Classroom English:

What does …… mean?

I don’t understand. Can you repeat that, please?

Work in pairs.

Work with your partner.

Be quiet please.

You have to write this down.

Pay attention.

Have you all finished?

Silence please.

What is the matter?

Have a nice day.

We are on page xxx.

Have you all finished?

It is a test. You have …. Minutes to complete it.

Does everyone understand? Any questions?

Let’s do it together.

Listen please.

I’m afraid I don’t understand.

The big list of praising, encouraging and consoling classroom language

Praising

Nice work! /Great stuff (everybody/ team A/ this group/ Maria)

(You did a) good/great job

You (all) did very well

(Very) well done (all the girls/ teams that have already finished)

Perfect/ (A) perfect score/ No mistakes!/ You didn’t make any mistakes (at all)/You didn't make a

single mistake.

Ten out of ten/ 100%

It’s a (class) record!/ That’s the best this year/this term/this week/ today

That’s better than (all) my other classes

That was (at least/ more than/ about) twice as good as your last attempt

Give yourself/ yourselves a pat on the back

Let me shake your hand!/ Give me five!

This team was the fastest, this team was the neatest, and this team wrote the most. Well done

(everybody)!

(That is/ was) (really/ absolutely) excellent/ fantastic/ fabulous/ great/ superb

(That's)(so/ very/ really) good!

Not (too) bad (at all)

That's right! / Exactly!/ That’s (exactly) the correct answer!

Give him a big hand! / Give her a round of applause/ I think that is worth a round of applause/ Put

your hands together for...

Congratulations

Bravo!

Hooray!

(You) got it first time!/ You did it on your first attempt!

You (finally) did it!

(You finished) just in time!

I’m impressed/ That’s (very/ really) impressive

You’ve been a great help/ I couldn’t have done it without you

O.K, I’ll accept that (as an answer)

That's a (very) good/ great/ original/ imaginative suggestion/ idea!

I like that (very much)!

I like this one best/ This one’s my favourite (because...)

That's (a) nice drawing/ story/ ending/ handwriting

That’s very neat/ imaginative/carefully done/ long/ accurate/ intelligent/ creative

(That is/ was) marvellous/ magnificent/ terrific/ fabulous/ superb/ fantastic

Wow (that was quick)!

I’ll give that a gold star

100/ 1000/ 10000/ a million points for that

I’ll put this up on the wall

(You are) the winner/ the champion(s)!/ You have won the game!

(That’s a) good/ great question

You have made a lot of/ good/ excellent progress.

That's more like it/That's much better/That's a lot better

You've improved (your grammar/ accuracy/ fluency/ pronunciation) a lot

Don’t change your mind, that was correct/ I think that’s the right answer, I just couldn’t hear you

That's exactly the point/ That's just what I was looking for

Encouragement

Keep going/ Don't give up/ You can do it!

(You’re) nearly there/ almost there/ getting there/ getting warmer/ getting closer

(You’re) getting better

(This/ that is/ was) much better than last time/ last week/ yesterday

Next time we’ll do it perfectly!

(That was a) nice try/ attempt

Don't be shy/ No need to be shy/ Don’t hold back

No one in the other class managed that/ to finish either

Try again (after looking in your books for 30 seconds/ at the beginning of the next lesson/ after I

give you this hint)

Don't worry about your pronunciation/ how long it takes/ your spelling/ neatness

There's no need to rush/There's no hurry/We have plenty of time

Good try, but not quite right/Not quite right. Try again/ Do you want to try again? /Have another

go

You were almost right/That's almost it/You've almost got it. Try again

You're halfway there/You're on the right lines. Try changing the...

Go on. Have a try/Have a go/Have a guess

If you don’t know, just guess

You won’t lose marks for wrong answers

Numbers 1 to 7 and 9 are correct. See if you can correct the others.

(That is) nearly/ almost (right/ perfect/ finished)

90% right/ finished. I’ll give you two minutes to finish/ correct the rest

The drawing is great, now try working on the text (a bit more)

Only one mistake

Third time lucky!/ Last try!

Consoling/ commiserating/ being positive about negative feedback

That’s a shame/ That’s a pity. Better luck next time

I’m sure you’ll do it/ manage next time

Never mind. (You won the game last week, remember?)

You did very well (but there were more people in their team/ Juan just knew all the answers)

(That’s a good idea but) not quite what I was looking for

That’s good English but it has another meaning

Not exactly

I understand what you mean, but we don’t say that in English

You can't say that, I'm afraid/ (That’s a good word/ Well remembered, but) you can't use that word

here

That’s the right word in Korean/French, etc, but do you know what it is in English?

Starting the class

Okay, let’s get started.

We have a lot to cover today.

Let’s continue where we left off.

Last time we were looking at X, so today let’s continue / go on to / move on to...

If you remember last time, we were talking about X and how that relates to Y, so today

let’s...

Introducing a lecture or new topics

In our last class we talked about …, and today we continue with ….

Last time, we talked about..., and today we’ll discuss / go on to

I’d like to start with / by

What we are going to cover today is...

Today I am going to talk about...

Today, I will discuss / talk about

First of all, I’d like to talk about...

Let’s begin with / First of all, …

Sequence

Firstly...secondly... (British)

Next,

After that,

Transitions between ideas, topic shift to new item

Now,

Let’s turn to

Let me move on to

Next, let’s talk about /

Now I’d like to discuss

So how about / what about …?

My next point is

Now, let’s see what happens.

Now that that’s clear / we’ve resolved that

We will go on to the next point.

Now let’s approach this problem in a different way.

The second point I’d like to make is...

Topic reshifts – returning to previous topic

Now, as for

Anyway,

Anyhow,

Returning to...

As mentioned / As we saw earlier / As I mentioned previously

As we saw / noted earlier

Let’s go back to / get back to

Emphasis

a lot, a lot of

certain(ly)

clear(ly)

complete(ly)

definite(ly)

exact(ly)

extreme(ly)

for sure

great(ly)

indeed

no way

outright

pure(ly)

real(ly)

such a (+ noun)

strong(ly)

sure(ly)

total(ly)

Repetition (for emphasis or clarification)2

Again, … Once again,

let me repeat /

that is / that is to say

The point to understand is...

This brings us to our major question

What this means is that....

The next main idea is..

Finishing a topic / item

Well, I’ve told you about

That’s all I have to say about

We’ve looked at / We’ve seen (how)

So much for...

Summarizing and concluding

In summary

What we have been talking about...

Okay, we have discussed...

In conclusion

So far (up to now), I have been trying to show...

Preparing to summarize and move on

Therefore

To sum up

All in all

Categorizing and classifying

X can be divided / classified / categorized by / into / according to

the first type / kind

the second

the last category

Comparison and contrast

although

however

in comparisons

in contrast

nevertheless

on the other hand

similarly

whereas

Adding more information / details

Furthermore

In addition

In fact

Moreover

Second...Third..., etc.

What this means is that...

Examples

For example, / e.g.,

Take..., for example

For instance

In particular / Particularly

To demonstrate

To illustrate

This can be seen / understood in the following example

To illustrate, / To illustrate this point

What this means is that

Explaining processes

at first / initially

begin / began by / with

the second step / stage

afterward [colloquial: afterwards]

then / next / later

as / as soon as

upon (+noun or gerund phrase)

finally, at last

Posing questions

Do you have any questions?

Who would like to say/ask something?

Could you say a little more about that?

Do you agree?

What do you think?

How do you feel (about)...?

What comparisons can you make between?

Do you agree that...?

How does this compare with X’s theory about...?

Can someone else help to correct this answer?

Part of what you said is correct, but not all of it.

Eliciting and handling questions

Don’t hesitate to ask a question. / Feel free to ask any question.

OK. What questions do you have?

Is there anything you want me to repeat?

What’s the theme [main message/ main idea/ point] of Section 4?

Going back to the issue of business ethics, what can we learn from this?

Responding to correct answers or good questions

Right

Good thinking

That’s correct

Yes, indeed

Responding to poor answers or questions

Good guess, but...

That’s an interesting idea, but...

Nice try, but not quite right

You’re close, but...

Interesting question, but...

Closing a discussion

Finally

I’ll summarize by saying

Are there any final questions?

Clarifying student comments

In other words

What you said is

If I understand correctly, you’re asking...

Could you please repeat your question?

Restatement for clarification

If I understand you correctly...

Do you mean that...?

Telling a student that something is unrelated, irrelevant, or incorrect

Yes, that applies to..., but in this case that won’t work.

Following up

Did everyone hear that? X wanted to know...

Did you all get this point?

Does everyone get / understand this point / idea?

Is this explanation clear now?

Interrupting / redirecting a conversation

Well, we need to...

Your comments related to our nexttopic

Actually, I’m getting to that topic soon

Okay, let’s get back to...

Let’s get back to our main point...

Let’s get back to the original question

Expressing opinions

I think that...

I believe that...

In my opinion...

Expressing agreement

I agree that

I agree with your idea that...

I think that you’re right about...

Expressing disagreement

I’m afraid I can’t agree with that because...

I’m afraid I disagree

Comprehension

Are you following me?

Is that clear?

Do you understand what I mean?

If you don’t understand, please tell me..

Is there anything you don’t understand so far?

Do you understand everything we’ve been talking about so far?

Do you have any questions or comments

Encouraging feedback

Is that clear to everyone?

Are there any questions?

Asking about students’ progress

How’s it going here?

Do you need help with X?

Class administration

Who’s absent today? Have you seen X?

Is everybody here today? Is anybody absent?

Please give me your attention.

Please focus. / Please focus on what we’re doing.

Excuse me…this is important. Please pay attention.

Now I’m going to hand out the syllabus.

Today I’d like to discuss / talk about the syllabus.

Let’s discuss / look at the syllabus.

I’d like to talk about the goals of the class.

Please check the syllabus for the schedule.

Please look at ‘Weekly Class Schedule’ on the second page.

Please notice that you must attend class at least 75 percent of the time.

Please notice that you are allowed only 5 absences.

Wrapping up

Thank you. You are dismissed.

Okay, we’re finished/ done for today. See you next week.

Before I let you go, I want to discuss one more question.

Before we finish, I have one more thing that I’d like to discuss.

Before we finish, please look at page 10.

Thanks for your effort today!

That’s all I have for today. See you next week.

That’s enough for today. See you on Friday.

Before we finish, I want to summarize the X

OK. That’s it for today. See you Friday.

Don’t forget to do your homework!

Have a nice weekend.

Managing behavior

Watch out here. / Consider this closely.

Try to get to class on time.

What are you always late?

Please put your cell phone away.

I really hate to see students using cell phones in class.

It bothers me when I see students using cell phones in class.

Please shut your cell phones off. Thank you.

Please keep your cell phones in your bag.

Assignments and tests

OK everyone, please give me your attention. I want to give you your next assignment.

For our next class, please read pages 5-10.

For Monday, please do exercises 1-10 on page 16.

For next class, read Chapter 7 and do questions 1-10.

Did you do your homework?

Did you have any problems with the assignment?

Our midterm will be next Friday. / The midterm is scheduled for next Friday.

Today I’d like to review for the midterm test.

For the 10th quiz, please study pages 10-24.

The mid-term will cover Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Pay particular attention to the chart on page 10 for the next quiz.

The test will include some true/false, multiple-choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and

short answer questions.

The final test will be held during week 16.

Please don’t wait until the last minute to study / work on X.

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Kayıt: register

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Take a class: dersi alma

Choose a course: ders seçme

Strongly encourage:

I recommend you to attain a certain level of ….