hi welcome again to Inga vidcom I'm Adam
today's lesson comes as a request
because I know that there are actually
quite a few of you who are teachers of
English and you wanted to know some
classroom English so today we're going
to look at classroom English this is
more for beginners especially people who
have just joined an English class in ESL
class ESL class etc and you're starting
to get used to the classroom environment
and you're not exactly sure what the
teacher is saying what you should say
etc we're going to start with the
teachers what do teachers say that you
need to understand okay excuse me
first the teacher will take attendance
or the teacher will take roll call sorry
these are two separate words roll call
basically they want to know who is here
and who is not here okay
so if a student is in the class he or
she is present so if the teacher says
bill present Mary present Bueller
Bueller Bueller Bueller is absent he or
she is not in the class so absent not
here present here if the teacher has
finished with attendance and it starts
to teach the class and a student comes
in then that student is late and they
get a little check too many lates
you get into trouble now you could be
absent but you can have an excused
absence means you have a note from your
parents from your doctor from your boss
or the teacher just knows that you're
not coming today and it's okay it's
excused now the teacher will give you
commands he or she will tell you to do
things okay so it's very important that
you understand what to do if the teacher
says put up your hand or raise your hand
to ask a question to make a comment to
ask to go to the
bathroom put up your hand raise your
hand don't speak out because if
everybody speaks out it's just noise put
up your hand ask your question get your
answer okay then the teacher will ask
you take out your notebooks take out
your pens take out your earphones
basically get them ready we are going to
use them okay take your seats
basically means sit down sit okay he's
trying to get organized or she is trying
to get organized next they'll say take
out your book
turn to page 37 means open your book
page 37 let's start reading working etc
now if the teacher wants you to do
things but not alone for example if
you're doing math yeah you do alone no
problem if you're doing ESL the teacher
will want you to work in pairs means two
people together you so you can speak
work in groups means getting to a few
people together three four five if you
want a specific number he will say get
into groups of or work in groups of
three so you find your two friends three
sit together
do the exercise now if the teacher
everybody is talking the teacher wants
everybody to be quiet and listen to one
student he will say or she will say
please pay attention to jack jack is
going to speak everybody please pay
attention to Jack or if you're doing
exercise and the teacher wants you to be
careful about one word or one grammar
structure pay attention to the
independent clause means be very focused
be aware okay so these are the basic
things you need to know what that your
teacher will say now you're the student
you have questions you don't understand
something what are you going to say or
what are you going to ask let's see okay
so now you're the student and you know
sometimes you don't understand
everything the teacher says so there are
things you can say or ask from the
teacher
course to help you if you didn't hear
something what will you say you can say
I didn't catch the last part now if you
say I didn't hear and I've like I'm the
teacher I have been speaking for 10
minutes and you say I didn't hear I'll
say what everything ten minutes I can't
say again so I didn't hear or I didn't
catch the last part so I will go back
and say again the last part or I didn't
hear the part about what to ask or I
didn't hear the part about independent
clauses or whatever the lesson is about
so be specific
tell the teacher which part you didn't
hear he or she will say it again
or you can just say could you repeat
that please repeat say again if you
didn't hear could you repeat that please
could you say that again but again say
which part be specific or I didn't hear
catch what you said after hear
so tell the teacher you heard everything
until here and some here
you didn't hear you didn't catch catch
means hear or understand okay and if
you're having a lot of trouble ask the
teacher can you please speak more slowly
and the teacher will slow down and it
will be much easier for you to
understand okay now if you are learning
something and again we're learning
English and you're not familiar with
what the teacher says it's something new
or you didn't you don't really know what
it is first of all make sure you know
how to spell the word if you're if it's
a new word ask the teacher how do you
spell that and the teacher will say s P
e ll spell ok how do you spell that
now if you don't know the meaning of the
word and the teacher just continue
speaking put up your hand say I'm sorry
what does this word mean and the teacher
will explain to you now if you're
learning in another country you're
learning EF l
this is a foreign language you can say
how do you say this word in your
language if you're learning in Japan how
do you say spell in Japanese how do you
say spell in Spanish how do you say
spell in any language and what is this
word in Japanese what is spell in
Japanese so these two basically mean the
same thing by the way these marks means
same as what was above just so we know
what is the word in your language if
you're learning outside if you're
learning in Canada for example and yeah
and you say how do you say this word in
Spanish I don't know I don't actually
speak Spanish I wish I you spoke Spanish
I will learn one day but for now I don't
so you have to be careful okay
and finally if you need a bit more
information you want the teacher to
explain a little bit more maybe you
understand or you heard but you're not
really sure so you can always ask for
more specifics can you use this word in
a sentence so for example you heard the
word you understand the word but you're
not sure how it would fit in a sentence
how to use it asked can you use it like
for the teacher can you please use this
word in a sentence so I can see how it
works or can you give me or can you give
us the class an example of this okay so
for example the teacher taught you about
some new technology you understand but
you want to see in real life what this
means so you want examples of things
that use this technology so you ask now
this is everything you need to know
teachers students entering the classroom
but the most important thing you need to
remember if you don't understand
something ask there's no such thing as a
bad question or a stupid question or
you're not sure about if you're not sure
ask the teacher we'll be happy to tell
you the answer he or she will be happy
to repeat a few times until you
understand
I'm sure that other your classmates
other people in the class they are they
also have questions but they're too shy
to ask you ask you get the answer you
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