Classroom English to be used by the teacher

Good morning, everybody! Good morning, children!

Beginning the lesson

Good afternoon, boys and girls! Hallo, everybody! (very informal). I hope you are feeling well today. Who is on duty today?

Is everybody present?

Is there anyone missing/ absent today? Who is missing/ absent today?

I wonder what’s wrong with them?

Do you know why they aren’t at school?

Why have you been absent? How are you feeling today?

Why were you absent yesterday?

Have you got a doctor’s note?

Meeting the class for the first time

Good afternoon. I am your new English teacher.

I’ll be teaching you English from today.

I’d better introduce myself. My name is …

We’ll be having English twice/three times a week.

We’ll be using … (the name of the textbook).

Now I’d like you to give me your names.

Quiet, please.

Bringing the class to order

Will you be quiet, please?

May I have your attention, please?

Quiet, please. I haven’t finished, there’s more.

Will you go and sit down in your place, Petro?

I’m waiting for you to be quiet.

We won’t start until everyone is quiet.

Do you need a personal invitation, Ann?

Come on, settle down.

If we waste any more time now, I’ll keep you in after the lesson.

If we waste any more time now, I’ll give you extra homework.

Getting down to work

Let’s start our lesson now, shall we? Now let’s get down to some work. Get ready for the lesson,

It is time to start now. Now let’s begin / start.

Latecomers

Why are you late?

What have you been doing? Try not to be late next time. Your alarm clock didn’t go off?

What do you say when you are late?

What’s your excuse? Did you oversleep?

What did you have to do for homework?

What did I give you for homework? Have you all done your homework?

Who hasn’t done the homework? Why haven’t you done your homework?

That’s a poor excuse.

Why didn’t you ask somebody in the class what you had to do?

Let’s go over/through this exercise together.

You’ll have to do a bit of extra work to catch up.

You’ll have to try and catch up.

Blackboard work

Come out to the blackboard. Come and stand by the

blackboard. Go up to the blackboard, will

you?

Will you go and fetch some chalk, please?

Come out and write the correct answer.

Who hasn’t been at the

blackboard yet?

Draw a line down in the middle of the board. Rub out the wrong word.

Rub it out and write it all again. Stand to one side.

Step aside so that the class can see what you have written.

Move back a little, we can’t see the board.

Let the others see what you have written on the board.

Now let’s all read the words from the board.

Take out your books.

You’ll have to have one book

between two. Open your books at page 32

and look at the text on this

page.

Reading

Let’s move on to page 33. Iryna, will you go on reading from where Lyuda left off? Now turn back to the previous

Let’s take turns reading. /Read in turn.

There’s no need to hurry. / Take your time.

Put some expression into your reading. Could you read it more clearly, please?

You mispronounced the word.

You are next, Sasha.

Tell us what you know about…

Oral work

Today we are going to talk about…

Be ready to talk over the following points.

Who has any more questions on the topic?

I didn’t quite catch what you said.

Speak up. We can’t hear you.

Why do you say that?

Do you agree with …?

Group and pair work

Now we shall do some group work. Divide/split into two groups.

Work in threes/fours/fives. Work in groups of five.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of …

Tell us what your group talked about.

Tell the class what you talked about with your partner.

Let me explain what I want you to do.

Ask me for help with vocabulary if you need to.

Work/ Practise in pairs. Make up your own dialogues in pairs.

I want to practice these dialogues in pairs. Divide/Split into pairs and discuss/talk about …

Now we shall do it in pairs.

Divide into pairs and work out some ideas on each of these topics.

In pairs, take up a conversation following the pattern on the blackboard.

Vocabulary work

Are there any words you don’t know the

Russian for?

Are there any words in the sentence you did

not understand?

What is a synonym for…? Give a synonym for …

What’s the opposite of the word …?

Translation and grammar

It’s time we corrected the translation you did for homework.

Have you all got the same? Has anybody got something different?

Did anyone translate it differently? May I now hear your version?

How can we improve the sentence? Can anyone give a better translation?

Last time we revised the use of the continuous tenses.

You don’t seem to understand the difference between …..

You need to revise this grammar rule.

Supply an example of the Present Continuous in a sentence of your own.

You make a great many mistakes in the use of the article.

For your homework would you translate exercise 5 on page 34?

Written work

Before you begin, I want you to say what you are going to write.

Insert a missing word in each line.

Use the following words to fill in the blanks in the story.

Listen to the tape and complete this text with the missing words. Put one of the words/phrases below in the gaps.

Make up sentences of your own with the following words.

Don’t forget to write neatly and clearly.

I’ll give you your tests back today, but first I’ll go over some mistakes.

Don’t forget to put capital letters where needed.

For homework, not now, will you write this out again neatly and give your papers to

me next lesson?

Test writing

Well, get your exercise-books out for the test.

Any questions before you begin? Who has a spare pen to lend her?

Please, leave a wide margin on the right –hand side of your page.

Please, put your names and form at the top of the page.

Do you understand what you have to do?

Settle down, begin writing.

Keep your eyes on your own work. I won’t tolerate copying.

Could you, please, pass your exercise-books to the front?

Please, give/ hand your exercise-books in. Will you collect the exercise-books, please?

Leave your exercise-books on my desk as you go out.

Well done!

Expressing agreement

I quite agree./ That’s true. / Quite so!

That’s just what I think.

I think you are absolutely right. Yes, that sounds a good idea.

Doubt, disagreement

You may be right, but…

Well, that depends.

Do you really think so?

I disagree.

I don’t agree at all.

Approval and disapproval

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