hello students my name is Don and today I'm going to teach you a lesson in classroom English after
that first class the teacher might use an expression like welcome back or nice to see
you again good to see everyone again depending on what time of day your class is meeting your
teacher might say something like this good morning if it's before 12 o'clock good afternoon if it's
after 12 o'clock or good evening if the Sun has gone down in the classroom it's also polite for
the teacher to ask about how people are doing so you might hear someone begin a sentence with
how is or how are for example good morning with students how is everybody or good afternoon how
are you doing today it isn't necessary to answer this question but it usually helps the mood of
the class if some students answer fine or okay our our second topic is beginnings these are words or
phrases you can hear at the beginning of a class or a particular lesson or any classroom activity
remember class can mean a group of students who meet at a certain time to learn about any topic
English math science and so on the word lesson can be used to mean one topic that forms part of
a class for example this video that you're watching right now has seven short lessons
because it has seven topics finally an activity is something the teacher asks the students to
do this can include speaking reading writing or listening when a teacher begins a class a lesson
or an activity they will sometimes indicate this with the words begin or start the teacher might
also ask is everybody ready or are you ready when a teacher begins a lesson or an activity
you might also hear an ordinal number word these are words like first meaning number one and order
second meaning number two and more third number three fourth number four and so on when you reach
the final item in a sequence the teacher might use the word last instead of the ordinal number
word this means you are at the end of the series and the lesson is probably almost finished for
example let's start today's class are you ready our first lesson will be common phrases you
might hear in an English classroom okay now our third topic is giving instructions or you might
say giving directions some common activity verbs that teachers use our practice do and try and the
common activities for language learning are of course read write listen and speak so a teacher
might ask you to practice reading these sentences or to try to listen carefully to the recording if
you have a textbook in your English class some common verbs or books include open turn to and
look at so your teacher might ask you to open your book to page five or turn to page 10 and look at
exercise a some common phrases for practicing English in a class are in a group which means
with one or more other people with a partner which means with another person usually someone close to
where you are by yourself or on your own which means just you and everybody or everyone which
means all the students so for example everybody practice reading these sentences with a partner
turn to page 14 and do exercise be on your own try asking your partner the questions you see
on the board look at the example questions then answer them as a group our fourth topic is pair
work and group work when you're learning another language it's very common for teachers to ask you
to practice with other students in your class this is sometimes called pair work when it's
two students working together or group work when it's two or usually more than two students working
together in pair work you work with a partner in group work you work with your group members
your teacher might ask you to get together with a partner or with another person this is asking to
students to form a pair or your teacher might say to form a group or make a group which is asking
you to make a group of two or more students to get better at English you should get comfortable
working with another person or with a group of people so that you can practice together even
language learners can help each other by giving practice and positive reinforcement like good
job so here are some examples you might hear in a classroom everybody get together with a partner
and practice asking and answering the questions on the board form a group of three or four people and
do exercise be on page 15 now our fifth topic is asking for comprehension or ask for understanding
some common verbs in English for asking about knowledge and understanding include understand
which means to know something do you understand me yes I understand you very well to get something
which is a more informal way of saying understand do you get it yes I get you or sure I get your
meaning follow is another way of saying understand or no do you follow me yes I understand or sure I
follow see is a very common verb and it means not just to see with your eyes but also it expresses
knowledge or understanding especially when you just learn something so English vocabulary isn't
so hard see oh now I see remember this is a verb for indicating that knowledge you learned before
is still available if you learn some English vocabulary you have to remember it which means
that you can use it so for example do you remember last week's lesson oh yes I do remember who
remembers how to make the present progressive tense oh I remember our sixth topic is giving
feedback this means you responding to the teacher but it also means the teacher responding to you in
a classroom it's usually polite to raise your hand when you have a question it isn't always necessary
but it is always polite it's good to ask questions of your teacher don't be afraid to do it just be
respectful some phrases you might want to use when you ask questions include what does something mean
for example what does respectful me what does that word mean another one is can you explain
something can you explain how to make this verb tense can you explain this a little more when your
teacher gives you feedback you might hear words or phrases like this good perfect nice job not
bad all of these are positive comments they mean you did well words that indicate you may have made
a mistake include try again not quite close and almost this means you did pretty well but maybe
there were a few small mistakes try again and see if you can fix them your teacher might also ask
you to be louder or clearer louder means higher volume and clearer means to speak more carefully
usually slow down to improve how clearly you speak now this is our seventh and last topic which is
endings here are some common words that we use in English to indicate that something is ending
finish stop end time over and done so for example it's time to finish class now we're done with this
lesson let's stop here for today we're out of time for today's class class is over see you next week
so do you understand classroom English now take a look at some of our worksheets in the description
below if you want more examples using the words and phrases that you saw or heard in today's
lesson and remember practice makes perfect oh and forget to subscribe to our channel like this
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