Since ambiance of learning environ leaves straight impact on learning intensity of the learners, it is important to pay considerable attention over the devising of a literacy classroom.
How a classroom has been set ready for the students reflects a great deal about the success-rate of objective that is to be met through teaching processes. It influences learners’ ability to concentrate, devote attention, and evoke information from previous learning. A literacy classroom has to be neither too hot or cold; nor very dingy or confined in its area. The surrounding areas of literacy classroom should be free from any loud or blaring noise lest the learners will get distracted very often.
A literacy classroom having poor lighting system will make for a bad learning place as students will face difficulty in reading and writing their lessons. On the contrary:
- the room should be airy, bright and spacious so that fresh air and ample light will make it easier for learners to study with concentration.;
- the walls of the literacy classroom should not be bare or patchy at all. They should be equipped with bright and colorful charts that will not just make the room look attractive but also give vital information to students about various subjects. Educational and subject oriented posters and charts will intellectually stimulate students making them more attentive towards their studies and less drawn towards other distractions.
Learning-oriented ambiance and other fine facilities play an important role in making learning easier and interesting. Many expert and connoisseurs have associated students’ responsiveness to physical conditions of literacy classroom and its surrounding ambiance. An apt and a suitable literacy classroom environment indeed bring great comfort level for students making them interested in their lessons.
Be it young child-students or adult literacy learners, the surroundings of literacy classroom for both the categories will leave a large impact on them. Not just children but adults also respond favorably when their literacy classrooms are better designed as compared to be boring, plain and dull.
At times teachers and instructors do not have major control over the learning situate. In such cases, the students and teachers can work in tandem to convert their literacy classroom in a creative way into an innovative study center. Efforts must be put in to make the place not just comfortable but also welcoming and supportive with inventive learning aids. If nothing major can be done, mere three to four potted plants will be able to bring liveliness into the classroom making everyone cheerful.
