The Classroom
(Chapter 1)



Classroom Management
is the way that the teacher manage students' learning by organizing and controlling what happens in the classroom

The Classroom

Setting Up The Room
for Specific Activities
it uses for creating layouts of seating and desks that facilitate and encourage communication in some common activities

Different Classroom Layout
it aims to experiment with different arrangements of seats or table

Small Classes
(up to about 20 learners)

All Sizes of Class

Semi- Circle or U 1

Tipped U 1

One Large Table 1

Zones 1

Full Circle 1

Rectangular 1

Curved Rows 1

Arowhead 1

Diagonal 1

Reverse 1

No Tables 1

Facing 1

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Houses of Parliament 1

Railway Carriages 1

Aerolan 1

Swimming Pool 1

Separate Corners 1

Boardroom 1

Outline Plan 1

Mingling 1

Avoiding Chaos when Rearranging The Room
The goal is to change classroom seating arrangements with the minimum of distruption

Effective Seating Arrangements
the aim is to seat students in ways that are more useful or effective than sequential or random placements.

Varying Teacher Positions
the purpose is to experiment with various teacher positions in the class

Using a Limited Space
To create space for moving around, making groups, and different classroom management

Sharing Classroom
is to create good classroom environment even though you have to move from room to room.

Improving The Classroom Environment the goal is to make the teaching- learning space a more exciting environment to be in.

Design and Purchasing Decisions
to get involved in key purchasing or designing decisions about classroom. and to help make bold, workable, creative decisions

  1. Using the learners' idea
  1. Rearragement options

it can be done by all the learners or get volunteer or select just a small number that actual moving or plan the move like military campaign or just you yourself.

the first is explain to the student that you would like to use the different seating, ask their opinion whether you should rearrange or not. if so, how the best to do it

have a brief disscussion

Do arrangement

Organising learner in the whole claswork: mixed nationalities/ language group, language support, differentiated learning, friendship, learner- plan seating

Organising random seating

Getting student quickly into the right place

Different teacher position:

  • seat or stand in front of the class.
  • may also put one desk in the back of the room for your base
  • give instruction at the side or back of the room
  • try clearing space mid room when giving intruction
  • never sitting down in front of the class

you may seat and stand depend on what you want but sitting have definite uses:

  • give yourself rest
  • signal change tone or pace
  • signal that you trust them to work without supervision

The techniques are:

  • Minimum Movement Variations
  • Use the front of class
  • Make the most of other avaliable space
  • Moving the desk
  • The drastic option: getting rid of the desk

the first, plan for efficient reorganisation of the room.

  • make sure the moving is done a soon as possible

Teacher agreement for shared the room.

Dealing with physical and evironmental factors

  • lights
  • acoustic
  • noise
  • ventilation
  • temperature

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putting yourself in the student's shoes:

  • think about physical aspects
  • think about physical attributes

improving the room

  • decorations
  • learner's work
  • zones

getting involved

  • traditional desk or flaps?
  • foldable or stackable?
  • rectangular tables or shaped?
  • regular furniture or mixed styles?
  • whiteboard on the end or the side wall
  • bright colours or muted shade?
  • wall spaced or noticeboards?
  • shelves or cupboard?