ESL GROUP CLASS

BEST PRACTICES AND DEFAULT PRACTICES IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Default Practice VS. Best Practice

A Default Management Practice may be the Best Management Practice BUT not all Best Management Practices are Default Management Practices.

MANAGEMENT AREAS

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

CURRICULAR INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT

CONTENT DETAIL PROFILE

Grammar: Ditransitive Boring. Can’t simplify Learning Style

complex ideas. Does not Personal Issues

explain well.

CONTENT T.S.A. PROFILING

COMPETENCY COMPETENCY COMPETENCY

LEARNING STYLES• Detailed Analytical• Sequential Global • Technical• Confluent

LEVEL/ SKILL DIFFERENTIATIONReal Beginner ListeningFalse Beginner Reading

SpeakingWriting

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MOTIVATIONIntrinsic Motivation Extrinsic Motivation

GrammarPronunciation

PROFILING TECHNIQUES

SEATING POSITION

INTERVENTION

Slow

With Impairments

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EQUAL OPPPORTUNIY

Logical Sequence: Best FIRST, Poor LAST.

LIMITATION:

Interest

Inclination

Exposure

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MANAGING CORRECTIONS

INTERRUPTIVE?

NON-INTERRUPTIVE?

nature of activity

profile preference

teacher’s Niche

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TOLERANCE ON COMPETENCY LAPSES

Teacher must have a sense of Benchmark of Levels

IMPACTS Comprehensibility

Level Appropriate Errors: Self-Check

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SELF-CHECKING APPROACH

Established ‘Handshake’ between Assigned Level and Level of Actual Competency = Provisional Mastery

Prompted? Unprompted? Self-Check

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CLOSURE OF TOPICS

Not Prepared

Beyond Preparation

Buy Time. Ask an Authority

Fish for Hints

Check or Objectives

Throw Back

The HONEST Me

Me and my Creative Juices

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MAXIMUM LANGUAGE EXPOSURE

CONTROLLED n’ MANAGED OPEN EXPOSURE

Classroom based

Curriculum based

Focused

Formal structure heavy

Compromised Authentic Practice

Immersion based: Complete involvement with the language

Shifting structure

Exposure to variations: Authentic Practice

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LANGUAGE TRANSFER ISSUES

Finished, Chi-Cher, Changed, Nice-uh, Lily?, Kelvin Teacher

FOSSILED ISSUES: Sounding and Structuring

CORRECTION: Straight Forward Approach

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INTEREST PERFORMANCE

HUMOR

WIT

SPARKLE

FUN

EXCITEMENT

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NICHE FACTOR

ONES’ UNIQUENESS

ONES’ MAKE

ONES’ STYLE

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