Classroom Language

Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson
1. Good morning
Good morning, everybody.

Good afternoon, everybody.
Hello, everyone.
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.
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 you today?
What's wrong with Jim today?

Why were you absent last Friday?
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

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.
Put your hands up.
Put your hands down.

Hold your books/pens up.
Show me your pencil.
Stand by your desks.
A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the

semester continues:
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.

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.
A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the

semester continues:
It's time to finish.
Have you finsihed?
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
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
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.

Put your hands up.
Put your hands down.
Stand by your desks.
Hold your books/pens up.

Show me your pencil.
A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the

semester continues:
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.

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.
A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the

semester continues:
It's time to finish.
Have you finsihed?
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.
Instructions can also be sequenced:
First
Next
After that
Finally
Then
Comprehension language:
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?
Classroom Language:
The language of spontaneous situations
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).
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".

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?
I hope you all have
What's wrong with ... today?

Are you better now?
Have you been ill?
What was the matter?
Do you feel better today?
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: Classroom management

Here are some common situations in which classroom menagement is needed:
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.

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.
There are too
Classroom Language: Classroom management

Here are some phrases that can be used for classroom management:
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 efforts.
Social ritual
Good morning.
Cheerio now.
God bless!
Have a nice weekend.
Thanks for your help
Happy birthday!
Merry Christmas!
Classroom Language: Error correction

Here are some phrases that can be used when giving feedback to students:
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
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

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Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

Good morning, everybody.

2. How are you?

How are you today, ?

My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Kim. I'm your new English teacher.

I've got five lessons with you each week.

Let's begin our lesson now.

I'm waiting for you to be quiet.

Stop talking and be quiet.

6. Put your things away

Close your books.

Who is absent today?.

What's the matter with you today?

What's wrong with Jim today?

Where have you been?

Classroom Language: Simple instructions

Put your hands down.

Stand by your desks.

A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the

Look at acitivity five.

A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the

Let's check the answers. Any questions?

Classroom Language: The end of the lesson

It's almost time to stop.

There's the bell. It's time to stop.

2. Not time to stop.

The bell hasn't gone yet.

One more thing before you go.

We'll do the rest of this chapter next time.

We've run out of time, so we'll continue next lesson.

This is your homework for tonight.

Remember your homework.

7. Leaving the room

Get into a queue.

Come to the front of the class.

Stand by your desks.

Hold your books/pens up.

A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the

Look at acitivity five.

A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the

Let's check the answers. Any questions?

Instructions can also be sequenced:

Are you ready?

Do you follow me? What did you say?

we relate the target language to the learner's immediate environment;

... is eleven today. Let's sing "Happy Birthday".

Well done! Hard lines!

Who's not here today?

I hope you all have

What's wrong with ... today?

Do you feel better today?

I'm sorry (about that).

I'm terribly sorry. Excuse me for a moment.

Get out of the way, please.

Classroom Language: Classroom management

Make groups of four.

Work together with your friend

I want you to form groups.

Here are some tasks for you to work on in groups of four.