Hello I'm Anna hi I'm Caty in this video we will talk about giving
instructions and it is so important that's right a lesson can fail or a
class can become confused if a teacher does not explain an activity properly
that's right and even very experienced teachers and native English speakers
have trouble giving instructions so we will give you some tips on what you
should do and what you should not do
that should be fun
now some instructions are General they help you to manage your class right and
some instructions are for an activity like a game or an art project
first let's go to the general instructions sounds good to me Katie
[Music]
good morning please come in please sit down
please be quiet please raise your hand
[Music] please get out your books
please open your book
please close your book
please open your notebooks
please close your notebooks okay class now everyone take out your
pen
take out your pencil great
now I will give you a sheet of paper you're welcome
you're welcome is everyone ready
great let's begin if you say these instructions in English
your students will learn them oh absolutely and write down the most
common instructions and post them around your classroom that will really help
your students too
foreign
s for an activity those can be a lot more complicated
definitely
now when you teach an activity to your class make sure that all of your
students can understand it can be very confusing if someone
doesn't understand we've all been there before yes
yep okay Katie drop the oars in the water
oh no wait first lock the oars in place and then drop them in the water
when giving instruction make sure you plan what you're going to say and write
it on a piece of paper right and before class practice either alone or with
someone else this will increase your confidence
before you start make sure all your students are listening
that is a good tip yeah I thought you'd like that one
[Music] Oh I thought of another good tip use
Simple language
Today class we will sing Ring Around the Rosie
everybody stand up and form a circle great
you can also say find your partner or pair up or you might want to put
students in pairs on your own that will save a lot of time good idea
okay class now I will put you into pairs you too are Partners you two are
partners and you two are Partners great let's
play our game
tell your students this activity will take 15 minutes or this is going to take
20 minutes time limits are so important students need to know how long they have
to do the activity
it's really helpful it's a good thing
okay class time is up
[Music] class today we will draw blackbirds
this activity will take 10 minutes then you will use your black birds to
sing the song two little black birds
and use body language when you give instructions so
open the book speak loudly listen please cut paper
nod your head [Laughter]
and if the activity is very long if it has a lot of instructions don't give
them all at once break them up into Parts students might forget instructions
you gave them earlier right that can be confusing
I can't wait to get started oh oh let's wait until we read the instructions
okay I'll read the instructions America
[Laughter]
okay we can do the experiment now let's do it
oh wait I forgot what came first oh anyway
no Anna
sorry so how can you find out if your students
understand what you say
some students may not want to say no I don't understand right ask the whole
class or you can also ask questions about the instructions to see if they
really understood okay class today we are going to have a
paper airplane contest first we will have to make paper
airplanes that will take us about 15 minutes then we will fly them in a race
Siri what are we going to do first make a paper airplane very good
Johnny what are we going to do with our paper airplanes fly them in a race
excellent here we go
is everyone ready great let's begin
is everybody ready let's go
those are all the tips we have for right now we hope they helped use these tips
whenever you give instructions to your class see you later till next time
[Music] row row row your boat gently down the
stream merrily merrily merrily merrily life is