[clevermae]

Well maybe applying a reward system will get them more interested. Students (especially the spoiled ones) can be competitive with each other, so a little healthy competition among them might be a good thing.

[alawton]

Hello,

Are there any consequences if the students break on of your rules? They will keep breaking them if they know that the rules are not enforced. I don't know what you can and can't do at your school in terms of discipline. I taught ESL in public school to that age group for years. If I had trouble with a student I would keep them after class, have them come in for recess or take away a privilege.

Keeping them active with learning activities is a good strategy. Have them working on games where they are competing with each other to get the correct answers. They obviously want to impress their classmates.

From experience I know that not much learning will occur if the students are disruptive. Concentrate on getting the kids in control and make it a priority. In the long run they will learn a lot more this way. Good luck

[jphilip_woods]

In my class (in HongKong), i have a class list with student names and pictures I can use to report disruptive students.

Perhaps you can use this (or get one) to communicate with the school and / or parents about the situation.

I have a disruptive class and I find that by making the lesson simpler to the point where the academically lower end of hte class can participate. Crosswords (vocab) and gap-fill sentences (simple gramm) have worked. To do this, I had to step a little outside the lesson plan I was supposed to use, but my boss has been understanding of the problem.

Hope this may help.

Rgds,
Philip Woods HongKong