4. SPEAKING WITH SUPPORT

Last but not least!! This is our last lesson about classroom language.

This lesson four is about "speaking with support". If we want our children to speak in English, the first thing we have to do is give them language they will use continuosly in class. They will repeat it so many times that in the end, they will have learn it and used it a lot. 

We can't pretend our students to know on their own what is the language they have to use in the classroom, so we have to give it to them. Because of this, I post here some language we can use to share with our students the structures they have to use. 


1. WHAT LEARNERS NEED TO SAY AND ASK

Until the children are confident with their English they won't use it themselves, so it is our job to elicit from them the structures they know.
This are examples of sentences or structures we can use to talk with the children and make them talk.

2. HOW LOUD?

We can teach the children that we have to use different voices in different situations. It will also be funny for them to say words and sentences with normal voices, then shouting, then whispering...

3. FIVE WAYS OF ELICITING LANGUAGE

As I've said before, children won't speak English if they don't feel confident so we have to elicit the language from them.
Here you have five different ways that will be useful to make them talk.

4. INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMES

Games are the perfect activities for the children to use the language they learn. We as teachers have to give clear instructions so they understand what they have to do.
Also we have to use the correct language and try to elicit language from them.

Hope you liked it! 😉