Tennis Serving Technique to Cope with Student's Negative Comments

Authors

  • Mogahed Mohamed Abu Al-Fadl Qassim Private Colleges

Keywords:

classroom management, students' negative comments, tennis serving technique

Abstract

Classroom management has become a key topic in curriculum and instruction. Part of this management is students' comment, especially negative ones. Hence the classroom teacher has to be well-prepared in dealing with these negative comments. Otherwise, he/she will be at loss regarding these comments. One technique of coping with students' negative comments is called "Tennis Serving" in which the teacher has to be ready for returning students' serves (comments), or he/she will lose control of the classroom. Some classroom situations are offered as an application of this technique. It is concluded that students' comments should not belittled, rather they should be dealt with care using this technique.

Author Biography

Mogahed Mohamed Abu Al-Fadl, Qassim Private Colleges

Mogahed Mohamed Abu Al-Fadl, Assistant Professor of ESL/EFL curriculum & Instruction, English Department, Qassim Private Colleges, Saudi Arabia

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Published

2015-04-25

How to Cite

Abu Al-Fadl, M. M. (2015). Tennis Serving Technique to Cope with Student’s Negative Comments. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 3(2). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJHSS/article/view/2558

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