What are Seating Arrangements?

•Defines how the participants interact with each other and with you!
•Encompasses comfort, access and safety for the attendees
•Extends a presenter's influence in the room, broadcast intention and
eliminate distractions

Types:
•Classroom Style
•Conference
•U-shaped
2. Types of Seating Arrangements

Classroom Style - Straight

• Used for middle-sized groups

• Same as theatre style but with tables
• Encourages note-taking
• Can be difficult in access
2. Types of Seating Arrangements

Classroom Style - Round

• Used for middle-sized groups

• Same as theatre style but with tables
• Encourages note-taking
• Can be difficult in access
2. Types of Seating Arrangements

U-shaped

• Easy to see and hear everyone in the group.

• Notes can be taken
• Openness gives trainees a sense of freedom
and encourages participation.
• Best set up to view audio visual
presentations.
• Works well with role-playing and other
physical activities.
• Requires more space than other
configuration
• Only for smaller groups
 What are the different ways for students grouping?

An important feature of today’s language classroom is that students do not

always study as one big group. Rather, students are put into groups of
different sizes.
1.The most common student groupings:
• Whole class work /lockstep
• Pair work
• Group work
• Individual study
 What are the different ways for students grouping?

Grouping Advantages Disadvantages

• Students have little chance to speak
• All the class are concentrating
• Same speed for different students
Whole class • Good modeling from teacher
work • Nervous in front of the whole class
• comfortable in choral practice
• Not enough communication

• More chance for practice • Students stray away from the task
Pair work • Encouraging co-operation • Using native language
• Relaxing atmosphere • Noise and indiscipline

• Communication in its real sense • Difficult to group;

Group work • More dynamic than pair work • The same as those in pair work; plus
• promoting self-reliance some students might dominate;

• No outside pressure; • Less dynamic classroom;

Individual study • Study at own speed; • No co-operation;