Young Learners
Classroom Management Workshop
Teens 13-17
SESSION AIMS:
To explore the issues involved in classroom management in teenage EFL classrooms
To consider strategies, resources and procedures relevant to successful classroom
management
Training Session Plan
Warmer Distribute 1 cut up word to
each course participant (CP). Ask CPs
to decide on the order of the words
then to line up to form the sentence!
Display OHT 1. Question What does
Classroom Management mean to you?
Distribute prompt sheets to CPs and
ask them to graffiti their prompt sheet
with responses in note form / picture
form /poem form etc.
Ask CPs to consider what makes
classes of teenagers problematic and in
what ways they are problematic for EFL
teachers.
Display OHT 4 - RAID (Recognise,
Analyse, Investigate, Do)
It is so often difficult to see what is
causing problems when you are in the
middle of them and experiencing them
as an active participant, there is a
need to step back.
One structured approach can be
through a Personal Skills Inventory.
Display OHT 5.
Summarise the session
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Notes
Participants spell out the sentence: A British
Council survey revealed that motivation,
discipline and classroom management are YL
teachers greatest concerns
Invite CPs to share responses in groups.
After 3 minutes invite a CP to collate ideas
on a flipchart. Some ideas are provided
below.
During feedback invite another CP to
collate a Training Needs column arising
from the points discussed.
Invite another CP to collate a Teaching Ideas
column.
Put the key sentences from the RAID matrix
on the board and brainstorm ideas on how
you might do each thing. Some ideas are
provided below.
Distribute the inventory, or key statements
from it, and discuss its value as a tool for
personal reflection / peer observation.
Ask CPs to complete evaluation forms
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Materials

Flip charts
Pens
OHTs
OHT
pens
Sentence word cards

Warmer - word cards

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A
BRITISH
COUNCIL
SURVEY
REVEALED
THAT
MOTIVATION
DISCIPLINE
AND
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
ARE
YL
TEACHERS
GREATEST
CONCERNS

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OHT 1

What does

CLASSROOM

MANAGEMENT

mean to you ?

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Flipchart
Tutors Suggestions

Problematic Teenagers

Classes of teenagers can be Training Needs Teaching Ideas
problematic for EFL teachers
because:

Teenagers are often
less motivated to learn
than adults.
The goals of learning
may seem distant to
students.
Teenagers may not
have the social skills to
interact co-operatively.
There is a lack of
materials that suit
teenage interests and
needs.
Teenagers feel they
have an overload of
authority in their lives
and so resent the
classroom
Classes often have a
wide range of ability.
Teenagers often feel
the pressures of their
mainstream schooling
/exams.
Teenagers are often
overwhelmed by and
uncomfortable with the
physical and emotional
upheavals of
adolescence.

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OHT 4 - RAID

When teachers feel there is a problem brewing it is VITAL to act fast and

1. RECOGNISE WHAT is happening

Tape class for further observation and reflection.

Ask a colleague to sit in and observe the class.
Plan a holding lesson to create space to observe what is going
on in the class.

2. ANALYSE WHY it is happening

Investigate issues relating to teacher / student

Is the problem in the teachers own classroom planning or
conduct?
Is the problem general to the class or specific to one student or a
small group of students?

3. INVESTIGATE the specifics of the problem

If it is the teachers own classroom planning or conduct, seek

peer support to explore alternative strategies / techniques /
materials.
If there is a problem with a student or small group of students
take steps to find out WHY.

4. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Instigate a change

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OHT 5
Personal Skills Inventory

1. Does my classroom manner convey positive expectations?

2. Are my educational objectives for this lesson well defined and appropriate to
the needs of this class?

3. Is the atmosphere in this class warm and supportive with a sense of

purpose?

4. Do the classroom layout and seating arrangements facilitate the lesson

activities?

5. Is the pace and flow of the lesson appropriate to the needs of the class as a
whole?

6. Do I effectively address the needs of slower students?

7. Do I effectively address the needs of the most able students?

8. Do I use effective strategies to encourage all students to participate?

9. Does the content of the lesson, through the structured learning activities
appear to motivate and interest the students?

10. Do I encourage appropriate feedback from students?

11. Do I give appropriate feedback to students?

12. Do I use effective strategies to direct classroom activity?

13. Is my authority established and respected by students in the class?

14. Do I pre-empt potential learning difficulties effectively?

15. Am I clear and consistent about rules and expectations relating to

behaviour?

16. Do I pre-empt potential discipline issues effectively?

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Notes

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