Appropriacy: deciding how closely you should work with students is a matter of appropriate.So is the general way in which teachers sit or stand in classroom.Many teachers create and extremely friendly atmosphere by crouching down when they work with students in pairs.In this way,they are at the same level as their seated students.However,some students find this informality worrying.Some teacher are even happy to sit on the floor,and in certain situations this may be appropriate.But in others it may well lead to a situation where student are put off from concentrating.All the positions teachers take-sitting on the tables,standing behind a lectern,standing on a raised dais etc.-make strong statements about the kind of person the teacher is. It is important, therefore, to consider what kind of effect such physical behaviour has so that we can behave in a way which is appropriate to the students we have and the relationship we wish to create with them.If we want to manage a class effectively,such a relationship is crucial.Some students resent it if the distance between them and the teacher is too small.For others,on the other hand,distance is a sign of coldness. Teachers should be conscious of their proximity and, in assessing their students' reactions to what is happening in the classroom, they should take this into account.