Quy Thuan
English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics MA
Classroom Management
A teacher plays different roles at different stages of a lesson. Specifically, the teacher is a … (Spratt, Pulverness and Williams 2001)
• Planner who prepares, designs and adapts materials
• Manager who organises learning space and sets up rules to ensure that everything in classroom runs smoothly
• Monitor who moves around the classroom, checks students’ learning as well as gives students assistance as necessary
• Facilitator who assists students in accessing resources and develops learner autonomy
• Language resource who provides learners with advice about language
• Diagnostician who works out the reasons of students’ trouble
• Assessor who evaluates learners’ language level through informal and formal assessment
• Rapport builder who tries to build good relationship with and among students