Classroom Management in Junior High School Oral English Lesson
[Abstract] This paper focuses on the classroom management in junior high school oral lesson. An active and harmonious atmosphere with rational authority of the teachers and their good rapport with the students has a great influence on promoting students’ speaking ability. Efficient classroom management can be achieved when three conditions are met. First, in an oral lesson, both teachers and students need to play various roles on the basis of mutual cooperation and thus create a harmonious atmosphere for speaking. The teacher plays such important roles as organizer, controller, assessor, prompter, and participant. While the teacher plays his or her roles in a language classroom, the students are also responsible for their learning and playing a lot of roles. Second, the most common student groupings in oral lesson are lockstep, pair work and group work. Third, discipline means a code of conduct which binds a teacher and a group of students together so that learning can be more effective. This paper analyzes three common kinds of indisciplined acts in oral English lesson and some useful teaching solutions have been put forward as well. 初中英语口语教学的课堂管理 [摘 要] 愉快、和谐的课堂气氛，良好的师生关系和理性的教师权威，有助于学生英语的学习。行之有效的口语课堂管理受三大因素影响。首先，教师和学生扮演恰当的角色为英语口语练习创造一个和谐的环境。教师作为教学的组织者, 掌控者, 评估者, 提升者, 及参与者在课堂教学中的作用不可言喻。在教师进行言传身教的同时, 学生也履行他们的职责，在口语课上扮演着相应的角色。其次，根据活动要求, 在口语课堂上学生会进行各类小组活动, 最常见的是一对一练习和分组活动。最后，课堂纪律作为一种制约教师和学生的行为规范, 对保证课堂教学活动的顺利进行是必不可少的。笔者指出三类最常见的学生违纪行为，并根据这三大类违纪行为提出了一些相应的应对措施。良好的课堂气氛是初中口语教学顺利进行的先决条件。 1. Introduction 2. Factors affecting classroom management 2.1 Teacher roles 2.1.1 Organizer
[Key Word] classroom management; oral English lesson; junior high school
[关键词] 课堂管理；英语口语课；初中
Classroom management is one of the most significant factors that contribute to the efficiency of the teaching and learning activities, especially in junior high school oral English lesson. A dynamic and harmonious atmosphere with rational authority of the teachers and their good rapport with students has a great influence on improving students’ speaking ability. In oral English lesson, teachers organize what goes on in the classroom and try to create a relaxed atmosphere so that students have a good opportunity to speak English in class. Efficient classroom management can be achieved when teachers born in mind the following three conditions:
(1) The teacher and the student play appropriate roles.
(2) The students are grouped according to the speaking activities.
(3) Discipline and harmony in classroom speaking.
Nancy K. Hill, in her essay “Teaching as Mountaineering” establishes her idea that “the mountaineer accepts the guide’s leadership role, because the guide has a quiet authority about each of them. Both them recognize that the journey depends upon close cooperation and active participation by each member of the group”[1]. This is true of speaking in a foreign language. Both teachers and students need to play various roles on the basis of mutual cooperation and thus create an effective and harmonious classroom atmosphere for speaking.
Classroom management is the way teachers organize what goes on in the classroom. So many people consider the role of the teacher a significant component of efficient classroom management. However, some researchers regard the role of the teacher as part of the design of methodology or approach. As Richard and Rodgers in the book Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching point out “different approaches stipulate different roles for the teacher”[2]. Although different approaches stipulate different teacher roles, there are some common roles that teachers play in most of the approaches concerning classroom speaking. Based on the function that the teacher performs in different activities, Harmer defines “the teacher’s roles as organizer, controller, assessor, prompter, and participant” [3].
The most crucial and difficult role played by a language teacher is to be an organizer. The major respo
