Forum newsfeeds
Forum Newsfeeds


Sites for Teachers

Sites for Teachers




Go Back   UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum > Learning English > Teaching English

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 15-May-2008, 23:39
Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Country: Ireland
Posts: 5
Current Location: Ireland
First Language: English
Member Type: English Teacher
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Phylan78 is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Classroom Language

Have 'peer teaching' (mock teaching) saturday, apparently it's important that we issue instructions at the correct language level.

Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I could introduce an object? For example a clock, a dog etc? If I hold a clock or a watch in front of the class what should I say? "What is this?".

I have been out of teaching for 4 years and while I know the correct activities....I'm not able to explain things as well I'd like....I'm not able to simplify things as much as I need to.....

I'd really appreciate help.

Thanks
A
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 16-May-2008, 00:02
banderas's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Country: Poland
Posts: 1,492
Current Location: the UK
First Language: Polish
Member Type: Academic
Thanks: 881
Thanked 441 Times in 414 Posts
banderas is just really nicebanderas is just really nicebanderas is just really nicebanderas is just really nicebanderas is just really nice
Default Re: Classroom Language

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylan78 View Post

Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I could introduce an object? For example a clock, a dog etc? If I hold a clock or a watch in front of the class what should I say? "What is this?".
Hi, how about this?

"Teacher: Is there a car in this picture? Yes, there is a car in that picture. Is there a book in this picture? No, there isn't a book in that picture.(Model the differnce between the question and answer by accenting 'is there' in the question and 'there is' in the response. )
Teacher: Is there a computer in this picture?
Student(s): Yes, there is a computer in that picture.
Teacher: Is there a computer in this picture?
Student(s): No, there isn't a computer in that picture.

Continue this exercise with the everyday objects images you have brought into class.


Part II: Are there four..., there are four...
Teacher: Are there three cars in this picture? Yes, there are four cars in that picture. Are there two books in this picture? No, there aren't two books in that picture.(Model the differnce between the question and answer by accenting 'are there' in the question and 'there are' in the response. It is very important that you use specific numbers at this point as students are not yet familiar with 'some' and 'any')
Part III: Students ask questions
Teacher: (Hand each student a different illustration.) Susan, please ask Paolo a question.
Student(s): Is there a car in this picture?
Student(s): Yes, there is a car in that picture. OR No, there isn't a car in that picture.
Student(s): Are there three books in this picture?
Student(s): Yes, there are three books in this picture. OR No, there aren't three books in that picture."

Good luck!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
The English language and its varieties italianbrother Ask a Teacher 7 22-Feb-2007 12:34
help help help need to summary loya2001 Editing & Writing Topics 16 22-Dec-2006 05:33
Seminar mallikatweety Ask a Teacher 5 30-Jun-2006 10:07
Linguistic Predictions Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim Linguistics 24 05-Sep-2005 10:42


New To Site? Need Help?

All times are GMT. The time now is 22:27.


vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0
Copyright © 2002 - 2008 UsingEnglish.com