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Classroom Language Practice Guide

This document provides useful classroom language for students to use in English. It includes sample dialogues between a teacher and student, with the teacher providing instructions, questions, and corrections, and the student responding to request clarification or repetition. Key phrases are presented for students to learn such as "Can you repeat please?" and "What does this word mean?". Students are encouraged to practice classroom language with classmates and keep a notebook section dedicated to this terminology.

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Classroom Language Practice Guide

This document provides useful classroom language for students to use in English. It includes sample dialogues between a teacher and student, with the teacher providing instructions, questions, and corrections, and the student responding to request clarification or repetition. Key phrases are presented for students to learn such as "Can you repeat please?" and "What does this word mean?". Students are encouraged to practice classroom language with classmates and keep a notebook section dedicated to this terminology.

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1.

Can you say Ihave twelve years in English?

US E F UL LA N G UA G E TO U S E I N TH E CL AS S R O O M

Teacher says :

It is important that you use as much English as possible in the classroom.

2. W hats the opposite of intelligent?

3.

Sorry, did you say thirteen or thirty?

1. M atch th e qu est ion s and a nsw e r s.

4. 5.

W h y i s t h i s wr o n g ?

a.

Because you cant say Do my bed.

Could you repeat the instructions please?

b.

Y e s . F i r s t , wr i t e s o m e s e n t e n c e s about your favourite hobby ...

6.

Can you help me please?

c.

Sorry, you cant. You say Im twelve

7.

Go o d m o r n i n g ! T a ke yo u r s e a t s ! O p e n yo u r b o o k s ! O p e n yo u r b o o ks o n p a g e . Tu r n t h e p a g e , p l e a s e . Tell us . Tell us about . Repeat, please. R e p e a t a ft e r m e . One more time, please! Say it again! Speak louder, please! I m s o r r y? E x c u s e m e ? ( = I d i d n t h e a r / u n d e r s t a n d yo u , s a y i t a g a i n ) . I c a n t h e a r yo u . M i s t a k e . C o r r e c t yo u r s e l f. Li s t e n a n d r e m e m b e r . Read! R e t e l l t h e t e xt . R e t e l l t h e t e xt i n yo u r o wn wo r d s . Wh a t d i d yo u u n d e r s t a n d f r o m t h e t e xt ? D o yo u u n d e r s t a n d m e ? D o yo u u n d e r s t a n d t h e t a s k ? Wh a t d o e s i t m e a n ? Ask questions! An s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s !

W hats the answer to question four, please?

Student says: I m s o r r y, I d i d n t u n d e r s t a n d yo u . I d i d n t u n d e r s t a n d t h e t a s k. C a n yo u r e p e a t , p l e a s e ? C a n yo u s a y i t l o u d e r , p l e a s e ? C a n yo u s p e l l i t , p l e a s e ? C a n yo u e xp l a i n t h i s w o r d ? Wh a t d o e s i t m e a n ? Wh a t d o e s t h i s wo r d m e a n ?

d. e.

Thirteen.

f. g.

H e wa s b o r n i n M l a g a .

Yes. Whats the problem?

Stupid

2 a T e s t yo u r c l a s s m a t e s . P r e p a r e s o m e classroom questions like those in exercise 1.

2 b As k s o m e c l a s s m a t e s yo u r q u e s t i o n s . C a n t h e y h e l p yo u ?

W h y yo u c an t s a y I m li v in g inT o l ed o ? W hats t h e op p os it e o f r ic h ? H o w d o yo u s a y p is c i na in En g l is h ?

W hen you want to get help f rom your teacher, ask her/him in class. If you dont know how to ask, ask your teac her how you can say it. Then wr ite the question in your notebook and learn it by heart. You can keep a Classroom language section in your notebook!

Yolanda Gimnez Ballesteros / September2010

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