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Yolanda Giménez Ballesteros / September2010: Teach Er Sa Ys

This document provides useful classroom language for teachers and students in English. It includes example questions teachers may ask like "Can you repeat please?" and phrases students can use like "I didn't understand." The document also encourages using as much English as possible in the classroom and provides exercises for students to practice asking and answering questions. It suggests students keep a "Classroom Language" section in their notebook to learn helpful phrases.

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Yolanda Giménez Ballesteros / September2010: Teach Er Sa Ys

This document provides useful classroom language for teachers and students in English. It includes example questions teachers may ask like "Can you repeat please?" and phrases students can use like "I didn't understand." The document also encourages using as much English as possible in the classroom and provides exercises for students to practice asking and answering questions. It suggests students keep a "Classroom Language" section in their notebook to learn helpful phrases.

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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

1. Can you say ‘Ihave twelve years’


in English?
Teacher says :
It is important that 2. W hat’s the opposite of intelligent’? - Go o d m o r n i n g ! T a ke yo u r s e a t s !
you use as much - 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 .
English as possible - Tell us … . Tell us about … .
in the classroom. 3. Sorry, did you say ‘thirteen’ or
- Repeat, please.
‘thirty’?
- R e p e a t a ft e r m e .
- One more time, please!
- Say it again!
- Speak louder, please!
4. W h y i s t h i s wr o n g ? - I ’ m s o r r y? E x c u s e m e ?
1. M atch th e qu est ion s and a nsw e r s. ( = 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 .
a. Because you can’t say ‘Do my bed.’ 5. Could you repeat the instructions - M i s t a k e . C o r r e c t yo u r s e l f.
please? - 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 ?
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 6. Can you help me please? - D o yo u u n d e r s t a n d m e ?
about your favourite hobby ...
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 !
7. W hat’s the answer to question
c. Sorry, you can’t. You say ‘I’m twelve’ 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 .
d. ‘Thirteen’. f. H e wa s b o r n i n M á l a g a . - 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 ?
e. Yes. What’s the problem? g. ‘Stupid’
- 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 ?
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 2 b As k s o m e c l a s s m a t e s
classroom questions like those in yo u r q u e s t i o n s . C a n t h e y
exercise 1. h e l p yo u ?

W hen you want to get help f rom your teacher, ask her/him in class. If you don’t know
W h y yo u c an ’ t s a y ‘ I’ m li v in g inT o l ed o ?
how to ask, ask your teac her how you can say it. Then wr ite the question in your notebook
W hat’s t h e op p os it e o f ‘r ic h ’ ? and learn it by heart. You can keep a ‘Classroom language’ section in your notebook!
H o w d o yo u s a y ‘ p is c i na ’ in En g l is h ?

Yolanda Giménez Ballesteros / September2010

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