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Classroom Dynamics (Resource Books for Teachers) ISBN: 0194371476 ISBN13: 9780194371476 Classroom Dynamics (Resource Books for Teachers) By: Jill Hadfield : Volume editor Alan Maley Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Our Price: 17.50

  Table of contents:

This book is intended for teachers of English as a foreign language.


Contents:

Note: A full contents list at the front of the book provides a complete list of the activities, the suggested level at which each activity can be used, and the approximate time required for each activity

The summary below aims to give a general idea of the book's organization


- The author and series editor
- Foreword
- Introduction
- How to use this book
- SECTION A: FORMING THE GROUP
- 1

Breaking the ice
- Warm-up activities for the first week of term (7 activities)
- 2

Thinking about language
- Individual learning styles and group strategies (3 activities)
- 3

Thinking about groups
- Group strengths, individual contributions (3 activities)
- SECTION B: MAINTAINING THE GROUP
- 4

Bridging gaps
- Opinion- and value-bridging activities (7 activities)
- 5

Maintaining fluidity
- Reseating and melee games (6 activities)
- 6

Getting to know each other
- Humanistic exercises and personalized grammar (6 activities)
- 7

I did it your way
- Empathy activities (5 activities)
- 8 A sense of belonging
- Whole group identity activities (6 activities)
- 9

Establishing trust
- Trust- and confidence-building activities (5 activities)
- 10

Staying positive
- Encouraging positive feelings (7 activities)
- 11

Group achievements;
- Product-orientated activities (5 activities)
- 12

Bringing it together
- Pyramid discussions, feedback techniques, and summaries (7 activities)
- 13

That patriotic class feeling
- Inter-class activities and competitions (5 activities)
- 14

Ensuring participation (5 activities)
- 15

Learning to listen (5 activities)
- 16

A sense of direction
- Setting, assessing, and resetting goals (6 activities)
- 17

Coexistence and compromise
- Individual wants and frustrations
- group solutions (5 activities)
- 18

Coping with crisis: some group problems
- SECTION C: ENDING THE GROUP EXPERIENCE
- 19

Ending with positive feelings (4 activities)
- 20

Evaluating the group experience (5 activities)
- 21

Finale
- Language focus index
- Further reading


Brief Description:

Explores the problems teachers have managing groups, and suggests various strategies which can be used to lead groups effectively. This work examines the characteristics of a successful group. It provides activities suitable for classes of various levels of general or specialized English courses.

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