Instructional Classroom Language
VOA Learning English
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0:02 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
0:15 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
0:26 have trouble giving instructions so we will give you some tips on what you should do and what you should not do
0:36 that should be fun now some instructions are General they help you to manage your class right and
0:49 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
0:59 [Music] good morning please come in please sit down
1:09 please be quiet please raise your hand [Music] please get out your books
1:19 please open your book please close your book
1:27 please open your notebooks please close your notebooks okay class now everyone take out your
1:41 pen take out your pencil great
1:48 now I will give you a sheet of paper you're welcome you're welcome is everyone ready
2:00 great let's begin if you say these instructions in English your students will learn them oh absolutely and write down the most
2:11 common instructions and post them around your classroom that will really help your students too
2:19 foreign s for an activity those can be a lot more complicated
2:29 definitely now when you teach an activity to your class make sure that all of your
2:40 students can understand it can be very confusing if someone doesn't understand we've all been there before yes
2:51 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
3:10 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
3:21 someone else this will increase your confidence before you start make sure all your students are listening
3:39 that is a good tip yeah I thought you'd like that one [Music] Oh I thought of another good tip use
3:54 Simple language Today class we will sing Ring Around the Rosie
4:04 everybody stand up and form a circle great you can also say find your partner or pair up or you might want to put
4:16 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
4:29 partners and you two are Partners great let's play our game
4:37 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
4:50 to do the activity it's really helpful it's a good thing
4:57 okay class time is up [Music] class today we will draw blackbirds
5:10 this activity will take 10 minutes then you will use your black birds to sing the song two little black birds
5:23 and use body language when you give instructions so open the book speak loudly listen please cut paper
5:37 nod your head [Laughter] and if the activity is very long if it has a lot of instructions don't give
5:49 them all at once break them up into Parts students might forget instructions you gave them earlier right that can be confusing
6:02 I can't wait to get started oh oh let's wait until we read the instructions okay I'll read the instructions America
6:14 [Laughter] okay we can do the experiment now let's do it
6:29 oh wait I forgot what came first oh anyway no Anna
6:39 sorry so how can you find out if your students understand what you say
6:52 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
7:05 really understood okay class today we are going to have a paper airplane contest first we will have to make paper
7:17 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
7:31 Johnny what are we going to do with our paper airplanes fly them in a race excellent here we go
7:44 is everyone ready great let's begin is everybody ready let's go
7:54 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
8:06 [Music] row row row your boat gently down the stream merrily merrily merrily merrily life is