Introduction

This video clip shows the teacher carrying out a familiar routine where English is used for doing something real according to the 'English-in-small-doses principle'.

Previewing tasks

Taking the register is a routine task which you may or may not do in your English lessons. What other routines form part of your classroom management during English lessons? What sort of things would you say if you carried these routines out in English?

Viewing tasks

1.What language do teacher and pupils use in this sequence?

2.The four language skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Which of these skills are the pupils using in this sequence?

3.How much language interaction is there?

Question for discussion

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There is a lot of discussion of English as classroom language in the Teaching English in English unit - to get there click here.

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