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COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY ENGLISH TEACHERS

COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY ENGLISH TEACHERS. ***TTT(TEACHER TALKING TIME)

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COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY ENGLISH TEACHERS

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  1. COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY ENGLISH TEACHERS

  2. ***TTT(TEACHER TALKING TIME) TEACHER: When nothing else is happening in the classroom- I open my mouth. I've no idea what I say most of time. But it stops those horrible silences. It's probably useful for them to listen to me speaking English. After all, I...

  3. ***ECHO STUDENT: I went to the cinema. TEACHER: You went to the cinema. Good. You went to the cinema.

  4. ***HELPFUL SENTENCE COMPLETION STUDENT: I think thatsmoking is ... TEACHER: ...a bad thing. Yes I agree. When I went into the pub ...

  5. ***COMPLICATED AND UNCLEAR INSTRUCTIONS TEACHER: Well.. what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna ask you to get into pairs, but before that there ate some things we’ve gotta work out. So just jot down if you've got a pen.. could you write this.. then when we've finished that we're going to do the next thing which involves more ...

  6. ***NOT CHECKING UNDERSTANDING OF INSTRUCTIONS TEACHER: My instructions were so clear- but all the students did different things- and none of them did what I asked them to do.

  7. ***ASKING DO YOU UNDERSTAND? TEACHER: Do you understand? STUDENT: Yes

  8. ***FEAR OF GENUINE FEEDBACK TEACHER: Did you like my lesson? STUDENTS: Yes.

  9. ***INSUFFICIENT AUTHORITY/OVER-POLITENESS TEACHER: So if you don’t mind, it would be very nice if you could just stop the activity if you feel that's OK.

  10. ***LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN SELF, LEARNERS, MATERIAL, ACTIVITY/MAKING IT TOO EASY TEACHER: I wonder why they look so bored?

  11. ***OVER-HELPING/OVER-ORGANIZING TEACHER: Yes now you can ask her your question. Mmm that's a good question. What do you think? What’s your answer going to be, Silvia? Yes. Go on tell her what it is ...

  12. ***FLYING WITH THE FASTEST TEACHER: So what’s the answer? STUDENT A: Only on Tuesday unless it’s raining. TEACHER: Yes very good- so everyone got that. And why did he buy the elastic band? STUDENT A: So he wouldn’t lose his letters. TEACHER: Good. Everyone understands then!

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