THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSON |

Classroom English
Greetings
 Hello, everyone.
 Good morning, everybody.
 Good afternoon, class.
 Hello there, Tom.
 Good afternoon, everybody.
 How are you today?
 How are you getting on?
 How’s life?
 How are things with you?
 Are you feeling better today, David?
 What a lovely day!
 What a rainy day!
 Today is very cold, isn’t it?
Introductions
 My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Smith. I’ll be teaching you English this year.
 I’m your new English teacher.
 I’ve got five lessons with you each week.
Time to begin
 Let’s begin today’s 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.
 Where have you been?
 Did you miss your bus?

DURING THE LESSON | Classroom

English
Classroom English | Common instructions
Instructions can be used at the beginning of a session

 Are you ready?

 Everybody …
 Pay attention, everybody.
  Open your books at page…
 You need pencils/rulers.
 We’ll learn how to …
 You have five minutes to do this.
 Turn to page …
 Look at activity five.
 Listen to this tape.
 Repeat after me.
 Again, please.
 Who’s next?
 Like this, not like that.
Comprehension language

 Do you get it?

 Are you with me?
 Are you OK?
 Do you follow me?
 OK so far?
 Do you understand?
 What did you say?
 One more time, please.
 Say it again, please.
 Like this?
 Is this OK?
Other common instructions

 Come in.
 Go out.
 Stand by your desks.
 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.
Classroom English | Classroom management
Giving instructions

 Open your books at page 75.

 I want you all to join in.
 The whole class, please.
 All together now.
 Come out and write it on the board.
 Listen to the tape, please.
 Get into groups of four.
 Finish off this song at home.
 Everybody, please.
 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 4?
 Can you all see the board?
Sequencing

 First/ First of all, today, …

 After that/ Then
 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/ 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 this way.
 Listen to what … is saying.
 Leave that alone now.
 Be careful.
Questions

 Any questions?
 Do you have any questions?
 Now I’m going to ask you some questions.
 Who knows the answer?
 Raise your hand.
 Please raise your hand if you don’t understand.
 Try to answer by yourself.
 Try again.
 A full sentence, please.
 Use a full sentence please.
 Make a sentence.
 Say it in a loud voice.
 Louder, please!
 Again, please.
Responding to questions

 Yes, that’s right,

 Fine.
 Almost. Try again.
 What about this word?
Reference

 As I said earlier, …
 While we’re on the subject, …
 In the background you can see …
  The church was started in the last century.
 This is a picture of a typically English castle.
 Let me sum up.
Encouragement

 That’s interesting!
 That really is very kind of you.
 Don’t worry about it.
 Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do better next time.
 I’m really impressed. I knew you could do it!
 Have a go! Have another try!
 Practise makes perfect.
 Good! Excellent! Well done! That’s great!
 That’ much better! You’re really improving.
 Your marks will get better if you practise more.
 Stop making excuses.
 Don’t pretend you can’t speak English, I know you can.
 Your marks are getting better all the time.
Classroom English | Error correction
Giving feedback to students

 Magnificent!
 Right!
 Fine.
 Very good.
 That’s very good.
 Great stuff!
 Well done.
 That’s it.
 Yes!
 Yes, you’ve got it.
 Fantastic!
 Very fine.
 That’s nice.
 I like that.
  Marvellous!
 You did a great job.
 Terrific!
 Wow!
 That’s correct.
 Quite right
 That’s right.
 That’s quite right.
 It depends.
 That’s much better.
 In a way, perhaps.
 You’ve improved a lot.
 Sort of, yes.
 That’s more like it.
 It might be, I suppose.
 That’s a lot better.
 You’re on the right lines (UK).
 There’s no hurry.
 Have a guess.
 That’s almost it.
 You’re halfway there.
 You’ve almost got it.
 You were almost right.
 There’s no need to rush.
 We have plenty of time
 Unfortunately not.
 I’m afraid that’s not quite right.
 Not quite right. Try again.
 Good try, but not quite right.
 You can’t say that, I’m afraid.
 You can’t use that word here.
 Have another try.
 Not really.
 Not exactly.
Classroom English | Special situations
 Happy birthday!
  Merry Christmas!
 I hope you all have a good Christmas.
 Happy New Year!
 All the best for the New Year.
 Happy Easter.
 Tom has his 11th birthday today.
 Anna is eleven today. Let’s sing “Happy Birthday”.
 Cheerio now.
 God bless!
 Have a nice weekend.
 Thanks for your help.
 Best of luck.
 Good luck.
 I hope you pass.
 Congratulations!
 Well done!
 Hard lines!
 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 headache.
 I’m feeling under the weather.
 Do you mind if I sit down?
 I have a sore throat.

THE END OF THE LESSON | Classroom

English
Time to stop
 Let’s stop now.
 It’s time to finish now.
 It’s almost time to stop.
 I’m afraid it’s time to finish now.
 We’ve run out of time.
 We’ll have to stop here.
 There’s the bell. It’s time to stop.
 That’s all for today. You can go now.
 Have you finished?
 Stop now.
 Any questions?
 Collect your work please.
 Pack up your books.
 One minute to finish that activity. It’s nearly time to go.
 Are your desks tidy?
 Don’t forget to bring your … tomorrow.
 The next class is waiting (outside/ to come in)
 You’ll be late for your next class (if you don’t stop now)
 We’ll have to finish this tomorrow/ in the next lesson
 Look at the time/ What time is it now?
 That’s all (we have time) for today.
Not time to stop
 The bell hasn’t gone yet.
 The lesson doesn’t finish till ten past.
 Hang on a moment.
 We seem to have finished early.
 Just a moment, please.
 Just a sec/ Just a second/ Wait for it!
 There are still three minutes to go.
 Just hold on a moment.
 One more thing before you go.
 We still have a couple of minutes left.
 Your watch must be fast.
  We have an extra five minutes.
 Sit quietly until the bell goes.
 Tom, you have to stay five extra minutes (as I told you earlier/ because
you…)
 Back to your places.
 Stay where you are for a moment.
Homework
 Remember your homework.
 Take a worksheet as you leave.
 What do you have to do before the next lesson?
 This is your homework for tonight.
 Finish this exercise
 Do the next exercise tonight, and we’ll check it tomorrow.
 Prepare the next chapter for Tuesday.
 Do exercise 5 on page 36 for your homework. There is no homework today.
 There is no homework tonight (but there will be tomorrow)
Next time
 The next class starts at 7 o’clock.
 We’ll do the rest of this chapter next time.
 We’ve run out of time, so we’ll continue next lesson.
 We’ll continue this chapter next Monday.
 We’ll do some more practice of this in the next class.
 We’ll finish this exercise next lesson.
 We’re going to continue with this tomorrow, so please sit together again.
Goodbye
 Goodbye, everyone.
 See you again next Thursday/ next week/ tomorrow/ on Monday
 Have a good holiday.
 Enjoy your vacation.
 See you tomorrow afternoon.
 Stand up and say goodbye to the class, please
 See you in room 8 after the break.
Leaving the room
 Form a queue (UK) and wait for the bell.
 Get into a queue (UK).
 Be quiet as you leave. Other classes are still working.
 Try not to make any noise as you leave.
 It’s tidy up time
 Everybody outside!
 All of you get outside now!
 Hurry up and get out!
 Line up

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


 Good morning, everybody.
 Good afternoon, everybody.
 Hello, everyone.
 Hello there, John.
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, David?
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.
 Settle down now so we can start.
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 Jim 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

1. 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.
 Stand by your desks.
 Put your hands up.
 Put your hands down.
 Hold your books/pens up.
 Show me your pencil.
2. A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session:

 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 activity 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.
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.
 Any questions?
 Collect your work please.
 Pack up your 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?

 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 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 of minutes 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 today.
 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.
 It’s tidy up time
 Line up

Classroom Language: Language of

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.
Asking questions

 Where’s Bill?
 Is Bill in the kitchen?
 Tell me where Bill 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 Spanish 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.
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: 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.
 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.
 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.
 Have a go.
 Have a guess.
 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.

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”.
 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 … today?
 I’m sorry (about that).
 Sorry, that was my fault.
 I’m terribly sorry.
 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 hope you all have a good Christmas.
 Happy New Year!
 All the best for the New Year.
 Happy Easter.
 Hard lines!
 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?