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The Classroom Management Development Pack

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Part 1
The limits of Humanistic Practice Interview with Katie Plumb. This interview can also be found at the Humanising Language Teaching website.

Part 2
Summary of the Quandary of negative class participation: coming to terms with misbehaviour in the language classroom. Paul Wadden and Sean McGovern. Originally published in ELT Journal 45/2 1991.

Part 3
'Problem behavior and what to do about it from The Practice of English Language Teaching 3rd Edition by Jeremy Harmer, published by Pearson Education Ltd.

Part 4
Please speak English! from The Practice of English Language Teaching 3rd Edition by Jeremy Harmer, published by Pearson Education Ltd.

Part 5
The L1 in the classroom: some general points from Teaching Monolingual Classes by David Atkinson, published by Pearson Education Ltd.

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

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

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