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Where do they sit? Grouping students in the language classroom

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Part 1
Different groups
by Jeremy Harmer
from The Practice of English Language Teaching 3rd Edition
Pearson Education 2001.

Part 2
Classroom organisation
by Malcolm Hebden and Jo Mason
from English Teaching Professional Issue 28.

Part 3
Advantages and excuses
by Renata Simunkova
from English Teaching Professional 2004.

Part 4
Implementing groupwork
by H Douglas Brown
from Teaching by Principles 2nd Edition
Pearson Education 2001.

Part 5
Writing in groups and pairs
by Jeremy Harmer
from How to Teach Writing
Pearson Education 2004.

Part 6
Pairwork - for and against
by Simon Haines.
Modern English Teacher 4/1 (1995)

Part 7
Organising pairwork and groupwork
by Jeremy Harmer
from The Practice of English Language Teaching 3rd Edition
Pearson Education Ltd.

Part 8
Different seating in the classroom
by Jeremy Harmer
from How to teach English
Pearson Education Ltd.

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