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Clasroom Language
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Classroom Language: Simple instructions
Here are some common instructions which the class can easily understand:
Come in. Stand by your desks.
Go out. Put your hands up.
Stand up. Put your hands down.
Sit down. Hold your books/pens up.
Let's check the answers. Don't forget to bring your ... tomorrow.
Comprehension language:
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Are you ready? What did you say?
Are you with me? One more time, please.
Are you OK? Say it again, please.
OK so far? I don't understand.
Do you get it? I don't get it.
Do you understand? Like this?
3. Wait a minute
Hang on a moment.
Just hold on a moment.
Stay where you are for a moment.
Just a moment, please.
One more thing before you go.
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5. Homework Have a good holiday.
Enjoy your vacation.
This is your homework for tonight.
Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your 7. Leaving the room
homework.
Prepare the next chapter for Monday. Get into a queue.
There is no homework today. Form a queue and wait for the bell.
See you in room 7 after the break. Line up (Eva Vigil suggested it)
4. Next time
Here are some common situations in which spontaneous English can be used:
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Many returns (of the day). Happy New Year!
“” has his/her 12th birthday today. All the best for the New Year.
“” is eleven today. Let's sing "Happy Happy Easter.
Birthday".
Best of luck. Hard lines!
Good luck. Never mind.
I hope you pass. Better luck next time.
Congratulations!
Well done!
Who's not here today? Do you feel better today?
Who isn't here? Are you better now?
What's wrong with ... today? Have you been ill?
What was the matter?
I'm sorry (about that). Excuse me for a moment.
Sorry, that was my fault. I'll be back in a moment.
I'm terribly sorry. Carry on with the exercise while I'm
away.
I've got to go next door for a moment.
Excuse me. I'm afraid I can't speak any louder.
Could I get past please? I seem to be losing my voice.
You're blocking the way. I have a sore throat.
I can't get past you. I have a headache.
Get out of the way, please. I'm feeling under the weather.
Here are some common situations in which spontaneous English can be used:
Make groups of four.
Move your desks into groups of four people.
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Turn your desks around.
Make a horseshoe shape with your desks.
Make a circle with your desks.
Make a line of desks facing each other.
Make groups of four desks facing each other.
Sit back to back.
Work together with your friend. There are too many in this group.
Find a partner. Can you join the other group?
Work in pairs/threes/fours/fives. Only three people in each group.
Work in groups of two/three/four. I asked for four people to a group.
I want you to form groups.
Form groups of three.
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Here are some phrases that can be used for classroom management:
Organization
Giving instructions Sequencing
Open your books at page 52.
Come out and write it on the board. First of all, today, ...
Right. Now we will go on to the next
Listen to the tape, please. exercise.
Get into groups of four. Have you finished?
Finish off this song at home. For the last thing today, let's ...
Let's sing a song. Whose turn is it to read?
Everybody, please. Which question are you on?
All together now. Next one, please.
The whole class, please. Who hasn't answered yet?
I want you all to join in. Let me explain what I want you to do
Could you try the next one? next.
I would like you to write this down. The idea of this exercise is for you to ...
Would you mind switching the lights on? You have ten minutes to do this.
It might be an idea to leave this till next Your time is up.
time. Finish this by twenty to eleven.
Who would like to read? Can you all see the board?
Which topic will your group report on? Have you found the place?
Be careful.
Interrogation
Asking questions Responding to questions
Where's Bill? Yes, that's right,
Is Bill in the kitchen? Fine.
Tell me where Bill is. Almost. Try again.
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What was the house like? What about this word?
What do you think?
Explanation
Metalanguage Reference
What's the Spanish for "doll"?
Explain it in your own words. After they left the USA, the Beatles ...
The church was started in the last
It's spelt with a capital "J". century.
Can anybody correct this sentence? This is a picture of a typically English
Fill in the missing words. castle.
In the background you can see ...
Mark the right alternative.
While we're on the subject, ...
As I said earlier, ...
Interaction
Affective attitudes Social ritual
That's interesting!
That really is very kind of you. Good morning.
Cheerio now.
Don't worry about it.
God bless!
I was a bit disappointed with your efforts. Have a nice weekend.
Thanks for your help.
Happy birthday!
Merry Christmas!
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Classroom Language: The language of error correction
Here are some phrases that can be used when giving feedback to students:
Very good. You did a great job. Right!
That's very good. Magnificent! Yes!
Well done. Terrific! Fine.
Very fine. Wow! Quite right
That's nice. Jolly good! That's right.
I like that. Great stuff! That's it.
That's correct.
Marvellous! Fantastic!
That's quite right.
Yes, you've got it.
Have a guess.
There's nothing wrong with your answer. Don't worry about your pronunciation.
What you said was perfectly all right. Don't worry about your spelling.
You didn't make a single mistake. Don't worry, it'll improve.
Maybe this will help you.
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That's exactly the point. Do you want a clue (hint)?
That's just what I was looking for.
You have good pronunciation. You still have some trouble with
pronunciation.
Your pronunciation is very good.
You need more practice with these words.
You are communicating well.
You'll have to spend some time practising this.
You speak very fluently.
You're getting better at it all the time.
You have made a lot of progress.
You've improved no end.
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