Effective Classroom ManagementIn Young Learners English Teaching

摘要

Young learners(children from the first year of formal schooling, five or six years old torneleven or twelve years of age) English teaching program is very popular in many places of China,rnespecially in urban areas. Although all the young learners English teachers may use differentrntextbooks, they face a same problem-----classroom management. It is one of the most importantrnfactors concerning young learners English teaching because children’s self-control ability is veryrnpoor and teaching children is quite different from teaching middle school students and adults. In arngreat sense, we can say the effective classroom management in young learners English teachingrnmeans successful teaching and learning. As any children’s teacher will know, it is not so much thernchildren’s age that counts in the classroom as how mature they are. There are many factors thatrninfluence children’s maturity: for example, their culture, their environment (city or rural), theirrnpsychology, their sex, the expectations of their peers and parents. Those are what the teacher shouldrnthink about in classroom management. Concerning the classroom management in young learnersrnEnglish teaching, this paper presents the following aspects: 1. Definition of classroom managementrnand its importance. 2. Qualities of a qualified classroom manager. 3.Organizing the classroom andrnplanning lessons. (1) Methods to create a warm, friendly, relaxed atmosphere in which youngrnlearners feel comfortable, competent and most importantly secure. (2) Rules to organize lessonsrneffectively. 4. Preventive approaches to classroom behavior problems. 5. Solutions to inappropriaternbehavior in classroom.rnIn the paper, the author also analyzes the factors outside the classroom which influence thernclassroom management: (1) Peer relations. (2) Teacher’s attention. (3) Parents’ care andrnencouragement.