Discipline in the Classroom
It can be a joy to teach young learners who behave well and make an effort to learn what you teach. It can be frustrating when you are faced with a rowdy crowd of misbehaving children.
You need to have a relaxed and fun atmosphere in your TEFL class without it descending into confusion and chaos. This is something that will only come from your own experience as a TEFL teacher.
From the outset of your TEFL class you need to have set rules – things that students can and can’t do – you need to be firm about this from when you begin teaching them.
When teaching any subject, by far the most effective way of doing this is to create the need before filling it.
You can tell your students what to say, but it is far better to let them find out themselves.
One major rule in your class should be that your young learners can only speak English – not their own language. It’s up to you, and the school you work for, how far you want to enforce that.
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