Classroom Management/ TTT( Teacher Talking Time/ Giving Clear Instructions
Classroom Management/ TTT( Teacher Talking Time/ Giving Clear Instructions Make your instructions clear and concise. When giving instructions, make sure the language you use is appropriate to students’ level so that they can understand, otherwise, you will end up spending extra time explaining it again. Make it straightforward and cut the unnecessary so that it will be clearer. Use elicitation rather than explanation. When presenting new language, we can show examples and ask questions to elicit answers from students rather than tell them directly. By doing this, we don’t need to spend a lot of time explaining, and in the meantime, we can check their understanding. Students will be more engaged, too – because they are not just ‘accepting’ the knowledge. Replace TTT with non-verbal cues Use body language, gestures, facial expressions, and mime rather than words. Non-verbal language conveys as much information as words do. In the class, we can use some non-v...
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