DEMO-CLASSES (IV SEMESTER CFP)

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Such as you know, I think that one of the best ways to teach English or another foreign language is using it inside the classroom. I want to share with you a list of helpful classroom phrases that you will surely need when running a lesson in English. You can come to this post when preparing the lessons for your students.


THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSON


ENTERING THE CLASSROOM

Let’s go in.
Let’s go into the classroom.
Come in and sit down.
Close the door, please.


EVERYDAY GREETINGS

1.
T: Good morning, everybody!
Ss: Good morning teacher!

2.
T: Good morning, class!
Ss: Good morning teacher!

3.
T: Hello, everyone.
Ss: Hello, teacher!


HOW ARE YOU?

T: How are you today?
Ss: Fine, thank you, and you?
T: I’m fine, thanks.


INTRODUCTION (FOR A NEW CLASS)

Let me introduce myself. My name is Miss Pulido. I'm your new English teacher. I'll be teaching you English today. It’s nice to meet you all.


REGISTER

T: Who is absent today?
Ss: Hwang Cho and Fula Nito Detal.


WAITING TO START

I'm waiting for you to be quiet.
We won't start until everyone is quiet.
Stop talking and be quiet, please.
Settle down now so we can start.


PUT YOUR THINGS AWAY

Close your books.
Put your books away.
Pack your things away.


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.


LATE

You are late. What was the matter?
We started ten minutes ago.
Did you miss your bus?
Did you oversleep?
Don't let it happen again.


CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Get into 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.

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 of three
Here are some tasks for you to work on in groups of four.
There are too many students in this group.
Can you join the other group?
Only three people in each group
I asked for four people to a group.

Everybody work individually
Work by yourselves.
Ask your neighbor for help.
Work on the task together.
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.

Have you finished?
Do the next activity.
Move on to the next activity. Have you finished?
Do the next activity.
Move on to the next activity.


SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS

Here you are some common instructions which your students can easily understand if you use the right body language to help them catch the meaning of each one:

Stand up.
Sit down.
Come to the front of the class.
Stand by your desks.
Put your hands up.
Put your hands down.
Hold your books/pens up.
Show me your pencil.

Pay attention, everybody.
You need pencils.
We'll learn how to ...
Are you ready?
Open your books at page ...
Turn to page ...
Look at acitivity five.
Listen to this track.
Repeat after me.
Again, please.
Everybody ...
You have five minutes to do this.
Who's next?
First
Next
After that
Then
Finally


COMPREHENSION LANGUAGE

Do you understand?
Are you ready?
Are you with me?
Are you OK?
OK so far?
Do you get it?
Do you follow me?

What did you say, teacher please?
One more time teacher, please.
Say it again teacher, please.
Excuse me teacher, I don't understand.
Like this, teacher?
Is this OK, teacher?


ERROR CORRECTION

Very good
That's very good
Well done
Very fine
That's nice
I like that
Marvellous

You did a great job.
Magnificent
Terrific
Wow!
Jolly good
Great stuff
Fantastic

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

It depends
It might be, I suppose
In a way, perhaps
That's much better
That's a lot better
You've improved a lot

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

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

You have good pronunciation.
Your pronunciation is very good.
You are communicating well.
You speak very fluently.
You have made a lot of progress.

Don't worry about your pronunciation.
Don't worry about your spelling.
Do you want a clue?

You still have some trouble with pronunciation.
You need more practice with these words.
You'll have to spend some time practicing this.
You're getting better at it all the time.


ENDING THE LESSON

It's time to finish.
Have you finished?
Let's stop now.
Stop now.
Let's check the answers.
Do you have any questions?
Collect your work please.
Pack up your books.
Are your desks tidy?
Don't forget to bring your colours tomorrow.
That's all for today
You can go now

This is your homework for tomorrow.
Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your homework.
There is no homework today.
Remember your homework.

Goodbye, everyone.
See you again next Wednesday.
See you tomorrow morning.
See you in the classroom after the break.
Have a good holiday.
Enjoy your vacation.

If you want to know more vocabulary and useful expressions to use in your English classes, visit the OUP site (http://www.oup.com/elt/teacher/pce) which includes more resources, website lists, vocabulary lists, and exercises for you to practice and improve your ELT skills.

Here you can find more info about this topic: http://bogglesworldesl.com/classroom_flashcards.htm http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/guidance_articles/freebooks?cc=gb http://www.hello-online.ru/content.php?contid=1270 http://www.gifu-net.ed.jp/kyoka/eigo/CommunicativeEnglish/05-8aClassroom%20English.htm

Resource:
HUGHES, Glyn and MOATE, Josephine. Practical Classroom English. Oxford: OUP, 2007. http://www.oup.com/elt/teachers http://www.finchpark.com/courses/links/classroom.htm http://www.gifu-net.ed.jp/kyoka/eigo/CommunicativeEnglish/05-8aClassroom%20English.htm