unit 7

interactive principles - interaction is the collaborative exchange of thoughts, feelings, or ideas between two or more people.
Interactive teachers - one who is fully aware of the group dynamics of the classroom.
Teacher as director - teacher acts like a conductor of orchestra or director of drama. as students engage in rehearsed or spontaneous language teacher leads process so its smooth.
Teacher as controller - in charge of every moment of a lesson while still inspiring spontaneity.
Teacher as manager - one who plans lesson and structures longer segments of class time, but allows each individual to be creative.
Teacher as facilitator - teacher steps away from manager and director role and allows students, with guidance, to find own path to success.
teacher as resource - teacher available for advice and counsel but initiative comes from student.
advantages of group work - generates interactive language , offers an embracing affective climate, promotes learner responsibility and autonomy, step toward individualizing instruction
Group work techniques - games, role-play simulation, drama, projects, interview, brainstorming, information gap, jigsaw, problem solving and decision making, opinion exchange.
Planning and initiating group work tasks:
introduce the technique, justify the use of small groups for the technique, give explicit detailed instructions, divide the class into groups, check for clarification, set the task in motion.
Guidelines for classroom management - establish clear teacher and student roles, articulate unambiguous goals and objectives, be flexible, allow students some choice in activities and exercises, take a personal interest in students, be fair to all students. exhibit enthusiasm and a positive attitude yourself, challenge students of both higher and lower levels of ability.
Physical environment of classroom:
Sight, sound and comfort - maintain a classroom that is neat, tidy and orderly, erase board before each class, arrange chairs (semi circle, full circle) use bulletin boards to add visual stimuli to interest students, try for optimal acoustics, ensure efficient operation of heating/cooling systems.
Your voice and body language - let body posture exude confidence, face should reflect optimism, brightness and warmth. use facial and hand gestures to enhance meanings, make frequent eye contact with students, do not "bury" yourself in paper work or lesson plans, move around, dress culturally appropriate to where you are teaching.
Creating a positive classroom climate - establish rapport with students, show interest in each student as a person, give feedback on each persons progress, laugh with them, work with them
Balance praise and criticism - too much praise becomes ineffective and too much criticism demotivates.
generate energy, interaction and collaboration to engage students.

reference:
Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language

pedagogy. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.(Brown, D. & Lee, H. (2015)