2. MAGIC WANDS AND SPELLS (FOR NOT-SO-IDEAL BEHAVIOUR) BCN, CIC IDIOMES VA 27TH JUNE 2014 RAQUEL GOMEZ, EFL TEACHER AND TRAINER rgomez@iccic.edu rgomez@iccic.edu rgomezcic.pbworks.com CIC IDIOMES

3. 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.

4. ARE THERE ANY MAGIC WANDS OR SPELLS FOR KIDS WHO ARE NOT SO INTO LEARNING? 1’ IN PAIRS OR THREES

5. SORRY BUT … NO!!!

6. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY…? ·DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR 3 ‘ IN PAIRS OR THREES

7. 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

8. NOT SO IDEAL CONTEXTS · TEENAGERS AND HORMONES · EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · MIXED ABILITIES (MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES) AND DIFFERENT MOTIVATION LEVELS · you name it

9. 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.

10. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR CAUSES BOREDOM LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LACK OF MOTIVATION LEVEL DIFFERENCES TIREDNESS FAMILY PROBLEMS

11. HOW TO APPROACH DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR DIRECT CONFRONTATION IS LESS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE – TEACHING

12. HOW TO APPROACH DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES

13. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR GOLDEN RULES ENGAGEMENT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT (BUT MEANING IT) AVOID LOSING YOUR TEMPER DIFFERENT KIDS, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES CLEAR RULES EXTRA TASKS

14. 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.

15. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SOME CONCLUSIONS WARNING: Behaviour, either positive or negative, is contagious!!! RAP Rapport Attitude Presence POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE BONDING: “JOLLY THEM ALONG” TEACHING PEOPLE SO TREAT THEM AS SUCH

16. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR SOME CONCLUSIONS If neither plan A nor plan B work, there are 24 more letters in the English alphabet

17. WRAP- UP WHAT 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

18. WRAP-UP

19. QUESTIONS FEEDBACK rgomez@iccic.edu rgomezcic.pbworks.com TRY IT OUT AND LET ME KNOW!!!