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?
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.
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.
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.
Put your things away
- Close your books.
- Put your books away.
- Pack your things away.
Register
- Who is absent today?
- Who isn't here today?
- What's the matter with Jim today?
- What's wrong with Jim today?
- Why were you absent last Friday, “”?
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:
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- Come in.
- Go out.
- 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.
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| A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session:
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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 activity five.
| · 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:
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- It's time to finish.
- Have you finished?
- Let's stop now.
- Stop now.
- Let's check the answers.
| - 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?
| - 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
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.
