Classroom Language and Phrases

The following phrases are common classroom language which should be used
in the classroom. These phrases/words should be shared with the parents to be

used at home in order to reinforce classroom “talk” and participation.
Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

1. Good morning
•Good morning, everybody.
•Good afternoon, everybody.
•Hello, everyone.
•Hello there, individual name.
2. How are you?

•How are you today?
How’s everything today?
•How are things with you?
•Are you feeling better today, David?
3. Introductions
•My name is Mr/Miss name. I’m your teacher.
•I’ll be teaching you your class this year.
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.
•Settle down now so we can start.
6. Put your things away

•Close your books.
•Put your books away.
•Pack your things away.
7. Attendance
•Who is absent today?
•Who isn’t here today?
•What’s the matter with name today?
•What’s wrong with Jim today?
•Why were you absent last day of the week?
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

1. Here are some common instructions which the class can easily understand:
•Please come in.
•Please stand up.

•Please sit down.
•Please come to the front of the class.
•Let's stand by our desks.
•Please put your hands up.
•Please put your hands down.
•Let's hold our books/pens up.
•Please show me your pencil.
2. A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session:

•Let's pay attention, everybody.
•You'll need your pencils/rulers.
•We’ll learn how to …
•Are you ready?
•Let's open your books to page…
•Please turn to page …
•Let's look at activity five.
•Let's listen to this video.
•Please repeat after me.
•Again, please.
•Everybody …
You have five minutes to do this.
•Who’s next?
•Like this, not like that.
3. A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session:

•It’s time to finish.
•Have you finished?
•Let’s stop now.
•Stop now.
•Let’s check the answers.
•Does anyone have any questions?
•Let's collect our work please.
•Let's put away our books.
•Are your desks tidy?
•Don’t forget to bring your _______ tomorrow.
4. Instructions can also be sequenced:

•First
•Next
•After that
•Then
•Finally
5. Comprehension language:
•Are you ready?
•Do you understand?
•Are you OK?
•OK so far?
•Do you get it?
•Do you understand the instructions?
•Do you understand 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 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.
That’s all for today. You can go now.
2. Not time to stop

•Time is up, we have to finish now.
•There are still two minutes to go.
•We still have a couple of minutes left.
•The lesson doesn’t finish till time.
•Your watch must be fast/slow.
•We seem to have finished early.
•We have an extra five minutes.
•Sit quietly until the time is up.
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 day of the week.
5. Homework
•This is your homework for tonight.
•Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your homework.
•Prepare the next chapter for day of the week.
•There is no homework today.
•Remember your homework.
•Take a worksheet for your homework.
6. Goodbye
•Goodbye, everyone.
•See you again next Sunday.
•See you tomorrow afternoon.
Have a good holiday.
•Enjoy your vacation.
7. Leaving the room

•Let's form a line.
•Form a line and wait for me.
•Everybody outside!
•Let's all go outside now!
•Hurry up and let's get out!
•Try not to make any noise as you leave.
•Be quiet as you leave. Other classes are still working.
•It’s clean up time
•Please line up
Classroom Language: Language of classroom
management
Here are some phrases that can be used for classroom management:
Giving instructions
• Let's open our books to page 52.
• Come up and write it on the board.
• Listen to the video, 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 turning the lights on?
• It might be a good idea to leave this until 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 time.
• Can you all see the board?
• Have you found the place?
• Are you all ready?
Supervision
• Look this way.
• Please stop talking.
• Listen to what name is saying.
• Let's leave that alone now.
• Be careful.
Asking questions
• Where’s name?
• Is name in the bathroom?
• Please tell me where name 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?
Metalanguage
• What’s the Arabic word for “doll”?
• Explain it in your own words.
• It’s spelled with a capital “J”.
• Can anybody correct this sentence?
• Let's fill in the missing words.
• Please mark the right answer.
Reference
• After they left Egypt, the singers went to place..
• In the background you can see …
• While we’re on the subject, …
• As I said earlier, …
• Let me sum it up for you.
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.
Have a nice weekend.
• Thanks for your help.
• Happy birthday!
• Happy Eid!
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.
• Well done.
• Very fine.
• That’s nice.
• I like that.
• Magnificent!
• You did a great job.
Terrific!
• Wow!
• Great stuff!
• Fantastic!
• Right!
• Yes!
• Fine.
That’s right.
• That’s it.
• That’s correct
• Yes, you’ve got it.
• 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.
• 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.
• Take a guess.
• Not really.
• Unfortunately not.
• I’m afraid that’s not 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.
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).
• Name has his/her 12th birthday today.
• Name is eleven today. Let’s sing “Happy Birthday”.
• Best of luck.
• Good luck.
• I hope you pass.
• Congratulations!
• Well done!
• Who’s not here today?
• Who isn’t here?
• What’s wrong with name today?
• I’m sorry (about that).
• Sorry, that was my fault.
• I’m terribly sorry.
• Excuse me.
• Could I get past you, please?
• You’re blocking the way.
• I can’t get past you.
• Move out of the way, please
• I hope you all have a good Holiday.
• Happy New Year!
• All the best for the New Year.
• Never mind.
• Better luck next time.
• Do you feel better today?
• Are you better now?
• Have you been ill?
• What was the matter?
• 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.
• 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?

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The following phrases are common classroom language which should be used

in the classroom. These phrases/words should be shared with the parents to be

Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

2. How are you?

6. Put your things away

Classroom Language: Simple instructions

•Please stand up.

2. A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session:

3. A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session:

4. Instructions can also be sequenced:

Classroom Language: The end of the lesson

2. Not time to stop

7. Leaving the room

Classroom Language: The language of error

Classroom Language: The language of

• We relate the target language to the learner’s immediate environment.

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