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lesson 28. education. classroom expressions what does “classroom language” mean? the term "classroom language" describes the routine language that is used on a regular basis in a classroom. this includes phrases for giving instructions of praise, for example “take out your notebooks” or “please stand up”. these are expressions that teachers are used to using and students are used to hearing. however, classroom language takes a while for students to learn and get used to. the benefits of knowing these language basics mostly revolve around reducing the amount that students use their mother tongue while increasing the amount of the target language they are using. in short, classroom language makes the classroom environment more authentic. when teaching english as a second language, the goal of a teacher is to use as much of the target language as possible. when reviewing a day in the classroom, one of the most frequent …
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an use to facilitate the learning: · teach the students the classroom language in a scaffolded way. start with a short command, perhaps just one word such as “open”. after a whiel, the teacher can progress to a longer command, such as “open the book" and eventually students can learn alternate phrases that mean the same think, for example “turn to page 15”. · make sure it's clear to the students what this language is for. include them in the learning process; they should know that the more they use the language, the more they will develop and that these expressions are meant to help use the language in the most authentic way possible. · once you introduce the classroom language, use it! employ the expressions as much as possible so the students become used to them and eventually are able to use them by themselves. · use prompts such …
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lesson. * let’s begin our lesson now. * i hope you are all ready for your english lesson. * i think we can start now. * is everybody ready to start? now we can get down to work. * it’s time to begin, please stop talking. * i’m waiting for you to be quiet. * settle down now so we can start. * we won’t start until everyone is quiet. * stop talking and be quiet. put your things away · pack your things away. * close your books. * put your books away. register · who isn’t here today? * who is absent today? * why were you absent last friday, tom? * what’s the matter with anna today? * what’s wrong with anna today? late · we started ten minutes ago. * what have you been doing? * did you oversleep? · don’t let it happen again. * …
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· it might be an idea to leave this till next time. * which topic will your group report on? · do you want to answer question 4? * can you all see the board? sequencing · first/ first of all, today, … * after that/ then * have you finished? · right. now we will go on to the next exercise. * for the last thing today, let’s … · whose turn is it to read? * which question are you on? *next/ 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. * have you found the place? · are you all ready? supervision · stop talking. * look …

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lesson 28. education. classroom expressions what does “classroom language” mean? the term "classroom language" describes the routine language that is used on a regular basis in a classroom. this includes phrases for giving instructions of praise, for example “take out your notebooks” or “please stand up”. these are expressions that teachers are used to using and students are used to hearing. however, classroom language takes a while for students to learn and get used to. the benefits of knowing these language basics mostly revolve around reducing the amount that students use their mother tongue while increasing the amount of the target language they are using. in short, classroom language makes the classroom environment more authentic. when teaching english as a …

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