Classroom Language: During The Lesson
Classroom language can be an invaluable way of promoting English as real communication, student involvement in the lesson, and active language learning skills. According to Doff, Teach English: A training course for teachers ( 1988), most of the language we need for organizing the class consists of simple expressions which can be used again and again. Getting everyone’s attention Listen to me, please Be quiet/Quiet down, please Silent, please Can I have your attention, please? Could you all listen to me, please? Would you …
Classroom Language For Students
Classroom language is a good beginning step for encouraging students to feel comfortable in a foreign language and for them to begin to “think” in that language. The goal is to get students to react in English, rather than in mother tongue. The more times they use English, the comfortable they will be. Here are some useful phrases you can encourage your students to say English 1. Permission Can I come in? Can I go out? Can I borrow _______________ ? Can I change seats? Can I go to the toilet/restroom Can you repeat that, please? C…
Classroom Language: Ending The Class
The goal of an English teacher is to use as much of the target language as possible. One of the most frequent ways that language is used in the daily routines refers to classroom language. Here are useful phrases that are often used to end the lesson. Feel free to use these or other that you find. 1. Not time to stop The bell hasn't gone yet. There are still two minutes to go. We still have a couple of minutes left. The lesson doesn't finish till five past. Your watch must be fast. We seem to have finished early. We have…
Classroom Language: Starting The Class
Classroom language is the routine language that is used on a regular basis in classroom. Knowing this language reduces the amount that students are forced to use their mother tongue and increases the amount of the target language they are using; it makes the language classroom environment more authentic. 1. Greeting Good morning/afternoon, everybody. Hello, everyone. Hello there, Anggie. How are you today? How are you getting on? How's life? How are things with you? Are you feeling better today, Santi? How are you this morn…
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