|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Message board > classroom environment
classroom environment
|
ivush
|
classroom environment
|
|
Dear colleagues, what do you think is the best seating (tables and chairs) for adult classes? The U shape or 4 desks together? Or anything else? |
12 Sep 2016
|
|
|
|
alien boy
|
|
Before I decide on seating arrangements I always think about a few things: - how many students do I have? - what is it I �m teaching? (e.g. is it communication focused or technical/trade language focused?) - what is their current level of target language? - how will I be teaching? (e.g. do I use any props regularly? a board? computers?) - do I, or the students, need space to move around in class? - what is the space that I have? (e.g. can desks & chairs be moved easily if the space needs to be flexible in a lesson?) Cheers, AB |
12 Sep 2016
|
|
|
martinasvabova
|
|
U shape IMO. It might help them to feel "safer". |
13 Sep 2016
|
|
|
yanogator
|
|
AB has some good points. In my "Certified Technical Trainer" course, we studied room set-up. The arrangement of the students depends very much on the nature of the class. Bruce |
13 Sep 2016
|
|
|
FrauSue
|
|
I use a "U" shape for a small group of adults (around 12). I like it because it feels very inclusive, but for small group work (in threes or fours) you can move people to the inside of the U so that they are facing their peers. Does that make sense? With a large group, though, I think a really big U can feel too empty in the middle. You can use a U with a smaller block table in the middle - I �ve done this with groups of teenagers before. This is nice as the middle people can turn round to work with the people in the outside U for a change now and again. |
13 Sep 2016
|
|
|
