A good definition is «the teacher’s management of the classroom, the people in it, and the course content » Many teachers say that «classroom management is everything in teaching » Much of what follows can also be used if you are doing a PGCE or similar teacher training course, for schoolteaching. 4- Don't talk over the students As EFL teachers we need to encourage STT (student talking time), so when they speak we stop. Here’s an example: 12/04/22 19/04/22 26/04/22 3/5/22 10/05/22 Julie ✓ ✓ Late 10 min ✓ ✓ Stéphanie No h/w Late 10 no h/w still Note ok ✓ ✓ Jean-Claude ✓ X X Note needed Contact parents OK note given Alexandre ✓ X Note OK ✓ ✓ Pierre ✓ No books No books Contact parents Chat to Director of studies * You can see that Pierre didn’t bring his books.