| Classroom management - Unit 3 |
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How can I organise children's seating in class?
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Introduction
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在课堂上固定座位也许对孩子们的学习有帮助，但是，在有些活动中适当变换座位形式也可以为他们提供很好的学习机会。只要教师的说明清楚明了，孩子们就能养成定期变换座位的良好习惯。
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Introduction
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Should children
sit in the same place for each lesson, or should they sometimes move? What
if I cannot move my furniture? How can I train children to move quickly
and quietly? |
| 1. How can a seating plan help children? |
· A seating plan can help children to learn. You
may want to organise children who work together well to sit next to each
other in class.
· A seating plan can help you control behaviour. If some
children sometimes misbehave, it may be an idea to seat them in places where
you can see them easily.
· A seating plan can help children with special
needs. Children with poor eyesight may need to sit near the front of the
class. |
| 2. What other seating arrangements can I use?
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· If you can move classroom
furniture, you may sometimes want to change the normal seating plan, as
different arrangements may work best for different activities.
· You can
have children sitting in rows for whole-class activities such as singing
songs or copying vocabulary from the blackboard.
· For group work or pairwork,
you may want children to move desks into groups. This can give good opportunities
for communication.
· For activities involving movement, you may sometimes
want children to move into the school courtyard, where there is more space.
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| 3. What can I do if it is impossible to move
classroom furniture? |
· For pairwork, children can
simply work with the child next to them, or the child in front or behind
them.
· For groupwork, it is usually possible for children to turn in their
seats and work with children sitting behind them.
· If it is important in
pairwork that children do not see each other's work, each pair can put a
coursebook or school bag between their work. |
| 4. How can I train children to work in different
seating arrangements? |
Moving places and furniture
takes time at first, but most classes soon learn to do this quickly without
too much noise.
· You will need to stage your instructions clearly.
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may also need to move one part of the class at a time.
· Children should
lift, not push or pull furniture. This reduces noise.
· If a class goes into
the school courtyard, they must be silent before the activity and as quiet
as possible during the activity. This is so that they do not disturb other
classes.
· Allow enough time for children to move furniture back before
the end of the lesson. |
| 一、Summary |
| We have looked at the advantages
of having a seating plan for a class, and at the advantages of moving children
for some activities. We have also looked at ways of working when you cannot
move furniture, and at ways of organising the class to move when you can.
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| 二、Glossary |
· organise(v) 组织
· furniture (n)
家具，桌椅
· seating plan (n) 固定座位安排
· control (v) 控制
· behaviour (n) 行为
· misbehave (v) 举止不当
· arrangement (n) 布置
· row (n) 一排，一列
· courtyard (n) 庭院
· stage (v) 实行，进行
· disturb (v) 打扰 |
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