It's a combination of conditioning the kids and psychological manipulation. Discipline is not a matter of shouting and punishment, but of getting kids to do what you want without them even realising they're doing it.

Quote from: alimac on April 27, 2011, 05:50:25 pm

For my afternoon classes (that I teach by myself) I write GAMES on one of the boards and then start erasing letters for infractions (talking, not paying attention etc.); if I end up erasing the entire word then the students don't get to play a game in the last 5 minutes of class. I've been doing it for a couple of weeks now and *knock on wood* it has worked pretty well and I haven't actually had to take a game away yet.

That's not a bad idea, thanks =] But what about high school kids? Are they "too cool" for games and prizes and whatnot?

I kind of think the best way to make kids not continue being disruptive is to embarrass them. Anyone ever try making them sit and stare at the corner of the room and make them come up and sing in English?

I don't know if you guys are with GEPIK, but I recently came back from a GEPIK middle/high school orientation, the coordinators stated that there are some new governement guidelines in place that says teachers are not to embarrass the students in any way including making them stand at the front or the back of the class.