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How do you deal with ESL students who are noisy teenager, rude and wont listen?
Go to class one day with a large duffel / gym bag. Put anything in the bag – old newspapers, stuffed animals, you name it. At the top of the bag, put something that you might be interested your students – depending on their age and sex, it could be a newly released CD, or favorite sports magazine, or later in the hand held PS2. Sure the bag is zipped closed. When you enter the classroom put the bag in a very clear (but within easy reach yourself). Start your class the normal way, and somewhere in the first 5 minutes to tell them that you have a bag of candy that you want to use for today's class. But you first have to deal with some grammar / vocab / etc. Manipulate the class as you would normally. Maybe remind them that you must complete the work to go with the bag of tricks. Make sure that your face gets all excited when you mention the bag – they could start to wonder what is in the bag. Try to ignore the hecklers and focus on the most wise. If the class becomes very turbulent, just touching the bag, or just take a glance at her. Make sure your children see that. Now, if the class does not behave as you would have wanted them to behave at the end of the class (when time is up) with a sentence like: "Oh, I'm so sorry we have not had time to watch what is in bag. Act like they are not in class with you, open the bag, remove the top wedding goody (zip up again and do not let them see what the bottom of the bag) and begin leafing through the magazine / exit your Diskman and listen to the CD (making sure they see the cover) or do whatever you want with the goodie. Do not say anything to them after that. Just shrug your shoulders if they had any comments. Now, say they were good, you could use this article in your class just before Time's Up. For the next lesson they have with you, even bring your bag. This time, make sure you have some something they really want, and you have a plan on how to integrate into your classroom. Follow the same procedure as the first lesson. (If you used a CD the first time may be coming to class to listen to your Diskman, or read on the CD in the classroom until they begin to arrive for class.) Again, if they are not good – no bag. Keep this up for at least 4 / 5 lessons. Sometimes, during these 4 / 5 lessons, they say they do not have time to work with the bag, which means they have to do extra homework – The reason for this is that the contents of the bag would have helped to understand something better / practice a concept of grammar and practice, some vocab. But because they does not receive the bag, they must make additional duties to compensate for the lack of practice. Try it. I used it on some classes different school levels, with different age groups and in all cases, he worked by the 3rd lesson. To keep them on their toes after why do not you plan for some type of fun activity once every 4 / 5 lessons. Maybe help them learn the words of their favorite song. They bring their own CD of class and have a listening CD of the day – be sure to have them give each other CD's and why they like it / don 't like it (all in good English of course). Try not to involve the administrator or another teacher if possible. This will show them that you can not manage them and they feel totally in control, although some are punished by the director, they will become martyrs, and you'll be able to obtain least of them. Always try to address the problems without losing your cool. They squirm like to see teachers – it is a natural remedy for them! Good luck, and if you try it, let me know how it worked.
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