The Effectiveness of Lesson Planning in Improving Classroom Management: The Case of English Teachers in Ain Temouchent Secondary Schools

Abstract

The present study presents the effectiveness of lesson planning in improving classroom management. It focuses on finding out the relationship between these two variables, shedding the light on the vital role of planning since it is considered as one of the key factors in any educational process which contributes in maintaining discipline and identifying the teacher’s role as an effective class manager who has the strongest effect on learners’ behaviour and achievements. Lesson plan is considered as the main option for EFL teachers to manage their classes, time and resources efficiently. However, there is a limited awareness among some teachers about the importance of preparing a lesson which may have some negative effects on the learners’ behaviours. The present study aims to investigate whether teacher preparation of their lessons has any effects on the learner‘s discipline and whether they are aware of the importance of lesson planning on maintaining classroom management, and if they use some special effective techniques of preparation to get their learners more engaged and less disruptive. To make our study more valuable, questionnaires have been used as a research tool; they were submitted to 20 teachers of secondary schools at Ain Temouchent to measure their attitudes towards lesson planning and to evaluate to what extent it helps them in creating an appropriate classroom management. The findings have shown that effective EFL classroom management depends on the way teachers plan their lessons, in other it have been shown that lesson planning contributes in maintaining discipline and enhancing EFL classroom management