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[lisa1968]

I need to find some articles, books, anything written with a bibliography on bevaior management in the ESL classroom. Basically I need to address how to get students to not use their native language, how to get children to pay attention, how to get students to come on time, to do their homework, etc. I am in Mexico, by the way.

Is there anything like thtat out there? I appreciate any help at all. I will post this on some other parts of the forum as well. Thanks

[john_n_carolina]

...Naturgirl might know, she's got 40-50 teen girls in her classes


otherwise, Dave ESL site, www.altabooks.com might have some

and www.tesol.org


this is a very interesting subject to me --- it really requires a degree in Psychology to teach a L.American ESL class

[john_n_carolina]

...yes, at www.altabooks.com, i saw about 10 or 11 in classroom behaviour...

[Luna Chica]

Hey, if you go to www.eric.ed.gov it is free online search engine of educational academic articles. Very valuable resource.

How old are the kids, how many do you have in your class, what have you tried, what has worked, what hasn`t worked? Also when are the classes? Are they physically tired, hungry whatever?

Let me know some more info and I and many others will be able to give you lots of ideas to try. In the meantime the website is great.

[john_n_carolina]

...thanks LunaChica....i forgot about that site, since i left college in '92