MAGIC WANDS AND SPELLS

(FOR NOT-SO-IDEAL BEHAVIOUR)

BCN, CIC IDIOMES VA27TH JUNE 2014

RAQUEL GOMEZ, EFL TEACHER AND TRAINER

rgomez@iccic.edu rgomezcic.pbworks.com

CIC IDIOMES

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

• What is “disruptive behaviour”?

• Strategies to avoid it (or minimize it) in the classroom.

• Further possibilities.

• Questions, feedback & wrap-up.

ARE THERE ANY MAGIC WANDS OR SPELLS FOR KIDS WHO ARE NOT SO

INTO LEARNING?

1’ IN PAIRS OR THREES

SORRY BUT …

NO!!!

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY…?

·DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

3 ‘ IN PAIRS OR THREES

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

• DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR: Any action, overt or covert, that undermines the cohesion of the class.

PRODROMOU, L. & CLANDFIELD, L. (2007) Dealing with difficulties.

http://es.scribd.com/doc/117696886/Dealing-with-difficulties

NOT SO IDEAL CONTEXTS

· TEENAGERS AND HORMONES· EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES· MIXED ABILITIES (MULTIPLE

INTELLIGENCES) AND DIFFERENT MOTIVATION LEVELS

· you name it

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

It can be turned into a learning opportunity – CHALLENGES ARE GOOD

Language teaching is not just about teaching a language. HARMER, J. (2007): The Practice of English Language Teaching.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR CAUSES

BOREDOMLEARNING DIFFICULTIES

LACK OF MOTIVATIONLEVEL DIFFERENCESTIREDNESSFAMILY PROBLEMS

HOW TO APPROACH DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

DIRECT CONFRONTATION IS LESS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE – TEACHING

HOW TO APPROACH DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

DIFFERENT STRATEGIESAT DIFFERENT TIMES

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR GOLDEN RULES

ENGAGEMENTPOSITIVE REINFORCEMENT (BUT MEANING

IT)AVOID LOSING YOUR TEMPERDIFFERENT KIDS, DIFFERENT STRATEGIESCLEAR RULESEXTRA TASKS

FURTHER POSSIBILITIES YOU ARE NOT ALONE

· Talk to colleagues.· Talk to coordination.· Send the disruptive students to a

coordinator with a note of what they have done wrong and with some work to do.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SOME CONCLUSIONS

WARNING: Behaviour, either positive or negative , is contagious!!!

RAPRapport Attitude Presence

POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE BONDING: “JOLLY THEM ALONG”

TEACHING PEOPLE SO TREAT THEM AS SUCH

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SOME CONCLUSIONS

If neither plan A nor plan B work, there are 24 more letters in the English alphabet

WRAP- UPWHAT HAVE WE DONE?

• We are more familiar with the concept “disruptive behaviour”

• We have experienced strategies to minimize it in the classroom:

- elements of surprise - sense of humour- positive atmosphere - music- organic classroom - participation- passion about what we do - human factor and

MI

WRAP-UP

QUESTIONS FEEDBACK

rgomez@iccic.edu

rgomezcic.pbworks.com

TRY IT OUT AND LET ME KNOW!!!