Lucie Betáková: Angličtina učitele angličtiny

                                        (FRAUS, Plzeň 2006)


Do we say this?

                                            If not, correct it/improve it.

1. GREETINGS


Hello, sit down.

                                            ... please sit down/ sit down please.

Good morning, everybody/kids/boys/girls.

                                            children

Hi!

                                            Too infml,  can say individually out of class

Morning!

                                            If said in a nice way


2.  INTRODUCTIONS


My name is ... and I’m your English teacher.


I will teach you English.

                                            I’m going to teach you ... It’s not a decision.

I’m going to teach English in your class.

                                            ... to...

Let’s introduce each other now.

                                            ....ourselves now.

What’s your name?


How do they call you?

                                            What ...

What can you tell me about you?

                                            ...yourself?


3.  APOLOGIZING & FORGIVING


I’m sorry about that.


I must apologize.


Apologize me, please.

                                            Excuse me please. I’d like to apologize.

I apologize my being late.

                                            ... for being late.

Excuse my not/late coming.

                                            Excuse me for not coming/coming late.

Sorry, I didn’t catch it.

                                            ... that.

Once again/try again/repeat it once more.

                                            .........repeat it.


4. THANKING


Thanks a lot./Thank you (very much).


That was nice from you.

                                            of


5.   CHECKING  ATTENDANCE


Who is absent from school today?

                                            Who is absent?

Is somebody absent?

                                            anybody

Who isn’t at school today?

                                            ... here...

What’s with Tom?

                                            What’s wrong with ..?What’s happened to ..

Who wasn’t here last lesson?

                                            The last lesson/ last time


6.   OPENING A  LESSON


Are you ready?


Can/could we start?


There was ringing, we can start our lesson.

                                            That was the bell, we ...

The lesson begins.

                                            ... is beginning/will begin now.

Let’s check up your homework.

                                            Check xxx

Open the workbook on the page 56.

                                            ...on page...


7.   CLOSING A LESSON


That’s all for today, thank you.


OK, that’s enough for today.


Let’s finish.

                                            ...finish the lesson/our work/now.

Thank you for today.

                                            Could be said to a God; ... for your attention

It’s almost tie to stop.


It’s high time we finish this.

                                            Finished

Stand up.

                                            ...please


8.  SEQUENCING  A  LESSON


First of all we ...


Firstly, a few words about your homework.


At first we are reading ...

                                            First we’ll/are going to read

We start with ...


In the end of our lesson we ...

                                            At

And now something for your pleasure.

                                            ...I have a treat for you


9.  ORGANIZING THE CLASS


Sit in pairs.


Sit one by one.


Sit in the first line.

                                            in the first row.

Move your chairs./Put your desks back.


Join the desks.

                                            ...together.

Come to the front.


Stand with your back to the class.


Go back to your seats, please.


Change place with your neighbour.

                                            places/seats

Speak it aloud.

                                            Speak up/Speak more loudly/Say it out loud.

Say me this.

                                            Tell

Ask the partner to check your work.

                                            ... your

Change your partner, please.

                                            Change partners, please.

You will have to join to this group.

                                            Join this group

One book between two.


Pass your exercise books.

                                            Pass in your ex....


10.  DISCIPLINE


Stop talking!/Be quiet!


Stop chatting.


Quiet, please.


Don’t make a noise.

                                            ...any noise/so much noise.

Be ready.

                                            Get ready.

Don’t prompt./No prompting.


Don’t disturb.

                                             + object => me/the class/the others.

Just quietly.

                                            Just work quietly/sit quietly

Could you be more quiet?

                                            Wrong comparative -> ...even quieter

Give it a rest!



11.  SUGGESTING


Do you like drawing?

                                            Would you l. to do a bit of/some dr now

How to spell it?

                                            How do U spell it/How is it spelled?

Don’t you want to play a game?

                                            Do you want/Would you like to ...