Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson
1. Good morning
- Good morning, everybody.
- Good afternoon, everybody.
- Hello, everyone.
- Hello there, James.
2. How are you?
- How are you today, ?
- How are you getting on?
- How's life?
- How are things with you?
- Are you feeling better today, Bill?
3. Introductions
- My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Kim. I'm your new
English teacher.
- I'll be teaching you English this year.
- I've got five lessons with you each week.
4. Time to begin
- Let's begin our lesson now.
- Is everybody ready to start?
- I hope you are all ready for your English
lesson.
- I think we can start now.
- Now we can get down to work.
5. Waiting to start
- I'm waiting for you to be quiet.
- We won't start until everyone is quiet.
- Stop talking and be quiet.
- Settle down now so we can start.
6. Put your things away
- Close your books.
- Put your books away.
- Pack your things away.
7. Register
- Who is absent today?.
- Who isn't here today?
- What's the matter with 은미 today?
- What's wrong with Jim today?
- Why were you absent last Friday, 인혜?
8. Late
- Where have you been?
- We started ten minutes ago. What have you
been doing?.
- Did you miss your bus?
- Did you oversleep?
- Don't let it happen again.
Classroom Language: Simple instructions
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Here are some common
instructions which the class can easily understand: |
- Come in.
- Go out.
- Stand up.
- Sit down.
- Come to the front of the class.
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- Stand by your
desks.
- Put your hands up.
- Put your hands
down.
- Hold your books/pens up.
- Show me your
pencil.
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A number
of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the
semester continues:
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- Pay attention,
everybody.
- You need
pencils/rulers.
- We'll learn how to
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- Are you ready?
- Open your books at page ...
- Turn to page ...
- Look at acitivity
five.
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- Listen to this
tape.
- Repeat after me.
- Again, please.
- Everybody ...
- you have five minutes to do this.
- Who's next?
- Like this, not like that.
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A number
of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the semester
continues:
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- It's time to
finish.
- Have you finsihed?
- Let's stop now.
- Stop now.
- Let's check the
answers.
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- Any questions?
- Collect your work
please.
- Pack up your
books.
- Are your desks
tidy?
- Don't forget to bring your ... tomorrow.
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Instructions can also be sequenced:
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- Are you ready?
- Are you with me?
- Are you OK?
- OK so far?
- Do you get it?
- Do you understand?
- Do you follow me?
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- What did you say?
- One more time,
please.
- Say it again,
please.
- I don't understand.
- I don't get it.
- Like this?
- Is this OK?
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Classroom Language: The end of the lesson
1. Time to stop
- It's almost time to stop.
- I'm afraid it's time to finish now.
- We'll have to stop here.
- There's the bell. It's time to stop.
- That's all for today. You can go now.
2. Not time to stop.
- The bell hasn't gone yet.
- There are still two minutes to go.
- We still have a couple ofminutes left.
- The lesson doesn't finish till five past.
- Your watch must be fast.
- We seem to have finished early.
- We have an extra five minutes.
- Sit quietly until the bell goes.
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.
- Back to your places.
4. Next time
- We'll do the rest of this chapter next
time.
- We'll finish this exercise next lesson.
- We've run out of time, so we'll continue
next lesson.
- We'll continue this chapter next Monday.
5. Homework
- This is your homework for tonight.
- Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your
homework.
- Prepare the next chapter for Monday.
- There is no homework tonight.
- Remember your homework.
- Take a worksheet as you leave.
6. Goodbye
- Goodbye, everyone.
- See you again next Wednesday.
- See you tomorrow
afternoon.
- See you in room 7 after the break.
- Have a good holiday.
- Enjoy your vacation..
7. Leaving the room
- Get into a queue.
- Form a queue and wait for the bell.
- Everybody outside!
- All of you, get outside now!
- Hurry up and get out!
- try not to make any noise as you leave.
- Be quiet as you leave. Other classes are
still working.
Classroom Language: Simple
instructions
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Here are some common
instructions which the class can easily understand: |
- Come in.
- Go out.
- Stand up.
- Sit down.
- Come to the front of the class.
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- Stand by your
desks.
- Put your hands up.
- Put your hands
down.
- Hold your books/pens up.
- Show me your pencil.
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A number
of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the
semester continues:
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- Pay attention,
everybody.
- You need
pencils/rulers.
- We'll learn how to
...
- Are you ready?
- Open your books at page ...
- Turn to page ...
- Look at acitivity
five.
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- Listen to this
tape.
- Repeat after me.
- Again, please.
- Everybody ...
- you have five minutes to do this.
- Who's next?
- Like this, not like that.
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A number
of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the semester
continues:
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- It's time to
finish.
- Have you finsihed?
- Let's stop now.
- Stop now.
- Let's check the
answers.
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- Any questions?
- Collect your work
please.
- Pack up your
books.
- Are your desks
tidy?
- Don't forget to bring your ... tomorrow.
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Instructions can also be sequenced:
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Comprehension language:
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- Are you ready?
- Are you with me?
- Are you OK?
- OK so far?
- Do you get it?
- Do you understand?
- Do you follow me?
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- What did you say?
- One more time,
please.
- Say it again,
please.
- I don't understand.
- I don't get it.
- Like this?
- Is this OK?
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Classroom Language:
The language of spontaneous situations
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If we use English in
spontaneous situations:
- we relate the target language to the
learner's immediate environment;
- we take advantage of spontaneous
situations to use the target language;
- we exploit contexts which are not
directly linked to the syllabus (language in use).
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Here are some common situations in which spontaneous English can be
used:
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- Happy birthday!.
- Many returns (of the day).
- ..... has his/her 12th birthday today.
- ... is eleven today. Let's sing
"Happy Birthday".
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I hope you all have a good Christmas.
- Happy New Year!
- All the best for the New Year.
- Happy Easter.
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- Best of luck.
- Good luck.
- I hope you pass.
- Congratulations!
- Well done!
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- Hard lines!
- Never mind.
- Better luck next
time..
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- Who's not here
today?
- Who isn't here?
- What's wrong with
... today?
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- Do you feel better today?
- Are you better now?
- Have you been ill?
- What was the
matter?
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- I'm sorry (about
that).
- Sorry, that was my fault.
- I'm terribly
sorry.
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- Excuse me for a moment.
- I'll be back in a moment.
Carry on with the exercise while
I'm away.
I've got
to go next door for a moment.
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- Excuse me.
- Could I get past please?
- You're blocking
the way.
- I can't get past you.
- Get out of the way, please.
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- I'm afraid I can't speak any louder.
- I seem to be losing my voice.
- I have a sore throat.
- I have a headache.
- I'm feeling under the weather.
- Do you mind if I sit down?
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Classroom Language:
Classroom management
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Here are some common situations in which classroom menagement is
needed:
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- Make groups of
four.
- Move your desks into groups of four
people.
- 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.
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- Work together with
your friend
- Find a partner
- Work in pairs/threes/fours/fives.
- Work in groups of two/three/four.
- I want you to form groups.
- Form groups of
three
- Her
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- Ask other people in the group
- Ask others in the class.
- Interview someone
else.
- Ask everyone in the class.
- Stand up and find another partner.
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- There are too many in this group.
- Can you join the other group?
- Only three people in each group.
- I asked for four people to a group.
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- Everybody work
individually
- Work by
yourselves.
- Work
independently.
- Ask your neighbor for help.
- Work on the task together.
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- Have you finished?
- Do the next
activity.
- Move on to the next activity.
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Classroom Language:
Classroom management
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Here are some phrases that can be used for classroom management:
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Organization
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Giving instructions
- Open your books at page 52
- Come out and write it on the board
- Listen to the
tape, please
- Get into groups of
four
- Finish off this song at home
- Let's sing a song.
- Everybody, please.
- All together now.
- The whole class,
please.
- I want you all to join in
- Could you try the next one?
- I would like you to write this down.
- Would you mind switching the lights on?
- It might be an idea to leave this till
next time.
- Who would like to read?
- Which topic will your group report on?
- Do you want to answer question 3?
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Sequencing
- First of all,
today, ...
- Right. Now we will go on to the next
exercise.
- Have you finished?
- For the last thing today, let's ...
- Whose turn is it to read?
- Which question are you on?
- Next one, please.
- Who hasn't answered
yet?
- Let me explain what I want you to do
next.
- The idea of this exercise is for you to
...
- You have ten minutes to do this.
- Your time is up.
- Finish this by twenty to eleven.
- Can you all see the board?
- Have you found the place?
- Are you all ready?
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Supervision
- Look this way.
- Stop talking.
- Listen to what ... is saying.
- Leave that alone
now.
- Be careful.
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Interrogation
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Asking questions
- Where's Min-su?
- Is Min-su in the kitchen?
- Tell me where Min-su is.
- What was the house like?
- What do you think?
- How can you tell?
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Responding to questions
- Yes, that's right
- Fine.
- Almost. Try again.
- What about this
word?
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Explanation
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Metalanguage
- What's the Korean for "doll"?
- Explain it in your own words.
- It's spelt with a capital "J".
- Can anybody correct this sentence?
- Fill in the missing words.
- Mark the right
alternative.
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Reference
- After they left the USA, the Beatles ...
- The church was started in the last
century.
- This is a picture of a typically English
castle.
- In the background you can see ...
- While we're on the subject, ...
- As I said earlier,
...
- Let me sum up.
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Interaction
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Affective attitudes
- That's
interesting!
- That really is very kind of you.
- Don't worry about
it.
- I was a bit disappointed with your
efforts.
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Social ritual
- Good morning.
- Cheerio now.
- God bless!
- Have a nice
weekend.
- Thanks for your
help
- Happy birthday!
- Merry Christmas!
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Classroom Language: Error
correction
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Here are some phrases that can be used when giving feedback to
students:
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- Very good
- That's very good
- Well done
- Very fine
- That's nice
- I like that
- Marvellous
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- You did a great job.
- Magnificent
- Terrific
- Wow!
- Jolly good
- Great stuff
- Fantastic
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- Right
- Yes
- Fine
- Quite right
- That's right.
- That's it.
- That's correct
- That's quite
right.
- Yes, you've got
it.
- You've got the idea.
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- It depends
- It might be, I
suppose
- In a way, perhaps
- Sort of , yes.
- That's more like
it
- That's much better
- That's a lot
better
- You've improved a
lot
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- Not really
- Unfortunately not
- I'm afraid that's not quite right
- You can't say that, I'm afraid
- you can't use that word here
- Good try, but not quite right
- Have another try
- Not quite right. Try again.
- Not exactly
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- You were almost
right.
- That's almost it
- You're halfway
there
- You've almost got
it
- You're on the
right lines
- There's no need to
rush
- There's no hurry
- We have plenty of
time
- Go on. Have a try
- Have a go
- Have a guess
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- There's nothing wrong with your answer.
- What you said was perfectly all right.
- You didn't make a single mistake.
- That's exactly the
point.
- That's just what I was looking for.
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Don't worry about your
pronunciation.
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Don't worry about your spelling.
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Don't worry, it'll improve
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Maybe this will help you
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Do you want a clue (hint)?
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- You have good
pronunciation.
- Your pronunciation is very good.
- You are
communicating well.
- You speak very
fluently.
- You have made a lot of progress.
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You
still have some trouble with pronuncation.
You need more practice with these
words.
You'll
have to spend some time practising this.
You're getting better at it all
the time.
You've
improved no end.
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