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One can’t overestimate the role of teachers’ classroom discipline in their teaching effectiveness and students’ language learning motivation and achievement. From my own experience, no matter what is your class size, the discipline in the classroom is crucial. To my mind, classroom management is one of the biggest challenges language teachers face while they teach. On the one hand, a language teacher tries to be a kind and loving caregiver to let the friendly communication happen in the classroom. On the other hand, in order for the instruction to take place, the teacher should maintain order to manage language activities most effectively. It will depend on a teacher which side to choose, but I am sure, that maintains the balance is the best option for students and for the teacher. It is not, therefore, easy for a teacher to create the balance between these two, that is, a caring environment and a controlled one. Further, teachers and their caring behavior are considered to be among the most important environmental factors that can help learners to develop positive attitudes towards language learning and promote students’ effort or engagement in doing language learning tasks. Students, when they come into the class, should feel safe and welcomed by the teacher, but at they same time they should understand that its a school, not a playground, so they should behave. Effective classroom management is obviously linked to teachers’ ability to set an appropriate tone and gain learner respect and cooperation in class. As observable instructional behavior of teachers in the classroom is indicative of their teaching effectiveness, the way teachers discipline their classes has a profound impact on the way they project themselves as effective teachers. It is evident that more caring teachers choose relationship-based discipline strategies over coercive ones (aggression and punishment) in an attempt to prevent discipline problem. Difficulties during the lessons arise not only for new teachers, but also for experienced teachers. However, it is more difficult for a not experienced teacher to cope with children, find the right approach and choose the right method of establishing order in the classroom. It is necessary to know different ways of establishing contact with students, to be able to maintain a healthy environment in the classroom, keep children at the necessary distance and create the necessary hierarchy of relations. The teacher should be an authority for his students, enjoy their respect and trust. At the same time, it is very important to establish the right relations with students, because only in this way it is possible to conduct training effectively, directing all forces directly to the educational process, without being distracted by issues related to order, silence, discipline. It is true that more caring teachers and those who use relationship-based discipline strategies are perceived to be more effective teachers by their students Teachers’ appropriate discipline strategies also help students to learn better as class discipline protects students from disruption and thus emotional and cognitive threat. And we can state that teacher management styles maximize students’ academic performance and keep them on task, engage students in learning, and influence their motivation and achievement. In conclusion, I want to say that, the more that students perceive their teacher cares about them, the more the students will care about the class, and the more likely they will be to pay attention in class and consequently learn more course material.
