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Classroom Management Unit tells about important tips for effective lesson conducting. For example, moderate eye contact can maintain disciple during a lesson or make many signals to students such as who is going to answer and many others. Using gestures we can arouse interests of students. Voice volume and intonation can also change atmosphere in a classroom.
Then, it's very important to know students' names and use them when necessary. The Unit gives advantages and disadvantages of working in groups, alone, in pairs, the whole class. Also, classroom arrangements, traching position play a big role for a good rapport.
The teacher talking time sould vary according to the stage of a lesson and when a teacher explains anything he or she needs to use a simple language, visual patterns, be consistent. Teacher needs to maintain a healthy atmosphere in a classrom by making ice breaking activities, being positive, choose interesting activites and ideas. Teacher has to know how to solve behaviour problems and try to prevent them.
