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‘Listen.’
‘Listen carefully.’
‘Listen to me, (name).’
‘Watch and listen.’
‘Everyone, repeat after me: (a word or phrase).’
‘(name), repeat after me: (a word or phrase).’
‘Say it again, please.’
‘Say it more slowly, please.’
‘Say it louder, please.’
‘Say the whole sentence, please.’
‘Repeat the whole sentence, please.’
‘Read the whole sentence, please.’
‘Say it in English please, not (the name of your language).’
‘What is this word in (the name of your language or our language)?’
‘Where is the stress in this word?’
ACTIVITIES IN CLASS
‘Listen to me!’
‘Everyone, repeat after me.’
‘Girls, repeat after me.’
‘Boys, repeat after me.’
‘(name), repeat after me.’
‘Take out our pencils.’
‘Take out your pens.’
‘Take out your coloured pencils.’
‘Draw a picture of a(n) (object).’
Colour the picture.’
‘Copy these words into your books.’
‘Rule a line under the word (a word), please.’
‘I want you to do exercise six.’
‘Answer the questions on page eight.’
‘Do you understand what to do?’
‘Don’t start yet.’
‘You can start now.’
‘Put your hand up if you have/haven’t finished.’
ACTIVITIES IN CLASS
Please stop talking now. No more talking for a bit. Good you lot. That’s nice and
quiet. You others … shh. Calm down now, Ok. That’s better.
Quiet please! Settle down and listen. That’s good Ani. Thank you Adi.
Everyone is sitting nicely … except for Tito. Tito, could you sit down like others
please? Thank you. Ok…
Ok, we need to be quieter to hear what everybody is saying. These two groups
are doing an excellent job. Thank you for being quiet. And now we are
waiting for …
Now who can tell me the name of the book? Lots of hands raised. Excellent.
RECALLING ROUTINES: WHAT WE DO WHEN …
What do we do:
***** ‘Excellent!’
‘Very good!’
‘That’s excellent, very good!’
‘Very well done!’
**** ‘Good!’
‘That’s good!’
‘Well done!’
‘Great!’
‘Yes, that’s right – good!’
To show improvement:
‘That’s better
‘That’s better – well done!’
TEACHER COMMENTS
To encourage progress:
‘That’s nearly right – try again!’
‘That’s almost right – try again!’
LANGUAGE NOTE:
Remember: ‘VERY GOOD’ not ‘VERY WELL’
ENDING THE LESSON
‘This is your homework.’
‘I want you to: do exercise nine.’
learn the song.’
colour the picture.’
draw a picture of …..’
learn these new words.’