The Teacher as a Controller
 
When a teacher acts as a controller s /he is in charge of the class and the 
activities taking place and is often leading from the front. Controllers take the register,
tell students things, organize drills and read aloud and in various ways show the 
characteristics of a teacher- fronted classrom. Being a controller has less obvious 
advantages.First, it denies students access to their experiental learning by focusing 
everything on the teacher. Second, it cuts down on opportunities for learners to speak 
because the class is acting as a whole, just few learnerswill have a chance to say 
something.Third, over-reliance on transmission teaching can result in lack of variety in 
activities and classroom atmosphere in general.Of course, there are a lot of instances 
when acting as a controller makes sense. For example,when giving examples, 
organising question and answer work,lecturing, making announcements or restoring 
order in the class. However, it is worth noting that sticking to one mode of behaviour 
deniesourselves and the learners many possibiities and modes of learning which are not 
just good for learning itself, but for our learners’ enjoyment of that learn