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TEMA 1:
Greetings and forms of address
Checking attendance
Ending lessons
TEMA 2:
Everyday instructions- organizing the classroom
Spontaneous situations.
Phrases with spell
TEMA 3:
Explaining and demonstrating
Phrases describing position
Asking for helpers and giving things out
Helping children learn and improve
Spontaneous situations
TEMA 4:
What learners need to say and ask
Setting up pairs and groups
Children in pairs or groups
TEMA 5:
Giving instructions in English
Being good-a positive approach to discipline
Recalling routines: what do we do when?
Turn-giving
Instructions for true/false activities
TEMA 6:
Letter and word recognition
What does it say?
to talk about what is written down.
Asking children to guess the word
TEMA 7:
Asking children to guess or remember
TEMA 8:
What can you do with cards?
How to comment on students work.
Involving children in making and using resources.
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TEMA 1
Teacher
Good morning,
Good afternoon,
Hello,
children.
everybody.
boys and girls.
girls and boys.
Checking attendance
Lets call the roll
Lets take the register.
Lets check to see who is here.
Remember to answer Im here
Children
Good morning,
Good afternoon,
Hello,
Miss/Mrs/Mr/Ms
(surname)
(first name)
Teacher
Is everybody here?
Is anyone away?
No-one absent today?
Who is missing?
Ending lessons
1. Ok, thats all for now.
2. Right. Weve no time for anything else- dont do any more- we dont have any more time today.
3. Ok- just one more time before going out for a short break.
4. Ok, now stop! We havent enough time to finish the monster today. So stand up
5. Ok- just one more time-and then thats it.
6. Ok, pick up all your things- and put the books in the cupboard.
7. Thats all for today. On Monday, therell be more.
8. Ok, children, make a line to say good-bye- following the leader. Bye bye.
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9. Ok, its break-time. So you can go out to play. But first- line up quietly by the door.
Find four pairs of phrases that have similar meanings. Read them out loud in pairs.
In each example, one word or phrase is underlined. Change or substitute it for another word
or phrase, for example now to this afternoon.
TEMA 2
For each instruction, find one which has the opposite meaning. There are five pairs of
opposites.
What words or phrases might you add before these instructions to get your childrens
attention? For example, OK, all of you, get your books and pencils out.
All these phrases are instructions. Separate them into two groups: one used to finish a
class and one used during a class.
Lets check the answers.
Again, please.
Any questions?
Everybody/This row
Whos next?
Look at activity 5.
Collect your work, please.
Pack your books/notebooksup.
Listen to the tape/me
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Spontaneous situations
Match the expressions to the situations.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
Do you feel better today? How are you today? What was the matter?
Open the window. Its very hot/stuffy.
Can you close the window, please? Its very noisy.
Congratulations!
Why are you late?
Can you put the light on? Its very dark.
Have a good weekend.
Whos not here today?
Ill be back in a moment.
These are common situations in class. Can you match the bubbles with the situation?
a. animar a los alumnos
e. preguntas en situaciones comunicativas
b. dar informacin para refuerzo
f. captar la atencin de los alumnos
c. pedir algo prestado
g. pedir un esfuerzo mayor
d. pedir u ofrecer algo
Be quiet!
Stop talking!
Stop doing that!
Silence, please.
Dont talk.
Pay attention,
please.
Listen.
Not really.
Not quite, nearly.
Im afraid you cant say that.
Thats not right.
Try again.
Come on.
Thats better.
Have a go.
Almost right.
Theres no hurry.
Dont worry.
Try harder.
Can anyone help?
Right./Thats right.
Fine.
OK.
Quite right.
Thats it.
Thats correct.
Good. Thats fine.
Very good.
Well done.
I like that.
Excellent
TEMA 3
do some colouring.
do some drawing.
do some painting.
do some sticking.
make a monster.
____________
make an Easter Card.
colour some animals.
make a farm
make a circus picture.
Spontaneous situations
TEMA 4
Add more things to the childrens boxes. Then select a suitable response from the teacher in the
second box.
Children
I havent got
my pencils.
Ive lost
my colours.
Ive forgotten
my book.
Teacher
Has anyone seen Giorgios pencil/book/colours?
Decide who says what? The teacher or the children? Study the exchanges
__________________
Excuse me! Can you help me?
______________
Yes- of course, just coming.
Practise some instructions from these tables. Then learn at least three different sets of instructions.
Are you ready?
Ok, everyone,
So now everybody,
in pairs.
in twos.
Quiet please!
in threes.
in groups of three or four.
Listen carefully.
Here are two pictures, but dont
look at them yet.
Think of three activities. Which of these phrases do you think your learners might need to do them?
Can you think of any more expressions?
Child 1
Who wants to start?
Whose turn is it?
Whos next?
Youre next/Im next!
Ill draw and you colour, OK?
Ill ask and you answer, OK?
You first then me, OK?
Have we/you finished?
Can you pass me a blue pencil/a yellow crayon
please?
Can I have the rubber/the eraser, please?
Oh, I need the ruler/the scissors.
Whos got the red marker?
Child 2
Me!/Not me!
Mine! Yours! Anas!
Me! Ana!
OK.
Yes.
All right.
Yes!/No, you first!
Yes!/Not yet!/Just a minute!
Here you are.
Here it is!
Here you are/Oh! Wait a minute.
Me! Here you are/Here it is.
TEMA 5
Moving around
How can you get young children to settle down and listen properly? Here are some things you can say in
order to control children but still sound positive and encourage good behaviour.
-Please, stop talking now. No more talking for a bit. Good, you lot. That is nice and quiet. You othersshsh. Calm
down now, OK. Thats better.
-Quiet please! Settle down now and listen. Thats good, Eva. Thank you, Emilio.
-Everyone is sitting really nicelyexcept for Tom! Tom, could you sit down like the others please? Thank you. OK
-OK, we need to be quieter to hear what everyone is saying. These two groups are doing an excellent job. Thank you for
being quiet. And now we are waiting for
-Now who can tell me the name of the book? Lots of hands raised. Excellent.
Everybody stand up
Come up and sit on the mat
Come and stand round the board
Everyone come out here to the
front
Clear everything up nicely
Line up-one behind the other
Get our/your bags
Line up in rows behind our/your
tables
Push the front desks/tables back
Turn-giving
Read these phrases out loud. Decide whether you want the whole class, half the class, or
smaller groups or individuals.
Put them in order from large group to individual responses.
1. Everybody-all of you! Ready?
2. Just this row.
3. Maria, your turn.
4. Ok, this group now
5. Anybody else? Hands upone at a timedont
just shout out.
6. Blue team-you start. Then red, then yellow.
If it is true
If Im right
If it is not true
If Im not right
If Im wrong
TEMA 6
Phonic approach
OK-lets see how many letters you can remember. Who can find a letter which says h? Yes-h like for your
name, Hiro or h for happy or hungry. Who is hungry? Any one? Ok, so who can point to the letter for h?
Who can
find
Can you
point to
as in wolf?
Can anyone
see
a word that starts with a
b
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Read the sentences out loud. Which one is probably not about guessing or predicting?
-You have to guess which word this is.
-What do you think this could be?
-Now what about this one?
-It starts with r so it might be
-Its something thats in her basket, so what might this be?
-It could be a
-Lets put everything away.
-Think of the story-so what could this be about?
-What else could it be?
-What do you think?
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TEMA 8
Test yourself. Cover the tables up. Write a list of verbs/actions that you can use with cards, e.g. mix
them up. If you can remember seven you have done very well.
Here are some cards.
Can you
Will you
mix them up?
Watch out!
Careful!
Wait a minute!
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Blackboard
Tape recorder
Video recorder
Flashcards
Overhead projector
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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A+
C-
Negative
Poor work
Weak
Messy/untidy
Be careful
Try this again. You can do it much better!
How children can evaluate their work in English:
Im good at
I like.
I dont like
I understand
I can / I cant
My work is
Today I have learned
Can you use these expressions to talk about your own experience with classroom language?
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