Second lesson (Sep 20th)

In today’s class we talked about classroom management, in particular about establishing rules when we start working with a new group of students. 
Our first task was brainstorming about classroom management so these are some of the things my classmates and I could come up with:
>> Large classes
>> Behaviour
>> Motivation throughout the lesson
>> Engaging students
>> Seating arrangement
>> Voice projection

One of the suggestions was not to establish the rules necessarily during the first lesson because that opportunity should be devoted to getting to know one another but definitely it should be done soon afterwards.

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I found this image online in which the teacher did not create Rules but rather Expectations. This is designed for middle-schoolers and I think it could be easily adapted to our context (EFL in Chile) because it is pretty straightforward. 
In that sense, I feel it is very student-friendly because the labels and the descriptors are very concise and concrete so students actually know what is expected from them.

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Similarly, another teacher suggests creating a chart like this with our students. I absolutely love this idea, especially for younger students whose thinking is more concrete. Besides, it provides a nice organisation that, in my opinion, is clearer (and prettier?) than a list of rules.