Classroom Language, The language of spontaneous situations
Here are some common situations in which
spontaneous English can be used:
- Happy birthday!.
- Many returns (of the day).
- has his/her 12th birthday today.
- is eleven today. Let's sing "Happy Birthday".
- I hope you all have a good Christmas.
- Happy New Year!
- All the best for the New Year.
- Happy Easter.
- Best of luck.
- Good luck.
- I hope you pass.
- Congratulations!
- Well done!
- Hard lines!
- Never mind.
- Better luck next time..
- Who's not here today?
- Who isn't here?
- What's wrong with ... today?
- Do you feel better today?
- Are you better now?
- Have you been ill?
- What was the matter?
- I'm sorry (about that).
- Sorry, that was my fault.
- I'm terribly sorry.
- 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.
- Excuse me.
- Could I get past please?
- You're blocking the way.
- I can't get past you.
- Get out of the way, please.
- 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?
Classroom
Language, The language of classroom management
Here
are some common situations in which spontaneous English can be used:
- 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.
- 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
- Here are some tasks for you to work on in groups of four.
- 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.
- Everybody work individually
- Work by yourselves.
- Work independently.
- 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.
Classroom
Language, Language of classroom management
Here are some phrases that can be used for
classroom management:
Organization
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?
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?
Supervision
- Look this way.
- Stop talking.
- Listen to what ... is saying.
- Leave that alone now.
- Be careful.
Interrogation
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?
Responding
to questions
- Yes, that's right
- Fine.
- Almost. Try again.
- What about this word?
Explanation-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.
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.
Interaction-Affective attitudes
- That's interesting!
- That really is very kind of you.
- Don't worry about it.
- I was a bit disappointed with your Social ritual efforts.
- Good morning.
- Cheerio now.
- God bless!
- Have a nice weekend.
- Thanks for your help
- Happy birthday!
- Merry Christmas!
Classroom Language, The language of error correction
Here are some phrases that can be used when
giving feedback to students:
- Very good
- That's very good
- You did a great job.
- Magnificent
- Right
- Yes
- Well done
- Very fine
- That's nice
- I like that
- Marvellous
- Terrific
- Wow!
- Jolly good
- Great stuff
- Fantastic
- 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
- Sort of , yes.
- That's more like it
- 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
- 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.
- Don't worry about your pronunciation.
- Don't worry about your spelling.
- Don't worry, it'll improve
- Maybe this will help you
- Do you want a clue (hint)?
- You have good pronunciation.
- Your pronunciation is very good.
- You are communicating well.
- You speak very fluently.
- You have made a lot of progress.
- 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.
