Prepared by

1.A student refuses to participate / do the task

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2. Tardiness

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3. Students are bored, inattentive, or unmotivated.

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4. Students unclear what to do, or do the wrong thing.

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5. Student is defiant, rowdy, or distracting of others.

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6. Persistent use of first-language

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7.One group of students has no interest in learning

English and she wonders why she is wasting her time.

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Persistent use of first-

language

When teaching English as a foreign language, this is

possibly the most common problem. As an EFL teacher,

it's important to encourage students to use English, and

only English. However, if students begin conversing in