Lutfulla Jurayev • Svetlana Khan • Ludmila Kamalova Ludmila Tsoy • Mahprat Abdullayeva • Larisa Matskevich Rozaliya Ziryanova • Hayothon Tuhtarova Klara Inogamova Fly High english 7 Teacher’s Book

Organising the Learner-Centred Classroom
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Here are the twelve pupils doing work with the teacher listening. The dots 
show where each pair is focusing.
b 
Here are the same twelve pupils doing pair work, but pairing with a new 
partner this time, although they are each sitting in their original places. The 
teacher is helping.
c 
Here are the same twelve pupils working in threes. They still have not 
changed seats. The teacher is listening to one group of three, 
d 
In these fours, the pupils can work in twos with the person opposite - 
another change of partner for some. The teacher is noting errors to help the 
pupils later in the lesson.
The Role of the Teacher in the Learner-Centred Classroom
One of the reasons that pupils are often unsuccessful in real-life communication 
is that the types of interaction they are most used to are as follows: 
a 
The teacher lectures a class. The interaction is all to the teacher or through 
the teacher.
b 
The teacher asks one of the pupils to come to the front of the class and 
either listens to her/him or talks with her/him.