CLASSROOM LANGUAGE FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS
The beginning of the lessonHello! (Good morning! Good afternoon!)
Take off your jackets, please.
Close the door, please.
How are you today?
How are you getting on?
How's life?
How are things with you?
Are you feeling better today, Vasya?
Write the date on the board, please.
Andrey isn’t here today. He is not well.
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.
Pupils late to classWhere have you been?
We started ten minutes ago. What have you been doing?
Did you miss your bus/train/taxi/airplane/interstellar shuttle?
Did you oversleep?
Don't let it happen again.
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.
Have you done your homework?
Take out your books, please.
Open your books at page 33, please /Turn to page 33, please.
Come out and write it on the board.
Finish off this exercise at home.
Pay attention, everybody.
You need pencils (pens).
We'll learn how to ...
Are you ready?
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?
Nastya, share your book with Varya, please.
Exercise one at the top of page three.
Put on (put down) your headphones, please.
Listen to the tape, please.
Which exercise are we doing?
Work on your own.
Have you got a pencil?
Can I borrow your rubber?
Can you lend me a rubber, please?
Put your hand up if you know the answer.
Ready? Let’s start. Sasha, you start.
What did you say Alina?
Just a moment. Wait a minute. Hold on a second. Hang on a moment.
Stay where you are for a moment.
Has everyone got a sheet of paper (a notebook)?
Put your textbooks in your schoolbags. The activity books.
A piece of chalk. The chalk is finished.
Look this way.
Stop talking.
Listen to what ... is saying.
Leave that alone now.
Be careful.
Please repeat after me.
Could you repeat that, please?
First listen, and then repeat. Say it with me.
Give me some more examples, please.
Do you understand?
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.
Georgy, read the next sentence. Can you read this word?
Look at exercise two. Could you read the instructions, please?
Keep going.
Can you speak louder?
What does …. mean? Can you spell it, please?
How do you spell … , please?
Everybody work individually.
Work by yourselves.
Work independently.
What about this word?
What's the Russian for "neighbourhood"?
Explain it in your own words.
It's spelt with a capital "U".
Can anybody correct this sentence?
Fill in the missing words.
Feedback: encouragement and error correctionPositiveVery 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! 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. That's much better. That's a lot better. You've improved a lot. 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're getting better at it all the time.
Neutral commentsIt depends. It might be, I suppose. In a way, perhaps. Sort of, yes. That's more like it. Not really. 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.
NegativeUnfortunately 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 still have some trouble with pronunciation. You need more practice with these words. You'll have to spend some time practising this.
Finishing classClose your books.
Put your books away.
Pack your things away.
You may pack away now
Put your books and pencils away/ in your bag”
Okay, time up. Close down all the programmes but don’t turn the computers off.
The bell hasn't gone yet.
I don’t remember hearing a bell.
There are still two minutes to go.
We still have a couple of minutes left.
One more thing before you go.
Where are you going?/ Where do you think you are going?
Back to your places.
You can’t go until you all…
Why are you packing your bags already?
Did anyone tell you to pack your bags?”/ “Did I say you can go?… I thought not”
Patience!
Oh, whoops. That’s the bell already/ Is it that time already? Before you go, we have to… It’ll only take a minute
That’s all for today
We’ve run out of time
Is that the bell I hear?
Well, you can all stay here and carry on speaking if you like…
It’s almost time to stop.
I’m afraid it’s time to finish now.
We’ll have to stop there.
There’s the bell. It’s time to stop.
That’s all for today. You can go now.
Can you put all the chairs and tables back into their original places.
This is your homework for tonight.
Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your homework.
Prepare the next text for Monday.
There is no homework today.
Remember your homework.
Make sure you haven’t forgotten anything.
Whose book/ eraser/ ruler/ dictionary/ pencil case/ coat/ hat/ scarf is this?/
Has someone forgotten a…?
Goodbye, everyone!
See you again next Friday!
See you tomorrow afternoon!
See you in room 412 after the break.
Have a good holiday!
Enjoy your vacation!
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.
EXEMPLARY HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONSIn writing the homework, the teacher needs to indicate clearly the Unit, page and exercise numbers. For example:
1. Unit 9 (Town), page 8, text 1 ("Moscow through the eyes of an American").
- read the text with the speaker at the speed of the speaker three times (track no. 1).
2. Pages 14-16 (exercises to text 1);
- do exercises I, II and III (II and III);
- get ready for classroom reading assessment;
- listen to track no.3 while you read the text and imitate the speaker's pronunciation and intonation.
3. Page 6, grammar exercise V (track no. 3).
- react to the statements according to the example.
- get ready to demonstrate your skills to the teacher.
4. Page 6, exercise 6 (translation, track no. 4).
- Translate the sentences using the complex objects. Check with the key on the memory stick.
5. Page 30 (Home reading), text (A small Russian town, track no. 15);
- read with the speaker at the speed of the speaker (three times), translate and understand.
- make out 10 questions to the text (in writing);
- listen to the story;
- give the gist of the story;
- get ready to retell the story in the class;
- put 10 questions to the text;
- make up5-7 sentences of your own using vocabulary words;
- make up a story about yourself using vocabulary phrases and structures.